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Europe has intensified efforts this year to protect its clean energy manufacturing industries and reduce dependence on China for its renewable energy rollout. Several proposed EU acts are aimed at boosting Europe’s competitiveness in the global clean energy supply chain and minimize risks to energy infrastructure security. Europe’s wind industry, …

Russia set a new record for daily gas deliveries to China via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, the press service of the energy corporation Gazprom said on Saturday. “On Nov. 23, the Chinese side’s application for the supply of Russian gas through the Power of Siberia gas pipeline again …

A Chinese firm has announced it will build a renewable energy project with more generating capacity than New Zealand in a vast inland desert province. China Energy Investment Corp. and its listed unit, China Longyuan Power Group Corp., are forming a joint venture to build the Badain Jaran in Gansu …

In line with Moscow and Beijing’s objective of keeping the West out of energy deals in Iraq to keep Baghdad closer to the new Iran-Saudi axis and to “end [the] Western hegemony in the Middle East [that] will become the decisive chapter in the West’s final demise,” Russia has struck …

Oil prices backed off on Monday, reversing their Friday rally, as renewed concerns over waning demand in the United States and China dented market sentiment. Brent crude futures for January were down 71 cents, or 0.87%, at $80.72 a barrel at 0400 GMT, while the U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) …

China will start guaranteeing payments to coal-fired power plants based on their installed capacity as of January 2024, as the world’s top coal consumer looks to ensure stability of electricity supply amid soaring renewable energy output. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the state planner, said on Friday that …

Lower refining margins, higher oil and fuel inventory levels, and a slower-than-expected increase in air travel have combined to push down oil demand in China, according to a Bloomberg report, with analysts expecting little change in the status quo in the coming months. “Domestic demand has lost steam following the …

Oil prices struggled on Wednesday after sliding to their lowest levels in over three months in the previous session, weighed down by concerns over waning demand in the world’s top oil consumers, the United States and China. Brent crude futures advanced by 15 cents to $81.76 a barrel by 0636 …

China has spent years staking out near-total domination of a laundry list of rare earth minerals with a vital and growing role in clean energy supply chains. The nation has been building up its own domestic wealth of these key primary materials while simultaneously expanding its acquisitions and influence in …

China’s leading wind developer, Longyuan, and turbine-maker Shanghai Electric have launched what they claim is the world’s first integrated floating wind, solar and fish farming system. The facility is located off Nanri Island in Fujian Province. In 2021, the parties announced they would build the world’s first aquaculture farm integrated …