[South Africa plans to add 8GW a year to the grid] On June 2, 2023, South Africa's current rollout of solar and wind power to increase the share of solar and wind in the country's energy mix from 7% to 40% by 2030 is the fastest way out of the electricity crisis, according to the South African Presidency's Climate Commission (PCC). It is also the cheapest option to build the energy sector South Africa needs to stick to its global climate commitments. The PCC, which was set up by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2020 to advise on issues such as a just energy transition, released a set of recommendations on electricity planning in South Africa on June 1. The PCC said South Africa aimed to solve its power crisis by integrating at least 8GW of wind and solar power into the grid annually over the next two to four years. About 2.5GW of new renewable energy projects are now registered with South Africa's national energy regulator. Experience shows that this target is achievable in the first three months of 2023. Ultimately, South Africa will need to add 50 to 60Gw of renewable energy by 2030. Steve Nicholls, head of mitigation issues at the PCC and climate change adviser at the National Business Initiative, said this would take the share of renewables in South Africa's energy mix to about 40 per cent. According to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, coal-fired power will account for around 80% of electricity generation by 2022, with renewables (excluding hydropower) accounting for 7%. Editor/Xu Shengpeng

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• 2026.05.06 18:08
• [China's oil and gas infrastructure construction has made significant progress]
• 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

• 2026.05.06 18:03
• [The first collaborative green power project in China has been put into operation]
• 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