The world’s largest salt cavern compressed air energy storage project has completed the full start-up of its two 350-MW units in Changzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, marking a breakthrough in the country’s core technologies and system integration capabilities in this field. Dubbed a “super power bank,” the project can store up to 2.8 million kWh… Continue reading

China is combining offshore wind power with aquaculture — using the same marine infrastructure to produce both electricity and seafood. Some offshore wind projects in China have explored placing aquaculture facilities around or beneath turbine foundations, where the structures can also provide habitat for marine life. The concept is based on the artificial-reef effect observed… Continue reading

Chinese battery giant CATL expects sodium-ion batteries to reach cost parity with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries by the end of 2026, according to a company spokesperson interviewed by Renewables Now. Sodium-ion technology is attracting attention because sodium is abundant and widely distributed, potentially reducing dependence on lithium and other critical battery materials. But the… Continue reading

Hong Kong people are hiring boats to catch their dinners in the central harbour—the once dead piece of water is now WRITHING with fish. It’s a Chinese miracle writes Hong Kong journalist Nury Vittachi who’s lived on the waterfront for years, and says “I’ve never seen anything like this before.” Nury continues: A decent-sized fish can easily cost… Continue reading

From a “scar on the city” to an urban “green lung”! Once depleted and abandoned, the Haizhou open-pit mine in Fuxin, Liaoning has been revitalized through smart, digitally-empowered restoration. Now the national mine park stands as a vibrant local landmark of green transformation and sustainable future. Source: Xinhua | September 2, 2026. Watch short video:… Continue reading

Trump’s strike on Iran was intended to also hit China, which is the source of around 15% of China’s crude imports. China sharply reduced its crude oil imports during the first half of the Iran war, helping ease pressure on global oil demand even as disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz pushed prices higher, an… Continue reading

“We are witnessing one of the fastest cost collapses in the history of energy technology. And it is not just solar. Across the entire energy stack, from generation to storage to transport, the business case for clean energy is becoming unbeatable.” At the turn of the millennium, solar panels cost $5–6 per watt of capacity.… Continue reading

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s attendance at the BRICS summit in India is of strategic significance for steering the high-quality development of greater BRICS cooperation, said Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday, 13 September 2026. The South Asian trip also promoted strength through unity among Global South countries, Wang said. Wang, who is also a member… Continue reading

Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have quadrupled the power output of hydrogen fuel cells using a new catalyst interface that speeds proton movement, a peer-reviewed study in the jounal Science reports. China had about 32,000 fuel-cell vehicles on the roads at the end of 2025, and the government has set a target of… Continue reading

Chinese scientists have created a coin-sized air sampler that operates entirely without pumps or batteries. Inspired by the unique way butterflies drink, this new Chinese technology promises to revolutionize air monitoring. With the persistent threats from severe respiratory diseases and airborne pollutants, billions of people worldwide lack timely access to essential diagnostic services, particularly in… Continue reading

China is strengthening the recycling of used new energy vehicle (NEV) power batteries to address the rising number of end-of-life power batteries and fuel the country’s green transition. China’s NEV industry has expanded rapidly. In 2025, NEV production and sales both exceeded 16 million units, accounting for over half of domestic new vehicle sales. With… Continue reading

Chinese experts have pointed to a clear link between rising temperatures, which have led to significant glacial retreat on the Tibetan Plateau, and the deadly August 26 glacial collapse on the Nepal-China border, warning of growing risks from more glacial flood outbursts, with more than 14,000 glacial lakes mapped on the plateau. According to the most recent inventory… Continue reading

Chinese experts have pointed to a clear link between rising temperatures, which have led to significant glacial retreat on the Tibetan Plateau, and the deadly August 26 glacial collapse on the Nepal-China border, warning of growing risks from more glacial flood outbursts, with more than 14,000 glacial lakes mapped on the plateau. According to the most recent inventory… Continue reading

China’s city-wide fleet of shared hydrogen e-bikes In Chengdu, capital of China’s Sichuan Province, a company called Qinglv Technology has launched a shared scooter service nicknamed the “hydrogen pony.” Since its launch in August 2024, the service has already facilitated over 3.5 million rides. This development is a significant shift in urban mobility — from… Continue reading

The balance of the global economy is changing — and the numbers are becoming impossible to ignore. China is a leading advocate of development cooperation between itself and Global South nations through its Belt and Road Initiative, and between the BRICS+ bloc of developing economies. For decades, the G7 stood at the centre of global… Continue reading

China’s factories made solar panels 85% cheaper in a decade – and countries that never had reliable electricity are now leapfrogging fossil fuels. “The price reduction that Chinese manufacturing scale produced has already permanently lowered the bar for global energy access — a consequence that belongs to the world’s clean energy transition regardless of its… Continue reading

In recent days four typhoons – typhoons Narra, Gaenari, Saudel and Atsani – spun their way simultaneously across the North-western Pacific and the South China Sea . An average of 13 to 14 typhoons form over the North-western Pacific and the South China Sea each year between January and August. This year has already seen… Continue reading

Developing a farmland protection mechanism that integrates quantity, quality and ecology is a key task set out in the outline of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), as part of efforts to safeguard the supply of grain and other key agricultural products. Chinese lawmakers on on 25 August 2026 began reviewing a draft law on farmland… Continue reading

