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Latest news and analysis about non-fossil fuel energy, including electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells, solar, wind and wave energy.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
The first reactor at the Zhangzhou nuclear plant in southeastern China’s Fujian province. The reactor went into commercial operation on New Year’s Day. Photo: Xinhua
China energy security

China’s nuclear power drive gains steam as major new reactor comes online

The project in Fujian province is the first example of China’s third-generation Hualong One reactor being put into large-scale commercial operation.

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Business of climate change

Templewater builds Middle East ties to unlock energy transition potential

Diplomacy

Opinion | Dialogue can help China, India sidestep disputes over mega dam

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China's economic recovery

Cutthroat competition puts China ‘sectors in distress’, economic official warns

The worsening problem of ‘involution’, or neijuan, is forcing Beijing to ramp up rhetoric to overcome a major obstacle to China’s economic growth.

Employees work on an electric-truck assembly line in China’s Jiangsu province. The nation’s EV sector is facing problems from “involution”. Photo: AFP
China-EU relations

Open Questions | ‘Phase 2 China shock is coming’: Adam Tooze on Europe, America and manufacturing

Historian says he worries about escalation in tension between the great powers ‘to the point now of genuine war scares’.

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Climate change

Opinion | After a mixed bag for climate action in 2024, businesses must take the lead

As more governments lurch to the right, firms are feeling a backlash against social and climate action. But the stakes are too high for inaction.

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China manufacturing

In China’s industry, it’s the law of the jungle. How should Beijing intervene?

A storm is gathering strength in China’s overheated industries, and its name is neijuan, as government intervention squares up against the law of the jungle.

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Science

Three Gorges times 3: China will build the largest dam in Earth’s deepest canyon

Hydropower project on Yarlung Tsangpo River could get unprecedented investment to tackle daunting engineering challenges.

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Business of climate change

Hang Lung pushes for faster decarbonisation in construction sector

Developer urges quicker regulatory progress and pilot programmes to expedite low-carbon material adoption, vital for decarbonising the sector.

France

France’s most powerful nuclear reactor comes on stream after 12-year delay

The delay arose from technical setbacks that saw the cost of the project balloon four times from the original estimate.

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A worker walks past a reactor building at the third-generation European Pressurised Reactor project nuclear reactor of Flamanville, Normandy. Photo: AFP
Thailand

Thailand’s hi-tech utopia starts to take shape – but will it deliver?

At its launch seven years ago, the Eastern Economic Corridor was marketed as a solution to Thailand’s economic malaise. But concerns persist.

Thailand’s once-thriving economy, which grew an average of 5 per cent annually in the early 2000s, has been battered by two decades of political turmoil and coups. Image: Huy Truong
US-China relations

Opinion | US-China science pact renewal a ray of hope amid techno-nationalism

The pact sustains targeted collaboration, but it also risks reinforcing emerging scientific blocs, potentially reshaping the global research landscape.

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Business of climate change

Chinese solar inverter maker Deye to invest US$150 million in Malaysia

Company plans to set up a subsidiary in Malaysia to make solar photovoltaic equipment and energy storage products.

Banking & finance

Exclusive | China-UAE ties evolve as Gulf nation acts as global ‘superconnector’

China’s growing heft in innovative industries is driving partnerships with the UAE, HSBC’s country head says.

Chinese firms are involved in a number of significant infrastructure projects in the UAE, said Mohamed Al Marzooqi, CEO of HSBC UAE. Photo: Handout
China energy security

China’s nuclear power ambitions at core of energy security amid safety concerns

Now the world’s biggest market for nuclear power, China has more than 100 reactors in use or being built along the nation’s coastline.

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With a combined installed capacity of 113 million kilowatts, China currently has 102 reactors in use or being built. Image: Shutterstock
Singapore

Can Singapore’s green energy push be powered with Malaysia’s help?

Singapore has begun low-carbon electricity imports from Malaysia – but regional cooperation and cost-sharing are still an issue.

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China manufacturing

China aims to heal wounds of ‘involution’ as officials vow to stem bloodletting

Beijing intends to rectify ‘neijuan-style’ competition that has caused overcapacity concerns and taken a toll on profits, especially in new-energy sector.

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US-China relations

US hits China with new tariffs on solar wafers, tungsten products

Steep duties taking effect January 1 meant to guard against Beijing’s rising clean-energy prowess.

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A JA Solar Technology Co employee in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, checks monocrystalline silicon wafers. Photo: Xinhua
Banking & finance

China pushes M&A to build 10 hi-tech firms to be globally competitive by 2027

The industries in question include integrated circuits, biopharmaceuticals and new materials.

Business of climate change

Hong Kong’s status as aviation, maritime hub faces green fuel challenge

Hong Kong has to act fast if it wants to become a green fuel hub for the aviation and maritime sectors, as both Singapore and China are way ahead, analysts say.

Business of climate change

China urges tie-ups for solar firms to navigate tariffs, trade tensions

Commerce ministry official asks companies to seek partnerships in belt and road countries and invest in solar power projects.

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A worker checks solar photovoltaic modules used in solar panels at a factory in Haian in eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP
Business of climate change

Hong Kong bus firms need urgent help to buy zero-emission fleets: think tank

Companies face nearly US$770 million in spending they cannot handle without business model changes, says government-commissioned report.

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A hydrogen-powered bus completes its first cross-harbour trip for Citybus on July 14, 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee
Solar energy

China’s solar industry calls for tougher rules to keep lights on

China’s photovoltaic makers seek stricter market control amid price war and overcapacity, similar to those for the steel and cement industries.

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Indonesia

Is Indonesia ready for Prabowo’s dream of phasing out fossil fuels?

Indonesia will require ‘significant policy reforms’ to achieve Prabowo’s net-zero emissions goal by 2050, analysts say.

China technology

China needs new clean-energy tech investments after wind and solar boom

Greater capital is required in areas such as energy storage, hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel.

China is already investing heavily in energy storage, but needs to adopt market-based principles to create more incentives for investors. Photo: Shutterstock
Business of climate change

Opinion | Indonesia can’t afford to abandon coal as it shifts to greener energy

Phasing down coal and investing in renewable energy can ensure energy security and economic stability while creating a greener future.

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Women sit on a hill overlooking the Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Photo: AP
Climate change

Opinion | Southeast Asia’s energy transition is lacking both finance and policy

The bulk of funds needed will have to come from private finance, which requires a conducive environment that regulatory policy can create.

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Britain

UK wind power boom to cost taxpayers US$1.3 billion in wasted energy

Despite record wind generation, the grid can’t handle the influx, forcing operators to pay wind farms to shut down.

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