The world’s green power surge depends on polysilicon made in China’s remote Northwest. No one really knows what’s going on inside the facilities. In the wilderness of the Gobi Desert sit two factories that churn out vast quantities of polysilicon, the raw material in billions of solar panels all over the world. It’s a four-hour […]
How much electricity can the world’s biggest single-site solar park produce?
Dubai dawns a new wave of renewable technology with its MBR Solar Park. The United Arab Emirates might be known for its sizable oil and gas reserves, yet it also has one of the highest solar exposure rates globally. It is home to the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park (MBR Solar Park), the […]
US, Chinese solar companies want to set up manufacturing plants in India under PLI scheme
Solar module manufacturers from US and China have written to the government to set up local manufacturing plants in India under the recently unveiled PLI scheme. New Delhi: Manufacturers from US and China are warming up to the government’s Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. China’s LONGi Star and Trina Star, which manufacture solar panels, wafers and […]
China’s capital envisages 10,000 fuel cell vehicles by 2025
China is the world’s largest green house gas emitter but is aiming for carbon-neutrality by 2060. At the end of 2020, China had fewer than 10,000 trucks and buses powered by hydrogen. The city of Beijing aims to have over 10,000 fuel cell vehicles on the road and build 74 hydrogen filling stations by 2025, […]
World’s Biggest Solar Company Joins the Hydrogen Game
China’s Longi Green Energy Technology Co., the world’s biggest solar company, is entering the hydrogen market, industry publication Solarzoom reported. Xi’an Longi Hydrogen Technology Co. was registered March 31 in China, according to Solarzoom. Longi’s billionaire founder and president Li Zhenguo is serving as the company’s chairman, and the shareholders are Xi’an Longi Green Energy […]
Smartphone maker Xiaomi to make electric vehicles
Xiaomi will aim its EVs at the mass market, in line with the broader positioning of its electronics products China’s Xiaomi Corp plans to make electric vehicles (EVs) using Great Wall Motor Co Ltd’s factory, said three people with direct knowledge of the matter, making it the latest tech firm to join the smart mobility […]
Global wind industry could install almost 1 TW of new capacity by 2030, report says
China’s target of having 1,200 GW of wind and solar by 2030 could result in 408 GW of new wind capacity from 2021 to 2030, almost half of the global total, the report said. LONDON: The global wind industry could install nearly 1 terawatt (TW) of new capacity between now and 2030, with much of […]
Sinopec aims for carbon neutrality by 2050, plans pivot to hydrogen
China’s Sinopec Corp, Asia’s largest oil refiner aims to be carbon neutral by 2050, with its near-term strategy focused on natural gas development and a long-term pivot to hydrogen, top executives said on Monday. As China’s largest hydrogen producer, Sinopec will focus on fossil fuel-based hydrogen production over the next five years and also start […]
China’s five-year plan focuses on energy security
The Five-Year Plan (FYP-14) recommits the government in very broad terms to “formulate an action plan for peaking carbon emissions before 2030” LONDON: In the 14th Five-Year Plan, approved by the National People’s Congress this month, China has outlined energy and climate policies for the next decade that are an extension of current strategy rather […]
Tectonic shift: How China’s push for energy security is changing the world
In setting its goal of carbon neutrality by 2060, China’s ultimate aim is to go from dependence on the rest of the world for imported fossil fuels to dominating the supply chains of clean energy that the world will need to decarbonise. In the 3rd edition of our new Horizons series, Gavin Thompson, Vice Chair […]
