China's sustainable investing shows no sign of letting up
4 years, 5 months ago

China's sustainable investing shows no sign of letting up

China Daily  

A vast expanse of solar panels shadows the surface of a semi-desert in Northwest China's Qinghai province, turning it into a photovoltaic park. China's recovery from the economic blow of the COVID-19 crisis presents a potential watershed moment for sustainable investing in the country. Across the range of ESG elements, Chinese policymakers are today faced with a historic opportunity in moving the country toward a more sustainable growth model. As is the case in many countries around the world, the depth and the speed of the economic contraction brought on by the pandemic-related lockdown has meant that kick-starting growth and preserving jobs have been the main concerns of Chinese policymakers in recent months, with more stimulus flowing into areas like infrastructure investment. In fact, as we consider the overall mix within the country, we are seeing brighter prospects for new economy areas like e-commerce and biotech.

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China's green efforts to gain momentum
4 months, 1 week ago

China's green efforts to gain momentum

China Daily  

By ZHENG WANYIN in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-09-05 09:47 A green building in the Shenzhen International Low-Carbon City in Guangdong province, is among those in the special area that use sustainable energy sources. Experts said China's efforts in promoting high-quality economic development and fostering new quality productive forces could further boost the nation's green transition. The …

China's green efforts to gain momentum
4 months, 1 week ago

China's green efforts to gain momentum

China Daily  

A green building in the Shenzhen International Low-Carbon City in Guangdong province, is among those in the special area that use sustainable energy sources. Experts said China's efforts in promoting high-quality economic development and fostering new quality productive forces could further boost the nation's green transition. The plenum's resolution described high-quality development as a "primary task "in building China into …

China's green efforts to gain momentum
4 months, 1 week ago

China's green efforts to gain momentum

China Daily  

A green building in the Shenzhen International Low-Carbon City in Guangdong province, is among those in the special area that use sustainable energy sources. Experts said China's efforts in promoting high-quality economic development and fostering new quality productive forces could further boost the nation's green transition. The plenum's resolution described high-quality development as a "primary task "in building China into …

China to continue with low-carbon reforms, energy regulator says
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China to continue with low-carbon reforms, energy regulator says

Hindustan Times  

in paragraph 8) China to continue with low-carbon reforms, energy regulator says BEIJING, - China will keep phasing out fossil fuels and reforming its electricity system, the energy regulator said on Thursday, issuing a white paper long on listing accomplishments but short on new plans for China's energy transition. National Energy Administration head Zhang Jianhua said China would continue to …

Nation helps drive global transition to green energy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Nation helps drive global transition to green energy

China Daily  

An aerial drone photo taken on June 6, 2024 shows the wind power equipment at a low carbon-dioxide emission industrial park in Sheyang, Yancheng, East China's Jiangsu province. China's green energy development has become an engine for the global energy transition, which has substantially eased global inflation pressures while addressing climate change, according to a white paper issued on Thursday. …

Nation helps drive global transition to green energy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Nation helps drive global transition to green energy

China Daily  

By ZHENG XIN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-08-30 07:04 An aerial drone photo taken on June 6, 2024 shows the wind power equipment at a low carbon-dioxide emission industrial park in Sheyang, Yancheng, East China's Jiangsu province. China's green energy development has become an engine for the global energy transition, which has substantially eased global inflation pressures while addressing …

China becomes world's largest investor in energy transition
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China becomes world's largest investor in energy transition

China Daily  

State Grid employees check solar power panels in the Tibet autonomous region. China, with continuous technological innovation in new energy during the past few years, has become the world's largest investor in energy transition, and has contributed substantially to global energy transition and a clean world, said a white paper issued on Thursday. The country's investment in energy transition reached …

Nation sees big strides in clean energy
5 months ago

Nation sees big strides in clean energy

China Daily  

A wind farm generates power for grids in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. Ma Jun, director of the Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, said that China managed to make such significant progress thanks to a series of forward-looking policies for renewable energy development, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. Targeting much smaller areas, the area-specific environmental management mechanism …

Nation sees big strides in clean energy
5 months ago

Nation sees big strides in clean energy

China Daily  

A wind farm generates power for grids in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. Ma Jun, director of the Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, said that China managed to make such significant progress thanks to a series of forward-looking policies for renewable energy development, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. Targeting much smaller areas, the area-specific environmental management mechanism …

