GreenergyDaily

Dec 5, 2023

1. China's NEA said last week that the country's total installed renewable energy capacity has exceeded 1.4 TW, which represents approximately 49.9% of the nation's total electricity generation capacity. The capacity includes 420 GW of hydropower, 404 GW of wind power, 536 GW of solar, and 44 GW of biomass.

2. In the first 11 months of 2023, Li Auto, Xpeng Motors, Leap Motor, and NIO have delivered 325,700, 121,500, 125,500 and 142,000 EVs respectively, surpassing their full-year deliveries in 2022.

3. VW's transformative journey unfolds in Hefei, Anhui province. The company's strategic investment of 1 billion euros is shaping a groundbreaking tech hub for intelligent, connected vehicles, set to bring cutting-edge vehicles tailored for the dynamic Chinese market by 2026.

4. Honda's JV in China clarified it ended the agreement with its staffing agency, meaning that the lay-off involves around 900 dispatched workers, not its employees. GAC Honda Automobile saw its production and sales decrease by 21% and 22%, respectively, in the first 10 months of the year.

5. China has launched more than 50 projects on ecological restoration amid its continuous efforts on environment protection, with a total area of 80 million mu (1 mu≈0.067 hectares) of ecosystems restored, including forests, grassland, and waterways, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources.

6. The number of NEVs sold in China through wholesale channels is likely to have reached 940,000 units last month, up 29% from a year earlier, the CPCA said yesterday. For the first 11 months, the figure is expected to exceed 7.7 million, up 35% from the same period last year.

7. Three Gorges Energy, a unit of China Three Gorges Corp., has switched on a 1 MW solar power plant using unspecified perovskite PV panels in the Kubuqi Desert, in China's Inner Mongolia region. The company said that the PV system uses 11,200 modules. The plant near Hangjin Banner, Ordos, is the world's first commercial PV system to use perovskite technology.

8. Tesla's bitter labor dispute with Swedish unions has escalated further after a union in neighboring Denmark said it would take sympathetic action to stop the US electric cars from reaching Sweden.  Denmark's largest union 3F said on Tuesday that its dockworkers and drivers would no longer transport Teslas bound for Sweden.

9. Circular economy is estimated to contribute over 35 percent of China's carbon emission reduction by 2030, according to a report issued Monday by the China Association of Circular Economy.

10. China's 1st ultra-large PV and gas-film integrated power station started operation on Sat after the full commissioning of its 4 gas-film greenhouses at Lu'anzhou dock of Changzhou port, E China's Jiangsu. The 270,000-sqm project can generate 11 mln kWh of electricity annually.