GreenergyDaily
Aug. 8, 2024
1. The 1st batch of wind turbines at the highest-altitude wind farm in northwest China has started operation at an average altitude of 3,100m on the Pamir Plateau. The 200-MW project can supply 540 mln kWh of electricity to 300,000 households a year once fully connected to the grid.
2. China will issue 70 national standards for carbon footprints, energy efficiency and consumption as well as carbon capture, utilization and storage in 2024, in another step to reach peak carbon emissions. The country aims to build 100 carbon emission management standardization pilots in 2025, its state planner said in a statement on Thursday.
3. China secured the top spot in terms of the number of published green and low-carbon patent applications in 2023 with a YoY increase of 20%, accounting for over half of the global total, according to a recent report by the country's top intellectual property regulator, noting 48% of the global patent applications in the field of energy storage belonged to China in 2023, with 37,000 applications achieved.
4. China set a new single-day record for onshore ultra-deep well drilling by boring 2,006 meters in just one day at the Ha 13-H9 well in the Tarim Oilfield, marking a significant technological breakthrough. The well has been completed to a depth of 7,341 meters.
5. The Lingshui 36-1 gas field, located in the southeastern waters of Hainan province, was proved to have over 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves, becoming the world's first ultra-deep water and ultra-shallow large gas field, CNOOC announced yesterday.
6. Porsche China will recall 3,780 imported Cayenne models produced between May 9 and June 19 due to the front axle control arm defects starting Aug. 31, the country's top market regulator announced.
7. China's first hydrogen-powered smart tram has begun service on the ART T1 line in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan. Equipped with a 35-MPa hydrogen storage system and a high-power fuel-cell system, the tram can run 200 km on a single fill-up with zero emission.
8. The U.S. overtook China as Germany's biggest trading partner in 2024H1, according to German statistics office data, as Berlin's drive to reduce dependency on Beijing takes shape amid a resilient U.S. economy. German imports and exports to the world's largest economy totalled around 127 billion euros ($139 billion) from January to June, while for China the figure was 122 billion euros, according to Reuters.
9. Chongqing is expected to have 2,040 supercharging stations and 4,000 supercharging piles by 2025, Deputy Mayor Jiang Duntao said at a summit today. The Chinese city has about 500 supercharging stations under construction or already built.
10. Saudi Aramco is looking to invest in more chemical plants in China this year and next, adding to deals it's already clinched in the country to secure long-term buyers for its crude. The world's largest crude exporting company is targeting additional facilities that can turn oil into chemicals, Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said. Aramco sees demand for goods such as plastics outlasting the growth in consumption for gasoline and diesel amid the energy transition.
