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News on China's scientific and technological development.
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Blackstone
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China leads the world in solar panel manufacturing, and now it's using them in innovative ways that provides enough electricity to power a nearby city. What wasn't in the article is energy storage, so it's not clear if excess electricity from the solar panels are stored for peak or night time usage.
China has installed a massive field of solar panels on a particularly poignant site: a lake formed by the collapse of abandoned coal mines.
The world's largest floating solar project can produce enough power to light up a nearby city in China's eastern Anhui province. The local government wants to expand the initiative to more than a dozen sites, which together would generate the same amount of electricity as a full-size nuclear reactor, the this week.
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The 40-megawatt project, which was in mid-May, provides a powerful example of China's broader ambition to lead the world in clean energy development and the fight against climate change — goals that, until recently, were shared by the U.S. government.
With President Donald Trump moving to step back from America's leading role in global climate efforts, the Chinese government is moving in to fill that void.
A coal barge on the Ohio River is (deliberately) visible behind President Donald Trump in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 7, 2017.
Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock
In Beijing this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted his country's clean energy efforts at a meeting of global energy ministers, just days after Trump announced his America from the Paris Climate Agreement. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who attended the meeting, he welcomes China taking "the mantle of leadership on the climate."
That's not to say China has totally bucked fossil fuels. Far from it. The world's most populous country is also the planet's top emitter of greenhouse gases, and it still accounts for about half the total coal consumed worldwide.
But Chinese leaders have said they're committed to steering their economy toward cleaner energy sources, not just for environmental reasons but also to secure investments and jobs in growing industries like solar and wind power and electric vehicles.
Image: IRENA
Green jobs are expected to reach 24 million in 2030, up from 9.8 million in 2016, as more countries work to combat climate change, the International Renewable Energy Agency said in its on May 24.
In January, the Chinese government canceled plans to build more than 100 coal-fired power plants, in an effort to limit carbon emissions and curb the dangerous smog choking its cities. China’s energy agency has spend 2.5 trillion yuan, or $361 billion, on clean energy projects by 2020 to help shift the nation away from fossil fuels.
China's floating solar project, which boasts 166,000 waterproof panels, is similar to smaller facilities in Japan, Singapore, the U.K. and Israel.
A one-megawatt floating solar test project in Singapore.
Image: ABB
Delegations from Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, and beyond have visited the lake regularly to study the project while Sungrow, the project's developer, prepares to develop the solar technology to sell abroad, the Times reported.
"China is a real driver in the money they invest in the diligence of their innovation,” California Gov. Jerry Brown this week. Brown this week in Beijing, signaling California's growing leadership role on climate as the Trump administration retreats.
"I want California to partner with China in that endeavor. Otherwise we won’t achieve our climate goals," Brown said.
broadsword
Brigadier
For only 40MW, I doubt storage is hardly ever needed.
broadsword
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Chinese researchers achieve major breakthrough in nuclear energy
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-06-09
Chinese researchers recently reported a breakthrough in increasing the usage rate of uranium materials from current 1 percent to more than 95 percent.
Xu Hushan, deputy head of the Institute of Modern Physics under Chinese Academy of Sciences, released the latest development at a news conference on Thursday.
Xu said that researchers at the institute carried out laboratory simulation to prove the effectiveness of a new system, called Accelerator Driven Advanced Nuclear Energy System (ADANES).
The new system would reduce the nuclear waste to less than 4 percent of the spent fuel, lowering the radiation lifetime from hundreds of thousands of years to about 500 years.
China has launched its strategy to develop clean, efficient, safe and reliable nuclear energy to secure the country's economic and social sustainable development, but problems exist in usage rate and waste disposal, Xu said.
In 2011, the Chinese Academy of Sciences launched the program of developing future accelerator driven subcritical transmutation system (ADS), but Chinese researchers later realized that the ADS system had little economic competitiveness and huge technological challenges.
Chinese researchers raised the new ADANES system concept and made the technological breakthrough in six years to make nuclear fission become a sustainable, safe and clean energy source.
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-06-09
Chinese researchers recently reported a breakthrough in increasing the usage rate of uranium materials from current 1 percent to more than 95 percent.
