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Latest news and analysis about non-fossil fuel energy, including electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells, solar, wind and wave energy.
Elephants wade through flood waters to help bring relief supplies to villagers in Chiang Mai province, Thailand, on October 6, 2024. Photo: AP
Climate change

Opinion | Asia can’t afford to wait for the US to wake up to its climate duty

As the US walks away again, Europe, China and others need to fill the climate reparation funding gap, not out of charity but responsibility.

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Science

China aims to switch on world’s first fusion-fission power plant by 2030

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US-China relations

‘Absolutely wrong’: Jeffrey Sachs rejects US claims of Chinese overcapacity

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Climate change

Opinion | China has what it takes to lead the global green steel revolution

With the right incentives, adoption of electricity-based furnaces and green hydrogen can help the steel industry reduce carbon emissions.

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Workers weld steel structure products to meet demand for orders, in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, in 2023. Photo: VCG / Getty Images
China energy security

China weeds out bad behaviour in quest to harvest farmers’ untapped solar power

The country’s energy regulator called for the ‘healthy and orderly’ growth of small-scale, distributed solar power and dissuaded monopolies.

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US-China trade war

‘Increasing US costs’: how Trump’s policies on Chinese solar risk backfiring

US trade and investment barriers will not halt Chinese solar industry’s rapid global expansion – but may put American manufacturing projects at risk.

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China society

Opinion | China’s economic successes are reshaping the Western media narrative

Beijing’s economic strategy, technological prowess and climate policies are prompting a reassessment of the country’s media profile.

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A journalist asks a question at a press conference attended by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing on March 7. Photo: Xinhua
Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng sets up first self-branded EV supercharging station in Hong Kong

Fierce competition among auto manufacturers is extending to charging technologies.

Banking & finance

Towngas says tourism rebound, incoming mainland talent will drive sales in 2025

Towngas says its renewable energy business on the mainland was a strong profit contributor.

China and climate change

Chinese economist calls for bold action to fill climate leadership vacuum

Former central bank official says China can take up position abdicated by US if it adopts a strategy of mutual benefit in climate policy.

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China’s vast green energy capacity makes it a natural candidate for climate leadership in the United States’ absence. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
US-Cuba relations

Cuba reconnects electrical grid, restores power in Havana after outage

Cuba blames the country’s mounting energy crisis on a Cold War-era US trade embargo.

A vintage car passes near powerboats docked at Havana’s bay during a national electrical grid collapse. Photo: Reuters
Banking & finance

Towngas unit’s 2024 profit gains as renewable energy bets pay off

Net profit rose 2 per cent to HK$1.6 billion (US$206 million), while revenue increased 7.4 per cent to HK$21.3 billion.

Indonesia

Indonesia’s clean energy transition in doubt after US withdrawal from JETP

Despite Jakarta’s ambitious net-zero goals, analysts say the country has limited political will to fulfil its climate commitments on its own.

Energy

My Take | Asia needs new clean-energy partners after US withdrawal from climate aid

Falling fossil-fuel prices may tempt some to switch back to old habits but that will prove a climate-change disaster.

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A worker loads solar panels on a vehicle in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo: Reuters
Two Sessions 2025

Why China’s energy supply is ‘secure’ amid Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ push

China has taken necessary steps to ensure ‘we are not dependent on any single nation or route’ for energy needs, top legislature deputy says.

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In response to fresh tariffs introduced by the US, China imposed retaliatory tariffs of 10 to 15 per cent last month on products such as coal, crude oil and light natural gas from the US. Photo: AFP
Electric & new energy vehicles

Exclusive | Why does a Kazakh tycoon want to ride China’s electric vehicle wave?

‘We are a natural partner for China, especially in the growing EV sector,’ says Kenges Rakishev, chairman of the Fincraft Group.

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Business of climate change

China miners accelerate overseas buying spree

Last month, MMG said it would buy British miner Anglo American’s nickel business in Brazil.

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Architecture and design

The rubbish dump that became an eco-haven

Located near Lohas Park, E-Co Village is winning hearts, minds and architecture prizes with its green credentials and community spirit.

E-Co Village has been built on top of an old landfill in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. Photo: AOS.Architecture
Science

China can stop importing oil in 20 years, NPC deputy Liu Hanyuan says

Tongwei Group founder says that in the past, China has tended to focus on generation and neglect transmission.

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Science

China’s thorium survey finds ‘endless energy source right under our feet’

As the world searches for energy alternatives to fossil fuels, the answer may have been in front of us the whole time.

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Business of climate change

China must slash steel capacity in next 5 years to meet green goals

China coal-based blast furnace (BF) capacity must fall by at least 200 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) by 2025, said the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

Smoke billowed from an unauthorised steel plant in Inner Mongolia on November 4, 2016. Photo: Getty Images
Sri Lanka

Blackout exposes Sri Lanka’s precarious path to greater reliance on renewables

Experts warn of further grid instability as Sri Lanka pushes for 70 per cent renewable energy by 2030.

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A grocery vendor illuminates his shop with candlelight amid power cuts in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: EPA-EFE
Climate change

Outside In | Why isn’t Hong Kong a test bed for China’s green energy innovations?

The city should take advantage of China’s burgeoning edge in alternative solar cell technologies to become a hub for renewables.

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Business of climate change

Overcapacity, trade curbs eat into China’s cleantech dominance: S&P Global

China’s share of solar-module and battery manufacturing to drop by up to 19 percentage points by 2030, rating company says.

China energy security

China is betting big on energy storage as AI drives surge in power demand

Beijing plans to boost research into a slew of next-generation battery technologies as it strives to make its renewables sector more efficient.

China is investing in energy storage research as it seeks to increase the efficiency of its renewable energy sector. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong environmental issues

Rise in energy use for a third of Hong Kong government offices: study

NGOs urge explanation over findings the offices used more energy in 2023-24 than five years ago; government says it is on track for targets.

The Hong Kong government headquarters in Admiralty recorded a 2.42 per cent increase in energy use in 2023-24 compared with 2018-19, according to a study. Photo: Jelly Tse
From our archives

When Hong Kong built its first wind turbine, on Lamma Island

Despite initial concerns about noise pollution, the 71-metre turbine proved successful, prompting Hongkong Electric to consider further wind farm development.

Banking & finance

Opinion | Will Trump’s AI and energy goals burst the US credit bubble?

US policies regarding fossil fuels and technology are reshaping monetary norms as the country seeks to benchmark itself against China.

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