Soaring crude futures prices on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) have opened the arbitrage for traders to deliver in November what could be this year’s highest volumes of crude from the Middle East to the Chinese exchange, trade sources have told Reuters. The prices of the November futures contract …
Read More »China Launches Largest Floating Wind Turbine in the World
China recently unveiled what it says is the largest and most powerful floating offshore wind turbine in the world. The reason this is being viewed as a substantial claim is that the country is now announcing record breaking floating wind turbine technology in the one major area of renewable energy …
Read More »China Rolls out Plan to Promote Nuclear Technology Application Industry
China aims to see the annual direct economic output value of its nuclear technology application industry hit 400 billion yuan (about 56 billion U.S. dollars) by 2026. The target was set in an action plan, recently jointly released by China Atomic Energy Authority, the National Development and Reform Commission and …
Read More »Geopolitical Tensions Cast Shadow over EV Industry
Chinese EV battery maker SVOLT is shuttering operations in Europe on the heels of a yearslong regulatory conflict between European lawmakers and EV manufacturing based in China. As we have reported over the last year, EU authorities have been doing everything in their power to stifle EV production based in …
Read More »EU and China Continue Talks on EV Tariffs Alternative
The European Union and China agreed on Friday to continue discussions on a possible alternative to the EU import tariffs on China-made electric vehicles, a week before the levies are set to come into force, the European Commission said. The European Commission’s Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, …
Read More »Top U.S. LNG Exports: China’s Gas Demand Is Booming
Chinese demand for natural gas is set to jump by more than 50% by 2040, from 400 billion cubic meters (bcm) now to more than 600 bcm, according to an executive at the top U.S. LNG exporter, Cheniere Energy. “There’s no doubt that gas demand growth in China, in absolute …
Read More »China’s Crude Oil Refining Hits Three-Month Low
Crude oil refining in China fell to the lowest in three months in September as more refineries closed for regular seasonal maintenance. Even so, oil prices will likely suffer a negative impact from the news, as it also revealed refining since the start of the year was down 1.6%. Chinese …
Read More »CNOOC Sees Record Oil and Gas Output from Independent Field
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has revealed a record cumulative production of 9 billion m3 of natural gas and more than 900 000 m3 of crude oil from the Deep Sea #1 field. Production from the field is set to rise further as CNOOC, China’s third-largest national oil company, …
Read More »China’s Coal Imports Jumped to a Record High in September
Chinese imports of coal surged to a monthly high in September, driven by increased consumption and falling international coal prices. China imported last month a total of 47.59 million metric tons of coal, a 13% increase from September 2023, data from the country’s General Administration of Customs showed on Monday. …
Read More »China is Winning the Race for Ultra-Fast Charging EV Batteries
The world’s biggest battery makers are working to make electric vehicles more attractive to hesitant buyers by offering a five-minute charge time for a decent range that would give drivers the same superfast experience as they would have at a gas station. Currently, the charging times for EVs range anywhere …
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