• EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform was launched on 15 May 2019, to support the implementation of activities announced in the “Joint Statement on the Implementation of EU-China Energy Cooperation”. The Joint Statement was signed during the 8th EU-China Energy Dialogue that was held in Brussels on 9th April between Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete and the Administrator of the National Energy Administration of China Mr ZHANG Jianhua, back-to-back with the 21st EU-China Leaders’ Summit on 9 April 2019 and was witnessed by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission; Donald Tusk, President of the Council of Europe and Dr Li Keqiang, Premier of China.

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    About EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform (ECECP)

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    Why do EU-China relations matter

  • 03 March 2019 by Helena Uhde, ECECP Junior Postgraduate Fellow Interview with Marion Malafosse and Jan Steinkohl of the European Commission On 8 January 2020, Jan Steinkohl presented ‘Promoting Investment in Renewable Generation in the EU’ at the ECECP workshop in Beijing on “Promoting and Integrating Renewable Energy in the EU: Considerations for China”. This article is based on the follow up online interview that took place on 19 February with Jan Steinkohl and his colleague Marion Malafosse, both Policy Officers in the Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission and experts in topics related to energy consumers.

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    What role do energy consumers play in the EU’s climate neutrality?

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EU-China Energy Magazine – 2024 April Issue – NEW

English version (Chinese version) PDF (10.63 MB) Kindle (mobi) (5.98 MB) eBook (epub) (3.70MB)           Table of Contents Letter from the Team Leader New members of ECECP III 1. Performance and prospects of the EU Green Deal 2. Germany’s nuclear exit: One year after 3. Is rural wind energy in China ready to take off? 4. The future of Heat Pumps in China 5. Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines: how a new approach to an old technology can sustain the clean energy transition 6. Contracts for Di

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Energy security in the context of energy transition – Lessons and Challenges within Europe and within China

With the adoption of ambitious CO2 emissions targets to curb the negative effects of climate change, energy systems around the world are in transition. Yet as the output of variable renewable energy rises, it brings with it new risks and the need for a redefinition of the concept of energy security. A new report from the EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform aims to strengthen the understanding of energy security in China and the EU in the context of the energy transition. Recent extreme weather events and geopolitical tensions have laid b

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China Rural Energy Transition: Integrating Renewable Energy, Heating and Transport Sectors – Potential Areas for EU-China Cooperation

China leads the world in adoption of solar power and heat pumps, as well as EVs. In rural areas in particular, solar and EV adoption are booming, especially in eastern China, making this a good time to think about how to pair the technologies and so address the vexed issue of distribution grid inadequacy in rural China. Can bidirectional charging offer a solution that will allow excess solar power to be used in EVs? ECECP has commissioned a new report to look at the prospects for bidirectional charging, and to propose ways for the EU and Chin

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