[Germany and Qatar sign energy deal]Germany signed an energy deal with Qatar to import liquefied gas and jointly develop hydrogen fuel as Europe's largest economies race to ease energy pressure from Russia. The partnership was signed during a visit by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Al Thani to Berlin to meet Prime Minister Olaf Schultz and other officials. The four-page statement envisages Qatari gas exports to Germany, as well as collaboration between scientists from the two countries on hydrogen, energy efficiency and renewable energy. But no date has been given for the first LNG supply. Editor/Xing Wentao
China Power Construction Corporation recently released an announcement on its main business operations for January 2026. According to the data, the company signed a total of 661 new projects in January 2026, with a total contract amount of 89.436 billion yuan. Among them, the energy and power business sector has performed outstandingly, with 428 newly signed projects and a total of 59.324 billion yuan in newly signed contracts. According to the announcement, the scope of energy and power business is extensive, covering hydropower, wind power, solar power generation, thermal power, new energy storage, nuclear power, power grid, as well as various types such as hydrogen energy, geothermal energy, ocean energy, biomass energy, etc.Editor/Yang Meiling
In order to promote the large-scale development of solar thermal power generation, the People's Government of Qinghai Province recently issued the "Several Measures for Promoting the Scale Development of Solar Thermal Power Generation in Qinghai Province". The document proposes to support incremental independent solar thermal projects included in the development and construction plan to independently conduct mechanism electricity price bidding one year before the prescribed completion deadline. The policy will comprehensively consider factors such as the comprehensive income of enterprises and the value of green electricity to set a reasonable upper limit for bidding, and set a lower limit for bidding based on the principle of not being lower than the project cost, with a starting lower limit of 0.55 yuan/kWh. The lower limit will moderately decrease year by year, with the goal of achieving comparable prices to coal-fired power by 2030.Editor/Yang Meiling