Category: Energy

China Hands Over Ecuador’s Coca Codo Dam as Defects and Risks Remain Unresolved

By Julie Radomski Ten years after the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric dam first came online, the Chinese state-owned construction company Sinohydro Corporation finally turned the project over to the Ecuadorian state last Friday.  Yet Ecuador only agreed to accept it ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Emerging China-Global South Energy Nexus

This month brought quietly momentous news: for the first time ever, the world’s share of renewable energy surpassed that generated by burning coal. 
China is one of the world’s biggest consumers of coal and is therefore partly responsible for bringing us to our current carbon crisis. 

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Australian Minister to Raise Energy Security on Asia Tour

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Sunday she will tour Japan, China and South Korea this week to shore up trade and energy ties as an oil supply squeeze pressures the Asia-Pacific region. Iran choked off crude oil shipments through the ...

War, Taxes Drive Record New Energy Exports from China to Global South

Africa and Asia drove record exports of Chinese solar panels in March. The increases were partly driven by countries rushing to stock up on components before the expiration of Chinese export tax refunds, which kept prices lower. However, the increase ...

Xi: China Willing to Work With Africa on Middle East Conflict Impact

China is willing to work with African countries to address the spillover effects of the Middle East conflict, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday while meeting with Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo in Beijing, state media reported. "The spillover effects of the ...

India’s Sri Lanka Pipeline Push Takes Aim at China’s Energy Foothold

India and Sri Lanka have revived talks on a cross-border oil pipeline as New Delhi tries to counter China’s growing energy presence on the island. The plan is tied to a broader India-Sri Lanka-UAE energy hub at Trincomalee and would deepen India’s ...

Turkmenistan, China Launch Expansion of Giant Gas Field

Turkmenistan and China broke ground Friday on works to expand production at the giant Galkynysh gas field, strengthening Beijing's already dominant position in the secretive Central Asian nation's energy sector. The former Soviet republic, which holds the world's fourth-largest gas reserves, ...

The Asia-Pacific’s New Oil Order

In response to Iran’s partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States has begun implementing a counter-blockade—leveraging naval patrols, sanctions enforcement, and selective interdictions to constrain Iranian oil exports and raise the costs of Tehran’s strategy. Rather than restoring stability, however, this tit-for-tat dynamic is ...

Russia Ready to Help China With Energy Ahead of Putin’s Visit, Foreign Minister Says

Russia is ready to increase energy supplies to China ahead of an expected visit by President Vladimir Putin, Russian news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday at a news conference in Beijing. The agencies quoted Lavrov as ...

With Iran War Disrupting Gulf Stability, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Heads to Beijing

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, landed in the Chinese capital on Sunday for a three-day official visit. Specific details of his agenda have not been released, but it's fair to say this is ...

From Diesel to Solar: How Nigerian School is Cutting its Energy Costs

A quiet energy revolution is unfolding in Lagos, not in the version we’re used to, but in a space that forms the basis of a civilization-  a school. Just before COVID struck, the Abba’s Heart School had already embarked on ...

China’s Energy Strategy Pays off as Mideast War Cramps Supplies: Analysts

By Peter Catterall China's long-term strategy of diversifying energy sources and building stockpiles is helping it weather disruptions from the Iran war, although some sectors still face major snags, analysts say. China is a net ...

Vietnam’s To Lam Plans China Visit Next Week After Winning Presidency

By Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio Vietnam's top leader To Lam is planning a visit to China next week to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping, three people briefed on the plans told Reuters, in a trip that would closely follow his elevation to ...

Australia, China Agree to Seek Regional Energy Security

Australia and China agreed on Tuesday to support regional energy security amid rising oil prices sparked by the war in the Middle East, both governments said. Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held a telephone call with Chinese Premier Li Qiang to ...
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