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Energy & Climate April 21, 2026 391 stories in this edition

China achieves a world first, updating stabilisers for renewable energy grids

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Victoria Bela
China achieves a world first, updating stabilisers for renewable energy grids

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China has developed a world-first high-voltage synchronous condenser, reviving a century-old grid stabiliser technology to support the country’s rapid transition to renewable energy, according to a state media report. The state-run China Electric Power News said on April 10 that a 35-kilovolt direct-connection rotating machine developed by Dongfang Electric Machinery had successfully passed testing earlier that day....

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China has developed a world-first high-voltage synchronous condenser, reviving a century-old grid stabiliser technology to support the country’s rapid transition to renewable energy, according to a state media report. Th...

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