Nation sees big strides in clean energy
5 months ago

Nation sees big strides in clean energy

China Daily  

A wind farm generates power for grids in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. Ma Jun, director of the Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, said that China managed to make such significant progress thanks to a series of forward-looking policies for renewable energy development, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. Targeting much smaller areas, the area-specific environmental management mechanism …

Nation sees big strides in clean energy
5 months ago

Nation sees big strides in clean energy

China Daily  

A wind farm generates power for grids in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. Ma Jun, director of the Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, said that China managed to make such significant progress thanks to a series of forward-looking policies for renewable energy development, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. Targeting much smaller areas, the area-specific environmental management mechanism …

IEA says China renewables benefit world
5 months, 1 week ago

IEA says China renewables benefit world

China Daily  

Technicians install photovoltaic panels at a solar power farm in Dongshan county, Fujian province. The rapid growth of renewable energy in China is outpacing the pursuit of national carbon goals, significantly aiding the global shift toward green energy, experts said. By the end of June, China's grid-connected wind power capacity stood at 470 million kW, and grid-connected solar power capacity …

A nation supporting renewables, green transition should be commended
6 months, 4 weeks ago

A nation supporting renewables, green transition should be commended

China Daily  

People visit the 21st Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition held in Guangzhou of Guangdong province, Nov 19, 2023. Without China's development in the renewable energy sector, the global progress on climate change would be much slower and more costly. China's new energy vehicle sales rose 33.5 percent year-on-year in April 2024, far outpacing the overall increase in vehicle sales, and the …

Case made to welcome Chinese solar products
7 months, 1 week ago

Case made to welcome Chinese solar products

China Daily  

By HENG WEILI in New York | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-06-07 11:11 Employees check solar panel products at a tech company in Zhangye, Gansu province. Biden contended last month that the low cost of China's solar panels are a result of "policy-driven overcapacity" in manufacturing, "flooding global markets with artificially cheap solar modules and panels". Fickling said that Chinese clean …

America should welcome China's clean energy products, says Bloomberg columnist
7 months, 1 week ago

America should welcome China's clean energy products, says Bloomberg columnist

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-06-06 16:48 This aerial photo taken on Feb 18, 2023 shows a photovoltaic power project in Liangzhou district of Wuwei, Northwest China's Gansu province. NEW YORK -- David Fickling, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, argued on Wednesday that the United States should embrace affordable clean energy products, especially solar panels from China, rather than double tariffs. If Biden's …

China's carbon commitment blueprint for global sustainability
7 months, 2 weeks ago

China's carbon commitment blueprint for global sustainability

China Daily  

China's low-carbon commitment, particularly the endeavor to achieve its carbon-neutral target, has become a new driving force for the country's inbound and outbound investment. China's determined climate commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 and peak carbon emissions by 2030 marks a significant turning point in the global fight against climate change. This shift towards carbon neutrality reflects a profound …

Success in solar energy may be a curse for Chinese panel manufacturers
10 months ago

Success in solar energy may be a curse for Chinese panel manufacturers

Live Mint  

Ever since photovoltaic cells started popping up on pocket calculators and building roofs a few decades ago, solar power has faced a key drawback: It’s a nice technology, but there’s simply not enough of it to make a difference. Beijing should introduce bidding rules to prevent low-quality, below-cost products being put onto the market, Zhong Baoshen, chairman of the biggest …

Stakes couldn't be higher
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Stakes couldn't be higher

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY US raising tariffs on Chinese-made solar imports would sacrifice a shared sustainable future for marginal commercial gains today Last month, a bipartisan group of US senators called on President Joe Biden to increase tariffs on Chinese-made solar imports. Imposing solar tariffs risks torpedoing US President Biden's ambition to reach 50 percent clean electricity by 2030, as it …

Quicker green transition likely with intensified low-carbon push
1 year, 6 months ago

Quicker green transition likely with intensified low-carbon push

China Daily  

A view of the wind turbines installed on Nanpeng Island, Guangdong province. China's plan to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060 can be accomplished 10 years earlier if Beijing scales up investment in the energy sector and low-carbon technologies, BloombergNEF has said in a report. The electrification of road transport and industry will also lead to sharp decline in …

Solar panels on rooftops in China could double the world’s capacity
1 year, 10 months ago

