Bridging the gap: Can policy engineering unlock China’s shale gas ambitions? A new system dynamics model reveals that isolated efforts are insufficient. For China to meet its ambitious shale gas…

China’s carbon market trial by fire: Early enforcement data reveals compliance and economic trade-offs China’s national emissions trading scheme is the world’s largest. This study of its first compliance period…

The price of green growth: Chinese researchers pinpoint the most cost-effective policy mix for steel decarbonisation A rigorous analysis from Chinese academics reveals that a combined energy and environmental policy…

The Carbon Calculus: China’s Steel Sector Charts a Route to Net Zero Chinese scientists have developed a detailed, cost-optimized roadmap for decarbonizing the nation’s steel industry, integrating a carbon trading…

Cleaning up coal: The hidden welfare calculus of China’s rural energy transition For global energy economists and environmental strategists, China’s rural clean-coal push offers a rare real-world test case: policy…

Fuel and friction: Can China’s energy pivot tame inflation born of superpower rivalry? As US-China tensions fuel energy-price volatility, the strategic question for Beijing is no longer just about supply…

Caught in the crossfire: how great-power rivalry shapes clean energy in developing nations For global energy professionals, the implication is clear: the geopolitical contest between Washington and Beijing is no…

China’s Grid Revolution: Power Lines That Lift Millions Out of Energy Poverty A groundbreaking study reveals that China’s ultra-high-voltage (UHV) transmission projects are doing more than moving electricity across vast…

Biogas’s divergent paths: how Europe and China are charting separate energy transitions A new study in Energy Policy dissects the technological maturity, policy architectures, and techno-economic performance driving biogas adoption…

China’s Meng Xiang: A New Flagship for Deep-Sea Discovery China has launched its first purpose-built ocean drilling vessel, the Meng Xiang, signalling a major intensification of its deep-sea research capabilities.…