Xu Hushan, deputy head of the Institute of Modern Physics under Chinese Academy of Sciences, released the latest development at a news conference on Thursday.
Xu said that researchers at the institute carried out laboratory simulation to prove the effectiveness of a new system, called Accelerator Driven Advanced Nuclear Energy System (ADANES).
The new system would reduce the nuclear waste to less than 4 percent of the spent fuel, lowering the radiation lifetime from hundreds of thousands of years to about 500 years.
China has launched its strategy to develop clean, efficient, safe and reliable nuclear energy to secure the country's economic and social sustainable development, but problems exist in usage rate and waste disposal, Xu said.
In 2011, the Chinese Academy of Sciences launched the program of developing future accelerator driven subcritical transmutation system (ADS), but Chinese researchers later realized that the ADS system had little economic competitiveness and huge technological challenges.
Chinese researchers raised the new ADANES system concept and made the technological breakthrough in six years to make nuclear fission become a sustainable, safe and clean energy source.
antiterror13
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China builds world’s first offshore fish farm
China has finished building the world’s first deep-sea fish farm off the coast of Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, incorporating the most advanced and sustainable technology in fish breeding. The mega-structure will soon be delivered to Norway as the Scandinavian country braves new waters in offshore fish farming.
"Ocean Farm 1" goes beyond the narrow definition of a farm, offering a fully-automated platform for marine projects and preparing the ground for testing the biological and technological dimensions of open ocean aquaculture.
It is "a full-scale pilot facility for testing, learning, research and development. It will be equipped for R&D activities, with particular focus on biological conditions and fish welfare. Aiming to reduce environmental footprints, improve fish welfare and answer acreage challenges," reads an introduction page about the naval structure on the official website of SalMar, the Norwegian fish farm company commissioning the project.
Built by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group, a subsidiary of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, the semi-submersible facility exemplifies the progress and mastery of China's naval engineering capabilities.
SalMar had provided an initial layout with their preferences, and the Chinese company conducted engineering design and construction. However, the construction process was not without hurdles.
According to Yan Jun, Deputy Chief Engineer of Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group, the sheer size of the main body of the farm, up to 70 meters in height (or 23 storeys), pauses challenges for installation precision, especially that deep-sea waters are involved. The "unparalleled" technology will allow the farm to "float" in half-dive mode.
The 110-meters wide structure can contain 250,000 cubic meters in volume (equivalent to roughly 200 standard swimming pools), and withstand magnitude 12 earthquakes.
Some 20,000 sensors allow the marine site to achieve complete automation in monitoring and feeding the fish. The farm can mature up to 1.5 million in 14 months or 8,000 tons of fish.
The salmon market accounts for 20 percent of Norway's GDP.
The super fish farm is also equipped with a 360 degree revolving gate for cleaning fish nets and driving fish shoals.
"The revolving gate requires an accurately rotating axis and the precise installation of the framework, which were installed using remote control methods with precision to the millimeter," Yan noted.
Yan said technical transformation and the "Made in China" program are changing the face of China's shipbuilding industry, giving it a competitive advantage and international recognition.
"We have achieved a safety record of 6.2 million error-free work hours and precision control of every part, every welding seam, every pipeline and every valve. That shows the level of upgrade of China's manufacturing and the confidence of customers in China's manufacturing," said Chen Haiyong, Director of the Norway fish farm project.
The fish farm was officially handed over to the Norwegian company at a ceremony on Saturday. The structure will be sea transferred on June 10 to the coast of Norway, in a journey which will take up to six weeks.
China has finished building the world’s first deep-sea fish farm off the coast of Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, incorporating the most advanced and sustainable technology in fish breeding. The mega-structure will soon be delivered to Norway as the Scandinavian country braves new waters in offshore fish farming.
"Ocean Farm 1" goes beyond the narrow definition of a farm, offering a fully-automated platform for marine projects and preparing the ground for testing the biological and technological dimensions of open ocean aquaculture.
It is "a full-scale pilot facility for testing, learning, research and development. It will be equipped for R&D activities, with particular focus on biological conditions and fish welfare. Aiming to reduce environmental footprints, improve fish welfare and answer acreage challenges," reads an introduction page about the naval structure on the official website of SalMar, the Norwegian fish farm company commissioning the project.
