[MENA to add 50GW of utility-scale solar by 2030]The MENA country plans to add 49.5GW of installed utility-scale solar capacity by 2030. With more than 30GW of development or construction projects announced between Oman, Morocco and Kuwait, these jurisdictions will lead the region in utility-scale solar PV this decade. All announced solar and wind projects will add more than five times the current renewable energy capacity in the MENA region, with utility-scale solar capacity currently standing at 7.4GW. In addition, Oman also plans to build a 12.5GW solar photovoltaic project, which will be operational by 2038. Editor/Xing Wentao
On May 5, 2026, the gas lift operation of the dome of the No. 3 storage tank in the Hainan LNG Phase II project of the National Pipeline Network Group was completed, and the project made significant progress. The second phase is expected to be completed in 2027. Since 2026, a number of national level major oil and gas infrastructure projects such as the Hulin Changchun natural gas pipeline have been steadily promoted, and nearly 40 key oil and gas pipeline projects are under construction in the national pipeline network, with a total length of over 9000 kilometers, which will further improve the national oil and gas "one network".Editor/Gong Ziwei
On May 2, 2026, China's first large-scale "collaborative computing and power" green power direct supply project, the Zhongwei Cloud Base 500000 kW photovoltaic power station, was officially put into operation. The 1.5 million kilowatt wind power supporting the project will be connected to the grid in September, which can meet the annual electricity demand of the data center as a whole. The project innovation adopts a dual track power supply mode, with complementary wind and solar power to ensure all-weather green power supply. After the completion of all projects, the local area will form a green power supply scale of 4.6 million kilowatts, which will help the implementation of the "East Calculation and West Calculation" project.Editor/Gong Ziwei