[SSE plans to invest £40bn in clean energy projects] SSE Plc, a power generator and grid operator, set out plans to invest as much as 40 billion pounds in clean-energy projects over a decade and called on the government to keep Britain competitive. The UK is working to boost its renewable power generation capacity to meet its goal of net zero emissions by 2050 and to become more independent of imported energy after geopolitical conflicts caused supply disruptions. What we want to see is an acceleration of pace and ensuring that Britain can compete with places like the United States with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies said in a conference call with reporters. Mr Phillips-davies said SSE could not rule out future investments in the US, but expected Europe to remain its core market. The UK has a contract for difference (CfD) scheme to help stimulate investment in new renewable energy projects, offering a guaranteed minimum price for the electricity they produce. Editor/Xu Shengpeng

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• 2026.07.13 15:37
• [The trading volume of green electricity in Xinjiang has exceeded 16 billion kilowatt hours]
• As of July 8, 2026, the green electricity trading volume in Xinjiang this year reached 16.17 billion kilowatt hours, which is twice the total trading volume of last year. Among them, the green power trading within the province reached 10.23 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 414%, ranking first among all provinces and regions in Northwest China in terms of trading scale; The inter provincial green power trading reached 5.94 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 41%, and the scale of intra provincial and inter provincial green power trading reached a new historical high for the same period. Editor/Cheng Liting

• 2026.07.13 15:36
• [The national electricity load has reached a historic high of 1.518 billion kilowatts]
• On July 10, 2026, the national electricity load hit a historic high for the first time this year, reaching a maximum of 1.518 billion kilowatts, an increase of 10 million kilowatts from the historical peak. Since the beginning of summer, the electricity load of the southern regional power grid and multiple provincial-level power grids such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Ningxia, Gansu, Fujian, and Shaanxi has reached a historical high more than 20 times. Editor/Cheng Liting