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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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Majority of Albertans back wind and solar, but investors continue to face hostile business environment

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By David Pickup and WIll Noel , News release from the Pembina Institute.

CALGARY — Two thirds of Albertans want to see more renewable energy projects built near where they live, and think the province should be doing more to encourage wind and solar development, according to new polling commissioned by the Pembina Institute. 

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Majority of Albertans don’t want taxpayer dollars used for pipeline; say province’s economy too dependent on oil and gas

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Despite the latest spike in oil prices and months-long push by oil and gas industry for the stripping back of environmental regulations, Albertans are concerned about overreliance on single sector.

By Janetta McKenzie , News release from the Pembina Institute

CALGARY — A majority (61 per cent) of Albertans say they do not want taxpayer money to be used for a new pipeline, with even more (67 per cent) saying they think the province’s economy is too dependent on the oil and gas sector. 

New polling commissioned by the Pembina Institute and conducted by Probe Research in late April and early May suggest Albertans’ views on energy policies are not aligned with priorities being brought forward by the Government of Alberta and oil and gas industry leaders. These have included a broad push for environmental deregulation, as well as a proposal for a new oil pipeline that has so far been funded exclusively with Alberta taxpayer dollars, and has still yet to attract a private sector proponent.

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Alberta’s First Carbon Capture Facility Operational

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Alberta’s first operational carbon capture facility, the Meadowbrook Carbon Storage Hub, quietly commenced operations in December. Bison Low Carbon Ventures Inc. (Bison), the developer, issued a press release stating: 

“The Phase 1 facility is licensed for up to 500 kilotonnes per annum of CO2 injection and we expect the project, once scaled, to be able to safely handle a minimum of 3 million tonnes per annum of CO2 injection for permanent sequestration.”  

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BC Hydro work continues on Cortes Island this week

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The two 12-hour power outages on May 24 and June 7 were part of BC Hydro’s ongoing Jervis Inlet and Agamemnon Channel Power Line Replacement Project. Crews took advantage of this to replace poles and aging equipment, as well as trim trees that were too close to power lines on Cortes Island.

Precision Tree Service was brought in to trim trees. The company is based in Comox, and they worked two 16-hour days, leaving home at 6 a.m. and returning at about 10 p.m. Their work is now complete.

BC Hydro crews will continue to replace poles and aging equipment this week. Some residences have received outage notices specific to their street/area. A worklist copied from the BC Hydro planned outage map follows below. 

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