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Coal is back and nuclear is next: The Iran war is rewiring Asia’s energy future

A closed Strait of Hormuz is forcing Asia to look backwards—to coal—and forward—to nuclear energy and electric vehicles—simultaneously.

Fortune

China's Power Paradox: Record Renewables, Continued Coal

Call it the China power paradox: while Beijing leads the world in renewable energy expansion, its coal projects are booming too.

International Business Times

Glimmering Sea Of Solar As China Expands Desert Installation

An ocean of blue solar panels ripples across the ochre dunes of Inner Mongolia's Kubuqi desert, a glittering example of China's almost inconceivably mammoth energy transition.

International Business Times

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China Solves AI's Biggest Bottleneck – U.S. Faces Power Grid Crisis That Goldman Warns Could 'Severely Choke' Growth

Surging artificial intelligence demand faces a "critical bottleneck" according to Goldman Sachs, with the fragile U.S. power grid failing to keep up with monstrous industry growth. In fact, China may have already won the battle for electric power dominance after decades of infrastructure investment, unlike our politically divided country.

Benzinga

AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over

China is “set up to hit grand slams,” longtime Chinese energy expert David Fishman told Fortune. “The U.S., at best, can get on base.”

Fortune

China Says Wind And Solar Energy Capacity Exceeds Thermal For First Time

China's wind and solar energy capacity has surpassed that of mostly coal-powered thermal for the first time, the national energy body said Friday.

International Business Times

China's Solar Goes From Supremacy To Oversupply

Strong state support and huge private investment have made China's solar industry a global powerhouse, but it faces new headwinds, from punitive tariffs abroad to a brutal price war at home.

International Business Times

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China's Solar Sector Blazes Trail In Commitment To Renewables

Hundreds of rows of gleaming panels blanket swathes of scrubby sand at sunset in a remote northern Chinese desert -- once the biggest solar farm in the world.

International Business Times

China’s coal-fired power boom may be ending amid slowdown in permits

Permits for coal-fired power plants drop by 83% despite leading world in construction as focus turns to renewables

The Guardian - UK

China promised climate action. Its emissions topped US, EU, India combined

Beijing’s heavy reliance on coal plants has cast a shadow over global efforts to tackle climate change.

Al Jazeera

Drought, record heat and blackouts test China's faith in renewable energy

TAIPEI, Taiwan — With 80% of its electricity coming from hydropower, the province of Sichuan in southern China has been lauded as a model for a clean energy future in the nation most crucial to the worldwide fight against climate change.

Los Angeles Times

Extreme Weather Is Brutalizing Asia

Floods, droughts, tropical storms, and heat waves are severely testing the resilience of a region with a lot of vulnerable people.

Foreign Policy

Covid-19: Shanghai's locked down elite are joining hunt for groceries

SHANGHAI: Even the wealthy are struggling to buy food as Shanghai's lockdown drags on.

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