Construction of the world’s largest offshore solar power plant has begun on tidal flats off the coast of Jiangsu province. The plant, with 3.3 million solar modules and a capacity of two gigawatts (GW), is set to go online next year and operate for 25 years, according to the official news agency Xinhua. The developer […]
The overcapacity in China’s cleantech sector is not only causing concern in the West – they are also a big problem for China. For example, the country’s photovoltaic industry could lose many companies due to the sharp price drop. In 2023, falling prices suddenly forced many companies to sell at production costs or below. This […]
Power generation from wind and solar energy in China increased by 25 percent in the first quarter compared to the previous year. In the same period, power generation from coal fell, as the specialist service Carbon Brief reported, citing state media. According to the National Energy Administration (NEA), the total capacity of all solar plants […]
In the shadow of the big special tariff announcement earlier this week, the US has now also plugged a previously duty-free loophole for China’s solar companies. On Thursday, the Office of the President in Washington announced that the tariff exemptions for bifacial solar panels that have been in place for two years will soon be […]
The Chinese company Hesai Technology has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Defense. Hesai wants the Pentagon to remove the company from its blacklist of Chinese firms suspected of collaborating with the military. According to Reuters, Hesai, a developer of LIDAR sensor technologies for self-driving cars, was placed on the list in January […]
As expected, the US government will impose special tariffs on a wide range of Chinese products. On Tuesday, the government announced in Washington that tariffs on electric cars will be raised from 25 to 100 percent. Lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and other battery parts will be subject to 25 percent tariffs instead of the […]
Vladimir Putin is traveling to China – again. Just a few days after his Europe visit, President Xi Jinping is meeting with the man the Europeans – most recently German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron – would like to get him away from. In vain so far.China’s official position on Russia remains […]
After two days in France, China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Serbia’s capital Belgrade this evening. This marks the start of the second part of his trip, which will take him to meet some very close friends of China: Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán are always outspokenly pro-Beijing. They also […]
Xi Jinping has arrived in Paris with his wife Peng Liyuan; this Monday marks the start of a series of summit meetings in France, Hungary and Serbia. None of these are the most China-critical countries in Europe, but at least in France, Xi will have to discuss some of the demands of his counterpart Emmanuel […]
The date for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s planned trip to China has apparently been set. Putin will travel to the People’s Republic on May 15 and 16, Bloomberg quoted a source with access to the Kremlin as saying. It will be Putin’s first foreign trip after his re-inauguration, which will be held on May 7. […]