STORY: China-EU green energy partnership drives sustainable development across borders
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DATELINE: May 5, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:24
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of new energy projects conducted by China
2. various of Grid connection ceremony of Senj Wind Farm project
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BARBARA FREI, Executive Vice President of Schneider Electric
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FATIH BIROL, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
5. various of new energy projects conducted by China

STORYLINE:

China's rapid progress in the renewable energy sector has played a pivotal role in advancing the European Union's (EU) green transition.

The European Green Deal, proposed by the European Commission and introduced in 2019, targeted net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To achieve this, the EU has pledged to increase the binding renewable energy share to at least 42.5 percent by 2030.

In fact, many European countries have reaped the benefits of green energy collaboration with China in recent years.

China and Portugal have been strengthening their cooperation in the solar energy sector, with many Chinese corporations supplying photovoltaic (PV) products for installation in Portugal.

In Croatia, the Chinese-built Senj Wind Farm produces about 530 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green electricity each year and reduces Croatia's carbon dioxide emissions by about 460,000 tonnes per year.

China also assumes a pivotal role in facilitating the transition to renewable energies for both developed and developing nations.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BARBARA FREI, Executive Vice President of Schneider Electric
"China is world-leading in delivering components to renewable markets, be it wind turbines, be it solar panels or the whole EV charging, EV battery area. So when we talk about the new energy landscape today, China is leading."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FATIH BIROL, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
"China not only brought a lot of renewable capacity at home, but by deploying these clean energy sources, brought the costs of these green technologies down, made it cheaper and affordable, and provided the service to the entire community. So there's a double service coming from China for the clean energy transition of the world.
China is working with many countries around the world with the developed and developing countries." 

With prospects for further expansion and deepening in the future, climate change cooperation has emerged as a focal point in the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Europe.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)