Built by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group, a subsidiary of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, the semi-submersible facility exemplifies the progress and mastery of China's naval engineering capabilities.
SalMar had provided an initial layout with their preferences, and the Chinese company conducted engineering design and construction. However, the construction process was not without hurdles.
According to Yan Jun, Deputy Chief Engineer of Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group, the sheer size of the main body of the farm, up to 70 meters in height (or 23 storeys), pauses challenges for installation precision, especially that deep-sea waters are involved. The "unparalleled" technology will allow the farm to "float" in half-dive mode.
The 110-meters wide structure can contain 250,000 cubic meters in volume (equivalent to roughly 200 standard swimming pools), and withstand magnitude 12 earthquakes.
Some 20,000 sensors allow the marine site to achieve complete automation in monitoring and feeding the fish. The farm can mature up to 1.5 million in 14 months or 8,000 tons of fish.
The salmon market accounts for 20 percent of Norway's GDP.
The super fish farm is also equipped with a 360 degree revolving gate for cleaning fish nets and driving fish shoals.
"The revolving gate requires an accurately rotating axis and the precise installation of the framework, which were installed using remote control methods with precision to the millimeter," Yan noted.
Yan said technical transformation and the "Made in China" program are changing the face of China's shipbuilding industry, giving it a competitive advantage and international recognition.
"We have achieved a safety record of 6.2 million error-free work hours and precision control of every part, every welding seam, every pipeline and every valve. That shows the level of upgrade of China's manufacturing and the confidence of customers in China's manufacturing," said Chen Haiyong, Director of the Norway fish farm project.
The fish farm was officially handed over to the Norwegian company at a ceremony on Saturday. The structure will be sea transferred on June 10 to the coast of Norway, in a journey which will take up to six weeks.
Jura The idiot
General
Damn, This is really Good News.
Maybe one of the most important news in this year
Technological breakthrough raises nuclear fuel utilization rate: below 1% to 95%
2017-06-09 14:38
People's Daily Online Editor: Wang Zihao
Chinese scientists have made a technological breakthrough in the country's nuclear energy program. The new accelerator-driven system (ADS) is able to raise the utilization rate of uranium to 95 percent, a great leap forward from less than 1 percent using the current technology, paving way for a safer, greener nuclear future, said the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) at a press conference on June 8.
The new system means that fission energy could be sustainable for roughly 10, 000 years. It's also more environmentally friendly, as it can shorten the radioactive life of used nuclear fuel to less than 500 years, and the volume of disposed nuclear waste can be reduced to less than 4 percent of the conventional amount.
Xu Hushan, vice director of the Institute of Modern Physics under CAS, said the achievement in advanced fission energy is the result of six years of research by the institute. The disappointingly low utilization rate of nuclear fuel and its safe disposal have been key challenges for the nuclear power industry.
Congratulations !
Blackstone
Brigadier
Cam a knowledgeable poster in fission fuel explain what exactly is meant by increasing fuel usage from 1% to 95%? That statistic looks very strange to me.Damn, This is really Good News.
Maybe one of the most important news in this year
Technological breakthrough raises nuclear fuel utilization rate: below 1% to 95%
2017-06-09 14:38
People's Daily Online Editor: Wang Zihao
Chinese scientists have made a technological breakthrough in the country's nuclear energy program. The new accelerator-driven system (ADS) is able to raise the utilization rate of uranium to 95 percent, a great leap forward from less than 1 percent using the current technology, paving way for a safer, greener nuclear future, said the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) at a press conference on June 8.
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The new system means that fission energy could be sustainable for roughly 10, 000 years. It's also more environmentally friendly, as it can shorten the radioactive life of used nuclear fuel to less than 500 years, and the volume of disposed nuclear waste can be reduced to less than 4 percent of the conventional amount.
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Xu Hushan, vice director of the Institute of Modern Physics under CAS, said the achievement in advanced fission energy is the result of six years of research by the institute. The disappointingly low utilization rate of nuclear fuel and its safe disposal have been key challenges for the nuclear power industry.
Congratulations !
duncanidaho
Junior Member
You are right, the picture shows China's fusion reactor. The reporter mixed it up.