A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.
The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked ...
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Understanding China’s Role in Africa’s Power Sector: A New Series from The China-Global South Project
China is helping build nearly one in every five power plants operating in Sub-Saharan Africa today, yet most people know very little about how these projects come together. As electricity demand rises and traditional development partners pull back, China’s influence is becoming even more significant.
Analysis from Cobus van Staden
China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network
A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from ...
ASEAN, Gulf, and China Signal New Phase in Global South Climate Leadership
For decades, global climate action has been largely shaped by the Global North—through frameworks like the Paris Agreement and funding mechanisms such as the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JET-P). These initiatives have set the tone, the goals, and the financial flows, often leaving countries in the Global ...
After Trump Cut Funding for Energy Transitions Overseas, Could China Step In?
By Zhou Xiaozhu On the day he became president again, Donald Trump signed an executive order to take the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. That was followed by a termination of U.S. funding pledged during the Biden ...
Chinese Battery Giant’s Splashy IPO Highlights New Energy Tensions
Shares in Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL) surged after the world’s largest maker of batteries made an eye-popping initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong. Stocks in the world’s largest battery-maker are up by 16% after it raised $4.6 billion in the world's largest share listing this ...
China’s Global Power Plant Investment is Shifting—But Will the Scale Follow?
By Diego Morro In a recent virtual meeting with world leaders on Climate and the Just Transition, Chinese leader Xi Jinping stated that China will not slow its climate efforts or reduce support for international cooperation. This builds on his ...
Indonesia Eyes 10 GW Nuclear by 2040, First Contracts in 5 Years: Prabowo Aide
Indonesia is preparing to launch its first nuclear energy program. This landmark shift could redefine Southeast Asia’s clean energy trajectory or expose the country to new geopolitical and environmental risks. The plan, unveiled by President Prabowo Subianto’s energy envoy Hashim ...
Iran Top Diplomat in China to Discuss Nuclear Talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was visiting China on Wednesday for consultations ahead of a new round of nuclear talks with the United States. Iran and the United States are set to meet in Oman on Saturday for a third set ...
Gunmen Attack Chinese-Owned Power Plant Site in Chile
Gunmen attacked a Chinese-owned hydroelectric plant under construction in Chile Sunday, setting fire to dozens of trucks and heavy earth-moving equipment, police said. The Rucalhue power plant is being built by Rucalhue Energia Spa, a unit of China International Water and ...
Niger’s Solar Surge: Powered by the Sun and Chinese Manufacturing
By Boureima Hama Solar panels like the ones on the roof of Elhadj Abdou's house are an increasingly common sight in Niger's capital, which is often hit by power cuts. "There are no more power ...
China’s Strategic Pursuit of Nuclear Energy Dominance in Africa
By Innocent Batsani-Ncube China is strategically positioning itself to exert significant influence over Africa’s nuclear energy sector in the coming decades. Presently, Russia and France dominate this emerging industry, with the United States playing a lesser role; however, China’s calculated initiatives ...
China Urges U.S. to Show ‘Sincerity’ in Iran Nuclear Talks
China urged the United States on Tuesday to show "sincerity" in nuclear talks with Iran, a day after Washington and Tehran made the shock announcement that high-level discussions would take place this week. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would ...
Power Plays: China’s Changing Energy Financing in Africa
By Wu Tianyi Over the past two decades, Chinese financing in Africa has boomed and waned and undergone cycles of change. Initially dominated by lending from state-owned policy banks for large infrastructure and energy projects, notably in coal and hydropower, the ...