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A team of scientists in China and Britain have made what they say is a breakthrough in the quest to use sunlight to produce hydrogen, which can be used as a power source or in industry. In a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications last week, the scientists …

China considers this year as the crucial year for its new-energy vehicles industry to “go global,” according to the Chinese industry ministry. In a meeting chaired by Chinese Minister of Industry, Xiao Yaqing, Beijing has decided to accelerate innovations and products and standards in its zero-emission vehicles industry to “go …

China remains as tied as ever to fossil fuels, even as it adds more renewable power than any other nation. Last year, the share of coal and gas in power generation was stuck at 71%, the same as 2020. The world’s biggest polluter wants to peak its carbon emissions by …

China’s refinery output hit a record in 2021, up 4.3% from 2020, on robust first-half fuel demand and as refiners ramped up processing to fill a supply gap after a hefty new tax closed loopholes in blending fuel imports. Total refinery throughput last year reached 703.55 million tonnes, or 14.07 …

China has agreed with the United States to release crude from its strategic reserves around the Lunar New Year holiday on February 1, as part of the broader U.S.-led effort for strategic releases to bring oil prices down, sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters on Friday. “China agreed …

NovatekNovatek Gas & Power Asia Pte. Ltd., wholly owned subsidiary of Russia’s gas major Novatek, a and Zhejiang Energy Gas Group Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group have signed a long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement for the LNG produced from the Arctic LNG 2 project. …

The Three Gorges Hydroelectric Power Station on China’s Yangtze River has generated 103.6 billion kWh of electricity in 2021, according to the China Three Gorges Corporation. The clean energy it produced is estimated to be equivalent to the electricity generated by 31.8 million tonnes of standard coal, respectively reducing carbon …

The annual crude oil output of China’s Bohai Sea oil field reached 30.132 million tons in 2021, accounting for one seventh of the nation’s overall annual crude oil output and becoming the country’s largest oil field, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday. The Bohai Sea oil field is operated …

The Chinese customs department revealed that Iraq’s oil export to China had dropped in December 2021. The department’s statist showed that Iraq’s oil export decreased by 49,6% reaching 3.826 million barrels. However, the exports were up by 79.7% from the same month last year (2.130 million barrels). Iraqi oil export …

After reaching around 124 billion cubic metres (bcm) this year, Fitch forecasts LNG import volumes to fall year-on-year up until 2025, hitting an annual low of 114 bcm that year, before growth flips back into positive territory. “Several factors are at play. On the one hand, demand growth – while …