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Chinese Environmental News

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Keeping current

Shenzhen launches ‘virtual’ power plant in hunt for energy gains
Sep 16, 2022 (WiC 600)

When electricity is in short supply, it’s even more important to optimise the usage of what you have. That, in a nutshell, is what virtual power plants (VPPs) can do – tracking the electricity supply from various sources and matching it to ...

Blowing into Italy

Ming Yang expands turbine empire into Europe
May 27, 2022 (WiC 586)

Europe’s largest wind-turbine manufacturers fear an easterly storm as China’s largest players start to finish their first projects on the continent. If the example of Italy’s Beleolico project is instructive, their concerns could be well ...

City residents blame BYD for nosebleed crisis
May 13, 2022 (WiC 584)

Just a week ago, electric car and battery maker BYD seemed to be on a triumphant path. In the first quarter alone, it reported sales of 286,329 of its new energy vehicles, compared with 104,145 in the first three months of last year. Net ...

A new silicon star?

Conglomerate Shuangliang makes solar push
Feb 25, 2022 (WiC 574)

If there’s one thing that companies and investors are learning about the global transition to net zero is that it’s turning out to be a very bumpy ride. Both the electric vehicle (EV) and solar industry share a very similar problem. There ...

Lessons from Zhengzhou

Catastrophic floods expose the downsides of a ‘cashless’ society
Jul 30, 2021 (WiC 551)

Heavy rains have continued in the central province of Henan this week, flooding new areas and leading to further loss of life. The official death toll from the two-week deluge has risen to 99. Given the severity of the damage, it is expected ...

A truly deadly downpour

Zhengzhou receives 365-days worth of rainfall in just 72 hours
Jul 23, 2021 (WiC 550)

Around 6pm on Tuesday evening a passenger train on Line 5 of Zhengzhou’s subway system was approaching Shakoulu station in the north of the city. Heavy rain had been falling for days as is common at this time of year. But the city had just ...

It’s this or nine million trees

Sinopec launches China’s first large-scale carbon capture facility
Jul 16, 2021 (WiC 549)

As a scorching heat wave sweeps across the Northern Hemisphere, China is asking its people to brace for another year of extreme weather conditions. According to the National Climate Centre, the average temperatures for the first half of the ...

Handle with care

Animal escapes put zoos in the spotlight
Jun 4, 2021 (WiC 543)

Tiger King, a documentary about the chaotic life of big cat breeder Joe Exotic, was the Netflix smash hit of 2020. By the time it was broadcast Exotic had been jailed for 22 years for paying a hitman to murder a zookeeper rival. The ...

A chance to cool down?

Can China and the US find common ground in climate change policy
Apr 23, 2021 (WiC 537)

Global temperatures are rising but could they offer a chance to take some of the heat out of the relationship between China and the US, after months of verbal clashes between the two superpowers? Hopes were high over a visit by US special ...

Unhealthy orange

Gigantic sandstorm engulfs China’s capital city
Mar 19, 2021 (WiC 532)

On Monday morning Beijingers awoke to dark orange skies and appalling air quality as a huge sandstorm rolled into China’s capital. Skyscrapers disappeared from view, planes were grounded and residents watched in horror as PM10 (large ...

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