Scientists at China’s University of Hong Kong have developed a new corrosion-resistant stainless steel ( SS-H₂, “stainless steel for hydrogen“) that could replace expensive titanium components in green hydrogen production. Experts say the breakthrough has the potential to slash structural material costs by roughly 40 times and make seawater-based hydrogen production far more economical. Green… Continue reading

Cuba is facing some of the worst blackouts in its history — but while the United States regime tightens pressure on the island’s fuel supply, China is rapidly rebuilding Cuba’s power system with solar energy. In August 2026, Cuba has experienced repeated nationwide grid failures, with some regions facing up to 20 hours without electricity… Continue reading

China is using an artificial intelligence-driven fish identification system to conduct round-the-clock tracking of species passing along a fishway on a dam on Tibet’s largest river. Monitoring the route once relied on labour-intensive manual counts, but it now uses an AI-based “fish facial recognition” system to identify species unique to China’s Tibet autonomous region. Using sonar… Continue reading

Under India’s 2026 BRICS Chairmanship, officials from 10 BRICS member countries – Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and India -participated in a meeting. in New Delhi on August 17, 2026. The meeting discussed key environmental priorities, climate change and sustainable development. The Secretary of India’s Ministry of… Continue reading

August 17, 2026 marked the 10th anniversary of the first Symposium on Advancing the Development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) held in China. Over the past decade, four successive national-level symposiums have established phased strategic priorities, guiding the BRI from an ambitious vision into a mature, institution-based framework for global cooperation. Over that period the… Continue reading

The Chinese government has delivered a second donation of 5,000 photovoltaic systems to Cuba to electrify isolated rural homes and support essential services, including health centres, emergency medical facilities, day-care centres, homes for children without parental care, and bank branches. The equipment will be distributed across the country’s 169 municipalities. The new batch follows the… Continue reading

China’s Mega Water Project Delivers 90 Billion Cubic Meters of Water – Benefits 195 Million People Water resources are fundamental to China’s agricultural production and food security. Mega water infrastructure projects play a critical role in addressing regional water allocation imbalances and meeting agricultural water demands.  The eastern and middle routes of China’s South-to-North Water… Continue reading

On 23 July 2026, China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued a joint 2026-2030 blueprint that sets a renewable consumption target of about 1.8 billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent. The plan defines concrete, enforceable medium- and long-term benchmarks with 2030 as the key milestone, featuring four binding quantitative targets:… Continue reading

Recent data from China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) shows that 40 percent of the country’s total electricity generated in the first half of 2026 was created by renewable resources. The NEA’s report shows China generated 2 trillion kilowatt-hours of clean energy, about 9 percent more than the same period last year, and accounting for 41.2… Continue reading

Western media called it “Eco-Authoritarian!” The rabidly neo-liberal, anti-China UK-based publication, The Economist, calls China’s amazing efforts to restore the ecological health of the mighty Yangtze River “eco-authoritarian”. This is a term whose entire function is to make successful environmental protection sound sinister. The entire approach is an examplar of the way most Western media… Continue reading

The ongoing El Niño event in the Pacific Ocean is gaining strength and is likely to intensify further to become the strongest in 150 years, according to the National Climate Centre (NCC) of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA). Climate experts warn that this could lead to amplified risks of prolonged heat waves, heavier rainfall and stronger typhoons… Continue reading

China’s International Mangrove Center officially began operations on 25 July 2026, with its inaugural council meeting in Shenzhen, marking its transition from a global initiative to a permanent international organization focused on mangrove conservation and cooperation. The launch coincided with the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem. China first proposed the International… Continue reading

China’s 15th Five Year Plan set a target in March 2026 to build 100 national level zero-carbon industrial parks – zones for industrial production with net-zero or close to zero carbon emissions. This move marked an upgrade to what had previously been a series of pilot projects around the country and catapulted such zones to a national priority.… Continue reading

Hainan province has set a 2030 deadline for banning the sale of new fuel-powered vehicles, making it China’s first provincial-level region to adopt such a policy. The mandate is part of a plan by the province for the construction of the national ecological civilization pilot zone, which aims for new energy vehicles to account for… Continue reading

“Rising ocean heat drives extreme weather, global sea-level rise, amplifies heatwaves, and intensifies atmospheric instability.” An international scientific analysis (published in January 2026) has found that the world’s oceans absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any year since the start of modern measurements. The 2025 heat gain totalled 23 zetta joules—equivalent to roughly 37… Continue reading

Demand for electric ships is surging in China, driven by both policies to replace aging vessels and the pursuit of low-carbon growth. A shipbuilding company in east China’s Shandong Province is using intelligent equipment to achieve a fully modular construction system. In creating successively larger parts from smaller ones, the company has reduced the shipbuilding… Continue reading

 “I remember the first time I encountered a bamboo forest. It wasn’t a manicured garden or a tourist-trodden path; it was a wild, untamed expanse that swallowed me whole. The sheer scale of it was breathtaking – towering stalks, impossibly straight and uniformly green, reaching for the sky like emerald pillars.” The allure of the… Continue reading