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China’s renewables boom enters new phase as industrial transformation takes centre stage

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Agora analysis highlights China’s clean energy shift towards system integration and industry. The new Five-Year Plan should further grid flexibility, demand-side response and industrial electrification to sustain emission cuts and enhance energy security.

Press release from Agora Energiewende

Berlin & Beijing, 17 June 2026. China’s ability to deliver sustained emission reductions now depends on translating its rapid renewable energy expansion into industrial transformation, according to a new analysis by Agora Energy China and Agora Energiewende. The country’s energy transition is entering a new phase in which central priorities also include system integration and an absolute emission reduction trajectory. 

Released ahead of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (FYP, 2026-2030) for energy development, the data-driven analysis identifies ten major trends that shaped the country’s energy and industrial transition during the previous FYP period (2021-2025).

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Energy, Politics

In the Midst of a Global Energy Transition: Canada’s New Pipeline

Someone sent me a Facebook post in which North Island-Powell River MP Aaron Gunn points to a Petro Canada sign advertising gas for $2.09.9 a litre. 

Gunn wrote, “Ridiculous. 4th-largest oil reserves on the planet. $2.09 per litre at the pumps. It’s time to build pipelines, refineries and an energy policy that puts Canada, and Canadians, first!” 

My first response, when I calmed down enough to have a polite response, was ‘does he think a fully operational pipeline is going to drop out of the sky?’ 

So far, no proponents have stepped forward to build the proposed pipeline. Premier Danielle Smith of Alberta recently said there are some Middle Eastern and Asian investors who expressed interest in a minority stake. IF a proponent steps forward and clears all the necessary preliminary steps, it is still going to take years before oil flows through the proposed pipeline. 

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Politics

Jennifer Lash: Why I still Think Mark Carney is the right Prime Minister For Canada

It has been two months since Mark Carney survived a non-confidence vote and went on to sign an MOU in which he agreed to support a new bitumen pipeline across British Columbia. In this morning’s interview, Jennifer Lash, the Liberal candidate for our North Island Powell River riding in the last election,  explains why she still thinks Mark Carney is the right Prime Minister for Canada. 

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