Polestar’s 2020 electric vehicle concept car is to go into mass production in a carbon-neutral factory in China, according to the electric vehicle firm. The Polestar Precept made its debut earlier this year as a concept car with an emphasis on sustainability and cutting-edge tech instead of traditional performance figures and specifications. The Geely-owned Volvo…
Chinese chemical and gas company, Linggas, has started to capture and re-use nitrous oxide during nylon production using new technology. The greenhouse gas is 300 times more harmful to the ozone layer than carbon dioxide. The Beijing-based industrial giant, which sells industrial gases used in electronics, recently took strides towards becoming climate-neutral, something Chinese president…
Warren Buffet-backed Chinese automotive giant, BYD, has delivered a shipment of 106 new electric buses to Finland in the largest delivery ever received by the eco-conscious Scandinavian state. The transaction, the first between Finland and BYD, will see 64 buses introduced to the tarmac of the Finnish capital, Helsinki, which has been at the forefront…
Xi Jinping, leader of the Chinese Communist Party and president of China, has pledged that his nation will become carbon neutral by 2060. He called for a “green revolution” and said China would scale up its targets under the Paris Climate Accord, in an address to the United Nations Annual General Assembly (UNGA) in New…
Global wind farm capacity is likely to grow nearly 800% by the end of 2030 – with China at the head of the pack, according to two recent reports. A report by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) indicates stronger than originally forecasted growth for the sector. The Energy Council had to review its latest…
Zambian state-owned power company, Zesco, has announced a partnership with Chinese construction company, PowerChina, to construct three large solar power plants that will add a further 600MW of electricity to the African nation’s grid. The signing of the deal, worth a reported US$548 million, coincides with the news that the Zambian government is aiming to…
On the eve of the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos in January, China announced a nationwide ban on single-use plastics as part of a bold five-year environmental plan. The policy will see a ban on single-use plastic bags and disposable wares such as tape, packaging materials and swabs in China’s metropoles by the…