China added 194 million tonnes of coal mining capacity in 2018, data from the energy bureau showed on Tuesday, despite vows to eliminate excess capacity in the sector and to reduce fossil fuel consumption. Total coal mining capacity in the country was... 

For the global energy industry, China’s importance is hard to overstate. It is the world’s largest oil importer and is on course to be the largest gas importer this year. It accounts for about half the world’s coal consumption and almost a third... 

China’s energy policies may, at first, seem paradoxical: it is shooting for the stars and it is working to have renewable energy start replacing coal-fired electricity. That’s a hard task in a country where coal is now 60% of its electricity base... 

China is the world’s largest solar energy producer with 130 million kilowatt energy capacity. According to the International Energy Agency (UEA) statistical data, China, which produces more than 60 percent of the panels in the world, also provides... 

Two solar power bases in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, with a total installed power generating capacity of 1 GW, were launched and connected to the grid Saturday. Each of the two demonstration bases directly managed by the National Energy... 

The China Energy Storage Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $700 million to over $6 billion by 2024; as reported in the latest study by Global Market Insights. China’s energy storage market size is set to witness... 

Scientists at the hefei institutes of physical science, part of the chinese academy of sciences (CASHIPS), have developed a nuclear fusion reactor that achieved 100 million degrees celsius in its core plasma during a four-month experiment this year. nicknamed... 

1. US oil production exceeded expectations. A year ago, the Energy Information Administration estimated that US crude production would increase in 2018, below 600,000 barrels. This proved to be an inadequate statement: the actual increase was about 1.6... 

The world’s first third-generation “Evolutionary Power Reactor” (EPR) has gone into operation at Taishan in China’s Guangdong province, the French and Chinese developers behind the project announced on Friday. The 1,750 megawatt EPR, formerly... 

Germany says goodbye to the eda black diamond. The last mine of Bottrop, which was active in the country, was removed for the last time yesterday. Thus, in Germany, coal-mining mines have become history. During the generations in the Ruhr Region, also...