Month: October 2022

China plan for quality energy transition

15/10/2022 CEN_net 0

China Dialogue reports: A set of technical standards to support the low-carbon transition of China’s energy system should be established by 2025, the National Energy Administration (NEA) has stated in an action plan for energy standardisation. Technical standards provide requirements to ensure materials, products and processes are fit for purpose. China views them as a vital tool for guiding its energy system towards carbon peaking before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060.  […]

China action plan for quality of energy transition

15/10/2022 CEN_net 0

Published 2022/10/15 A set of technical standards to support the low-carbon transition of China’s energy system should be established by 2025, the National Energy Administration (NEA) has stated in an action plan for energy standardisation.Technical standards provide requirements to ensure materials, products and processes are fit for purpose. China views them as a vital tool for guiding its energy system towards carbon peaking before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. […]

Asia tops world EV battery production

06/10/2022 CEN_net 0

The global electric vehicle (EV) battery market is expected to grow from $17 billion to more than $95 billion between 2019 and 2028. With increasing demand to decarbonize the transportation sector, companies producing the batteries that power EVs have seen substantial momentum. The Elements website has updated its previous graphic of the top 10 EV battery manufacturers, showing the world’s biggest battery manufacturers in 2022. China’s Dominance Despite efforts from the United States and Europe to […]

Eygpt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar SCO partners

06/10/2022 CEN_net 0

September 14, 2022 Middle East Briefing reports: Egypt and Qatar have been granted Dialogue Partner status of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) following the admission procedure launched in September 2021 at the Dushanbe summit. “On September 14, 2022, in Tashkent, in preparation for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a ceremony of signing memoranda on granting the status of the SCO dialogue partner to the Arab Republic of Egypt […]

Iran plans Tehran to Shanghai railway

06/10/2022 CEN_net 0

September 19, 2022 Middle East Briefing reports: Iran is seeking to launch a direct train route to China within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Director General of Commercialization and Associations Affairs Bureau at the Iran Ministry of Roads and Urban Development Amin Taraffo has stated. Iran joined the SCO as a full member last week. Taraffo said that the route will contribute to further strengthening of […]

Egypt, Saudi Arabia & Qatar to join SCO

06/10/2022 CEN_net 0

Egypt, Saudi Arabia & Qatar join Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as ‘Dialogue Partners’ Published 2022/10/06 Middle East Briefing reports: Egypt and Qatar have been granted Dialogue Partner status of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) following the admission procedure launched in September 2021 at the Dushanbe summit. “On September 14, 2022, in Tashkent, in preparation for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a ceremony of signing memoranda on granting the status […]

World’s top 10 EV battery makes all Asian

06/10/2022 CEN_net 0

Published 2022/10/06 The global electric vehicle (EV) battery market is expected to grow from $17 billion to more than $95 billion between 2019 and 2028. With increasing demand to decarbonize the transportation sector, companies producing the batteries that power EVs have seen substantial momentum. The Elements website has updated its previous graphic of the top 10 EV battery manufacturers, showing the world’s biggest battery manufacturers in 2022. CHINA’S DOMINANCE Despite efforts from the United States and […]

Should developed nations pay reparations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate change?

01/10/2022 CEN_net 0

Published 2022/10/01 At the last UN climate summit in 2021, COP26 in Glasgow, a group of largely developing nations representing six out of every seven people in the world called for developed countries to commit to pledging funds for loss and damage. However, this call faced opposition from large Western economies particularly the US and EU – and, ultimately, was rejected because of this opposition by the rich West. The […]