China’s Ningbo Ocean Shipping commissioned a pair of all-electric container ships earlier this year, described as the first of their kind in China the largest in the world. Ningbo Ocean Shipping plans to maintain a feeder service with the vessel. The plan calls for routing between Ningbo Port and Zhapu, located…
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Chinese scientists create first meltdown-proof nuclear reactor
The biggest fear about nuclear power just vanished. Scientists in China worked out a way to prevent the widespread damage caused by meltdowns, it was revealed this week. The key idea is simple. In a standard nuclear power plant design, excess heat around the fuel rods is handled by automated…
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Architecture: a sustainable hydrogen-inspired energy park in China
In the former industrial area of Jinan, in China’s Shandong province, architects recently developed a master plan for a new district and a new sustainable energy production plant. The plan of the development takes the form of a central core, with layers radiating out from the centre to form a…
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Northwest China wetland becomes migratory bird heaven
Photo: A group of black storks gather at the Heihe Wetland National Nature Reserve in Zhangye, northwest China’s Gansu Province, October 5, 2023. With the implementation of enhanced ecological conservation measures, the Heihe Wetland National Nature Reserve in northwest China’s Gansu Province, is experiencing a remarkable boom in migratory bird…
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China installing wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week
New figures show the pace of China’s clean energy transition is roughly the equivalent of installing five large-scale nuclear power plants worth of renewables every week. It’s installing at least 10 gigawatts of wind and solar generation capacity every fortnight. Tech Advocate reports: China, the world’s largest energy consumer, is…
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Localized climate adaptation strategies ‘imperative’ for China
Urgent Calls for Localized Climate Risk Adaptation Solutions in China: Greenpeace. Greenpeace East Asia’s Beijing office on July 19, 2024 issued a call, in the light of experience in responding to major climate change-induced flood events, for China to develop a greater emphasis on local strategies for disaster prevention. The…
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Brazil reveals plan to join Belt and Road Initiative
Brazil’s president revealed on Friday that his administration was putting together “a proposal to join” the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s flagship infrastructure and investment project. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shared the news during an event announcing investments by the Brazilian Development Bank to renovate a highway between Rio…
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BRICS members China and Saudi Arabia sign world’s largest energy storage deal
China’s photovoltaic inverter manufacturer Sungrow Power Supply on July 15, 2024 signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Algihaz Holding for an energy storage project with a capacity of 7.8GWh. PV Magazine describe this as “amounting to the world’s largest grid-side storage order.” Sungrow Power Supply, the global leading PV inverter and energy…
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EU Struggles to Meet Climate Goals
ECONOMIC WAR ON CHINA, RUSSIA WEAKENS EU ENVIRONMENTAL PUSH. The European Union is failing to meet targets for the production of electric batteries and other green technology amid a lack of political leadership on climate policy, argues an editorial in the London-based Financial Times (FT) this week. “News that European battery projects…
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China’s major reforms in ecological conservation over the decade
POLICES AND FACTS. Over the past decade, China’s ecological conservation efforts have yielded extensive fruits in its commitment to sustainable growth as it pursues modernization. The building of an ecological civilization was set as one of the five major pillars in China’s overall development by the 18th National Congress of…