China has launched a new national initiative to modernize its coal power sector.

By the end of 2024, China’s biomass power generation capacity is set to reach 45.99 million kW, with an output of 208.3 billion kWh.

China has issued a new mandatory national standard aimed at strengthening safety requirements for batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs).

China has expanded its national carbon emissions trading system for the first time, officially bringing the cement industry into the fold—a move that puts cement producers under heightened pressure to manage carbon costs.

China’s new energy commercial vehicle (NECV) market saw explosive growth in the first quarter of 2025, with domestic sales surging nearly 50% year-on-year, according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

Guangxi’s total installed power generation capacity has surpassed 100 gigawatts for the first time, reaching 100.004 GW, according to China Southern Power Grid’s Guangxi branch.

China’s installed capacity of new energy storage has exceeded that of traditional pumped hydro for the first time, marking a key milestone in the country’s transition toward a more flexible and sustainable power system.

At a press conference held by the Information Office of the Shandong Provincial Government on April 15, Yue Jianru, Deputy Director of the Shandong Energy Bureau, announced that the province’s installed capacity of renewable energy has surpassed 100 million kilowatts, with solar power accounting for 80 million kilowatts.

In the global race to develop next-generation lithium-ion batteries with higher energy density, researchers at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have achieved a major scientific breakthrough.