China

China General Nuclear Power partnered with EDF to help fund a third of the £20bn cost of the nuclear power plant being built in Somerset

New research suggests subsidy-free solar projects could be built in most cities across China at a cheaper price than energy supplied by the grid

The funding will be matched by international collaborators from nations including China, India, Japan and the US

New research from the Beijing Institute of Technology suggests this could only happen so soon if the mode share of public transport could be further increased

The companies aim to set up their first second life energy storage unit in Beijing

The materials can be found in electric vehicles, wind turbine generators, household appliances and hard disk drives

They have already opened a pilot site in Guangzhou, with 10 fast charging units

They aim to launch the products in the Chinese market under the Toyota brand in the first half of the 2020s

The waste giant said it ‘strongly contested’ the decision and is considering making an appeal

The facility, which serves as a solar thermal power generation demonstration project, has exceeded the amount of power it was originally planned to produce