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Wind energy
Wind energy is one of the most-produced renewable energy. Harnessing wind energy for power generation is now a mature technology, and is cost-competitive relative to power generated from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas. Proliferation of wind energy production is a key solution for the world to cut energy-related emissions and fight climate change.
Solar panels at the Dalad Banner Photovaltic Base in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Photo: Reuters
China energy security

China to generate 50% of electricity from nuclear and non-fossil sources by 2030

Recent oil shocks have strengthened Beijing’s resolve as it tries to balance decarbonisation efforts with securing future energy demand.

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China energy security

China green-energy costs seen undercutting traditional energy as capacity soars

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Climate change

Opinion | Geopolitics is complicating the green transition – and China’s moment

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China energy security

China’s green energy buildout lowers odds of El Nino power outages

Manufacturers less fearful of electricity rationing following big changes to the national grid since earlier power crises.

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A worker assembles a wind turbine generator at Ming Yang Smart Energy Group’s industrial estate in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Opinion | Energy now a focus of US-China contest of the century

As China and the US race towards energy dominance, attention to climate resilience and resource security can ensure positive outcomes for all.

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Science

Why wind and solar power is going to ‘waste’ in China in the global energy crisis

Use of renewables held back by ‘inflexible management of coal power plants and power grids, not a lack of grid infrastructure’: CREA.

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Environment

Video | Are we on the verge of another nuclear age?

Industry leaders predict China will become the world’s largest nuclear power producer by 2030.

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China technology

AI gives China ‘God’s-eye view’ of green sector as data-centre demand booms

Alibaba and Peking University map nation’s extensive green-energy sites – a move that could help stabilise national grid amid surge in computing-power needs.

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China-EU relations

Beijing vows action after EU cuts funding for projects using Chinese inverters

The commerce ministry warns the move will backfire on the EU, hitting its energy security and green transition.

China-EU relations

Brussels bans Chinese inverters from EU-funded power projects

EU official says Brussels has identified cybersecurity and dependency risks in Chinese inverters.

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Staff members assemble inverters at an industrial park in Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, in February last year. Photo: Xinhua
United States

US green power growth to hit another record in 2026, despite Trump: report

Clean energy is still a fast cheap source of new capacity, but the government has tried to halt or slow the building of solar and wind farms.

US President Donald Trump’s government has pushed back against clean energy, but the sector is still growing. File photo: via TNS
China-EU relations

‘It’s a tightrope’: why Europe’s wind industry faces a growing China dilemma

A debate is swirling in Europe over what role China should play in its wind power push, as the continent confronts the Middle East energy crisis.

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China energy security

Turning point? Clean energy met 100% of world’s new power needs in 2025: report

World has ‘firmly entered’ the clean growth era, with renewables overtaking coal as a power source for the first time last year, report finds.

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China energy security

China’s energy mismatch

China’s renewables drive depends on connecting power-hungry provinces in the south and east with generating regions thousands of kilometres away in the north and west.

China’s energy mismatch
China energy security

China fast-tracks hydrogen strategy to ‘scale-up’ phase to boost energy security

China targets ‘bold innovation’ as falling renewable-energy costs allow it to leverage 50 per cent share of global green hydrogen production capacity.

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A bus is refuelled with hydrogen from a fuel cell in China’s Shandong province. Photo: Getty Images
US, Israel war on Iran

Global renewable-energy pivot amps up as Hormuz uncertainty shatters security

IEA warns that current oil and gas shocks surpass past levels, forcing import-dependent nations to prioritise solar and wind for domestic energy sovereignty.

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China energy security

China starts work on solar plant under extreme conditions, amid energy crisis

Beijing will build the world’s highest-altitude parabolic trough solar thermal facility on the Tibet Plateau to diversify power sources.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

New Energy | Green hydrogen drive may help China reach carbon-neutral goal

Renewable power and government support may slash the costs of green hydrogen production and convince potential users to adopt the fuel.

Green hydrogen drive may help China reach carbon-neutral goal
China energy security

Premier Li Qiang pushes AI-powered, next-gen energy system amid global shocks

Beijing is moving to modernise the power grid, putting innovation and flexibility at the heart of its strategy.

China economy

Opinion | As oil-shocked world turns to renewables, China will reap the rewards

The biggest losers will be the Middle East and the US, as oil becomes less important and doubts grow about US might.

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China stock market

Chinese stocks shake laggard image amid oil shock as green transition pays off

China’s push into renewables helps shield its markets from the latest oil turmoil, with analysts pointing to limited downside risks.

An oil tanker is guided to a berth at a port in Qingdao, Shandong province. China has oil reserves of 1.3 billion barrels, enough for four months of supply, according to UBS Group and S&P Global. Photo: AFP
China economy

Macroscope | China is weathering the Iran war oil shock better than others in Asia

As the conflict threatens Asian economies, the best protected are those that can leverage import diversification and energy independence.

A petrol station attendant gestures in Beijing on March 11. Photo: AP
China manufacturing

China to help Cuba with solar energy amid US oil blockade and total power outage

Beijing will ‘intensify its support’ to Havana after around 10.9 million people were left without power amid an ongoing energy crisis.

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China energy security

China to dismantle local power protectionism in push to electrify national grid

State Council directive eyes unified power market, curbing provincial fragmentation to boost green energy expansion and optimise resource flow.

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China-EU relations

‘Discriminatory’: China slams EU probe into wind turbine maker Goldwind

Brussels’ ‘abuse of investigations’ is harming China-EU cooperation and slowing Europe’s green transition, Beijing warns.

A worker inspects parts at Goldwind Science & Technology’s wind turbine factory in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: EPA-EFE
Science

Tibet’s exploitable green power could meet China’s energy needs: official survey

Extreme conditions, a fragile ecology and spatial constraints limit the expansion of renewable energy in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, study finds.

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Chinese researchers have reported that the technically exploitable capacity of hydropower in Tibet could reach 178 gigawatts, and more than 100GW for wind power. Photo: Getty Images
China energy security

Shanxi’s green leap: renewables surpass coal in China’s energy hub

Where Shanxi goes, China goes, in their broad energy overhaul, as the region with a quarter of the nation’s coal serves as the ultimate proving ground for Beijing’s ‘dual carbon’ strategy.

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China-EU relations

EU launches probe into Chinese wind turbine maker Goldwind

Investigation is being carried out under the bloc’s foreign subsidies regulation, a tool that is expected to be widely used this year.

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