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The world’s first offshore floating wind-solar pilot just came online in China

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China’s government-owned utility State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) has launched the world’s first commercial offshore floating solar that’s paired with an offshore wind turbine. The post The world’s first offshore floating wind-solar pilot just came online in China appeared first on Electrek.

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The first of China’s desert solar and wind projects is online, and it’s huge

Electrek

The first of many solar and wind projects in China’s deserts is now online, and it’s capable of powering 1.5 more… The post The first of China’s desert solar and wind projects is online, and it’s huge appeared first on Electrek. million households.

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In a world first, China installs an 18 MW offshore wind turbine

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Photo: DongFang Electric Corporation China has installed an 18-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine – the world’s largest by power rating – in Guangdong province. State-owned power generator manufacturer Dongfang Electric Corporation completed the installation of the massive wind turbine at a coastal test base in Shantou on June 5.

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The world’s largest solar farm just came online in China

Baua Electric

Photo: CGTN The world’s largest solar farm, in the desert in northwestern Xinjiang, is now connected to China’s grid. The 5-gigawatt (GW), 200,000-acre solar farm is outside Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital. The state asset regulator’s website that cited the Power Construction Corp of China said it came online on Monday.

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China has won the EV war, and US car makers are changing their electric plans

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China, as it has done with solar panels, wind turbines, and even battery storage, not to mention battery metals, has already been declared the winner of the electric vehicle manufacturing wars. The post China has won the EV war, and US car makers are changing their electric plans appeared first on The Driven.

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BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies

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Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Wind and solar grow from 7% of generation today to 48% by 2050. China and India together are a $4.3

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5

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