China’s transition. The world’s business.
24–30 Aug 2026
bne IntelliNews' report on renewable curtailment puts a hard number on the next phase of China's energy transition: 8.6% of solar output and 9.1% of wind output was curtailed in the first half of 2026, according to the National Energy…
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bne IntelliNews' report on renewable curtailment puts a hard number on the next phase of China's energy transition: 8.6% of solar output and 9.1% of wind output was curtailed in the first half of 2026, according to the National Energy…
Read the cover storyEnergy Connects' Aug. 25 report on PCG Power's planned trading platform points to a quiet but important change in China's renewable market. Developers are starting to look beyond the simple sale of generated electricity and toward forecasting,…
China Briefing's review of environmental compliance trends shows that the next ESG constraint is institutional capacity. The analysis points to an around 30 Mt CO2e emissions-reduction-capacity target through non-CO2 measures during the 15th…
Science and Technology Daily's Aug. 25 report on the new ecological protection plan matters because it treats restoration as a coordination problem. Six government authorities, including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Ministry of…
The University of Hong Kong's Aug. 26 announcement about a new One Earth study puts the battery circularity debate in the right place: producer responsibility. The study, by researchers from HKU, Shandong University, the University of Maryland,…
Reuters' Aug. 26 report that China was preparing for more heavy rain from back-to-back storms is a concise but important physical-climate signal. The available evidence does not provide enough detail to state rainfall totals, damage figures or…