Solar panels on rooftops in China could double the world’s capacity

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rooftops and buildings in China fitted with solar panels could match the current …

Emissions from China-invested overseas coal plants equal to whole of Spain
2 years, 2 months ago

Emissions from China-invested overseas coal plants equal to whole of Spain

The Hindu  

Carbon dioxide emissions from China-invested power plants overseas now stand at an estimated 245 million tonnes per year, about the same as the annual energy-related CO2 emissions from Spain or Thailand, new research showed on Tuesday. Chinese companies and government-run investment banks have now financed a total of 171.6 GW of overseas power generation capacity, representing a total of 648 …

Official: China mining more coal but increasing wind, solar
2 years, 2 months ago

Official: China mining more coal but increasing wind, solar

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China plans to boost coal production through 2025 to avoid a repeat of last year’s power shortages, an official said Monday, adding to setbacks in efforts to cut climate-changing carbon emissions from the biggest global source. China is a big investor in wind and solar, but jittery Communist Party leaders called for more coal-fired power after economic growth …

Shift to clean energy is conducive to high-quality growth
2 years, 3 months ago

Shift to clean energy is conducive to high-quality growth

China Daily  

A vast expanse of solar panels shadows the surface of a semi-desert in Northwest China's Qinghai province, turning it into a photovoltaic park. China has scaled up its clean energy sector, including solar and wind power, to replace the use of coal and oil, creating millions of jobs in the green energy sector in the process. These efforts gained greater …

Shift to clean energy is conducive to high-quality growth
2 years, 3 months ago

Shift to clean energy is conducive to high-quality growth

China Daily  

A vast expanse of solar panels shadows the surface of a semi-desert in Northwest China's Qinghai province, turning it into a photovoltaic park. China has scaled up its clean energy sector, including solar and wind power, to replace the use of coal and oil, creating millions of jobs in the green energy sector in the process. These efforts gained greater …

Sustainable development highlighted at webinar
3 years ago

Sustainable development highlighted at webinar

China Daily  

Experts attend the Global Strategic Dialogue 2021, an international webinar on the open global economy co-hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and China Daily, on Dec 20, 2021. Amar Bhattacharya, senior fellow of Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution, noted when speaking at a webinar on Monday economies need to switch to a greener and …

Moving toward a greener future with solar power
3 years, 5 months ago

Moving toward a greener future with solar power

China Daily  

A vast expanse of solar panels shadows the surface of a semi-desert in Northwest China's Qinghai province, turning it into a photovoltaic park. In the fourth of a series of commentaries, a veteran journalist with China Daily focuses on the solar power industry's development. The development of the solar photovoltaic industry over the past two decades provided China with increasing …

US overtakes China as most attractive country for renewables investment; India slips to 7th spot: EY report
4 years, 7 months ago

US overtakes China as most attractive country for renewables investment; India slips to 7th spot: EY report

Firstpost  

The United States has overtaken China as the most attractive country in the world for renewables investment and the global clean energy sector is expected to bounce back quickly despite the coronavirus pandemic, research showed on Tuesday London: The United States has overtaken China as the most attractive country in the world for renewables investment and the global clean energy …

Solar power in China is now cheaper than the grid in hundreds of cities
5 years, 5 months ago

Solar power in China is now cheaper than the grid in hundreds of cities

CNN  

London CNN Business — Solar energy in hundreds of Chinese cities is now cheaper than electricity supplied by the national grid, and it can even compete with coal-fired power in 75 of them, a new study has found. The researchers said that cheaper prices “may encourage a substantial uptake of industrial and commercial solar systems in China in the near …

China remains major stabilizer of world economy
5 years, 8 months ago

China remains major stabilizer of world economy

China Daily  

An employee checks gear products at a machinery company in Yantai, Shandong province. BEIJING - It's reassuring to the world that China's economy has managed to maintain its steady growth and will continue to serve as a major stabilizer for global growth. While the IMF downgraded 2019 global growth forecast by 0.2 percentage points last week, it revised its projection …

How China's giant solar farms are transforming world energy
6 years, 4 months ago

How China's giant solar farms are transforming world energy

BBC  

How China's giant solar farms are transforming world energy Getty Images The first Panda Solar Station started operating in Datong in August 2017 China is not only home to some of the biggest solar farms; its technology looks set to influence energy policy across the globe. “It is like industrial policy for the government.” According to the International Energy Agency …

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