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China energy security

China energy security
China must ensure an adequate supply of energy, including coal, gas and crude oil, to support its 1.4 billion people. According to the 14th five-year plan for 2021-25, China must supply more of its own energy needs by 2025, while advocating for larger domestic oil and gas production and clean energy cooperation with other countries, including the United States.
An oil refining plant of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela in Anzoategui state, Venezuela. Photo: AFP
US-Venezuela conflict

‘Direct hit’: China dealt blow as US-backed firm takes over Venezuelan oilfields

Venezuela was the biggest recipient of China’s lending to Latin America, and Beijing is unlikely to recover debts, one analyst says.

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Solar energy

Beyond coal: China’s installed solar power capacity crosses historic threshold

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PetroChina

PetroChina’s first-half profit jumps 22% despite Iran war oil supply crunch

Belt and Road Initiative

In Focus | Can Beijing’s gateway plan for Tibet survive geopolitics and natural disasters?

Beijing hopes trade will stabilise Tibet, but friction with India and the looming Dalai Lama succession are hampering its efforts.

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Illustration: Huy Truong
Electric & new energy vehicles

Uncertainty over CATL lithium mine restart could fuel price volatility: analysts

The latest hold-up has yet to meaningfully roil lithium carbonate prices but the impact may be felt during the fourth-quarter.

Science

Why climate extremes will not stop expansion of China’s nuclear power industry

Technological advances alongside planning for increasingly severe weather events are more likely to help the rapidly growing sector.

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Stocks

China’s CNOOC rakes in record first-half profit on high oil prices amid Iran war

China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer saw net profits jump over 23 per cent in the first half amid turbulence in the Middle East.

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A man uses his mobile phone as he walks past the booth for the China National Offshore Oil Corporation at an expo in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
Wind energy

China sends airborne wind turbine up 4,000m to generate power

The craft, developed by a Chinese start-up, uses winds at high altitude to produce electricity.

CATL

CATL debuts e-commerce hub for direct sales to small buyers as rivalry sharpens

The platform allows for direct online sales to smaller energy storage buyers.

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Artificial intelligence

In Focus | Once known for livestock, a rural Chinese city pivots to AI super units

Fueled by cheap wind power and a cool climate, Inner Mongolia’s Ulanqab is turning energy produced in its pastureland into power for the AI boom.

Photo: Dennis Yip
European Union

In Focus | China, the US and EU are taking separate climate paths – but are any dead ends?

As Beijing enacts a state-led approach to climate adaptation, Washington leans on the private sector and Brussels tries to chart a middle way.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Wind energy

In China first, project breathes new life into ageing wind turbines

State-owned recycling group says work has begun on remanufacturing 25 turbines in Gansu province.

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Mongolia

Mongolia apologises after China raises security fear over protesters at oil camp

Beijing’s embassy demands stronger protections for personnel following camp raid at Kherlen Tohoi oil block.

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Energy

China eyes peak oil demand by 2030 amid pipeline increase, smart rig tech plan

Beijing’s peak-oil plan pairs an expansion of China’s network of pipelines with 15-km-deep drilling rigs.

A liquified natural gas storage tank at Rudong port in Nantong, Jiangsu province. Photo: Reuters/File photo
Mainland China

China’s five-year plan for its oil and gas sector

Beijing has set a target of raising domestic oil and gas supply by 5 per cent by 2030 as part of its broader push for energy security.

Photo: AFP
War and conflict

Opinion | Chokepoints and the cost of cutting off access

The most dangerous chokepoint may not be the narrowest strait or rarest tech but where the final decision rests with the fewest people.

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Energy

In Focus | China’s nuclear machine is leaving the West behind. Is the pace sustainable?

While delays and soaring costs bog down projects in the US, China’s state-directed model is moving at record speed – but geographical limits pose huge challenges.

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Environment

China’s five-year road map for the power sector

Beijing has set a target of generating 50 per cent of electricity using non-fossil fuels by 2030 in its latest push for energy security.

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Energy

China wasting more clean energy than its power demand growth this year: report

All new electricity needs in China could have been met if the clean energy had been absorbed by the grid, non-profit organisations say.

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Renewable energy

China’s nuclear roll-out gets a jolt with new 5-year plan for reactors

Beijing targets installed capacity of 110 gigawatts by 2030, aiming to surpass US capacity and achieve a 50 per cent non-fossil power mix.

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Commodities

China’s commodities footprint guards against global energy shocks: Goldman Sachs

Analysts at investment bank say Beijing has become de facto ‘volatility arbiter’ for global commodity markets.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Iran war could still alter Beijing’s policy calculus: economist

Mao Zhenhua says impact on China has been “small”, but it could focus policymakers’ minds on domestic economic woes.

A banner featuring a picture of US President Donald Trump next to an Iranian missile battery at Azadi Square in Tehran on Thursday. Photo: WANA via Reuters

Video | China is world’s green energy leader, yet heavily reliant on coal

Report by NGO Global Energy Monitor finds loophole that keeps the country heavily reliant on coal.

Renewable energy

China’s solar surge nears milestone – even as Beijing hits brakes on sheer scale

Coal capacity is projected to lose its long-held crown this year, despite a pivot from raw solar panel expansion to quality.

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China’s carbon neutral goal

China’s 15th five-year plan for renewable energy development

Beijing unveils renewable energy targets for the next five years, aiming to increase green energy consumption by more than 50 per cent.

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Mainland China

Power play: CATL wades into hydropower as China opens state projects further

Battery giant’s stake in Sichuan plant reflects Beijing’s push to diversify funding and inject market discipline into public infrastructure.

The deal marks CATL’s latest involvement in hydropower projects, following Beijing’s pledge last year to open commercially viable public infrastructure to the private sector. Photo: Shutterstock
Energy

China’s power grid no longer keeping up with green energy capacity: study

Bottlenecks in wind and solar power may drag out the country’s reliance on coal.

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Energy

China broke oil and gas output records in 2025 – but Beijing is staying cautious

Beijing’s energy regulator has set more modest production targets this year after a record 2025 as mature fields deplete and extraction challenges mount.

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