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“China’s growing domination of cleantech manufacturing and export supply chains is clearly a geopolitical issue the U.S. and the Western world can’t continue to ignore,” said Tim Buckley and Annemarie Jonson at Sydney-based think tank Climate Energy Finance. “It is far from a secure, sustainable position for any country to dominate 80% to 90% of global market supply of anything,” they told The Wall Street Journal after CEF released a report on the surge in China’s outbound foreign direct investment into clean energy. Read more

Tim Buckley from Climate Energy Finance shares insights on China’s $100 billion investment in global clean tech projects. He notes the dominance of China in this sector and highlights the opportunities presented by increased trade tensions with the US and Europe. Tim observes that while Australia benefits from China’s renewable and battery project investments, there’s a lack of manufacturing investment in Australia by Chinese tech leaders. Collaboration with China is crucial, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ visit to China aims to enhance such partnerships. Australia must clearly present rules of engagement for Chinese private companies. While the US takes a protectionist stance, Tim stresses Australia’s need to cooperate with China, its top trade partner, ensuring mutual economic benefits amidst potential US-China trade tensions. Read more

China’s international investments in clean energy technology have surpassed $100bn (701.83bn yuan) since the start of 2023, according to a new report from Australian research group Climate Energy Finance (CEF). CEF explained that Chinese companies have diversified their portfolios across the world as they look to avoid tariffs from the US and other countries attempting to keep the Asian nation in check. Read more

[On the Guardian blog] There’s no doubt China has grabbed market leadership in many of the technologies we need to decarbonise our economies, from solar panels and wind turbines to electric vehicles and the batteries that power them. Australia stands to benefit from those advances and potentially from soaring outbound investment in low-emissions technology, according to a new report by Climate Energy Finance, out today. Since 2023, US$100bn (A$145bn) of Chinese investment has poured out of China into at least 100 deals, a flow of funds that Australia has partly benefitted from, with more to come, the report finds. A 1.4 gigawatt windfarm with a big battery is one such project. Read more

While private Chinese investment into Australia seriously lags, there are unparalleled opportunities for Australia-China collaboration in zero-emissions industries – if we get the policy settings right. A new report by independent think tank Climate Energy Finance (CEF), Green capital tsunami: China’s >$100 bn outbound cleantech investment since 2023 turbocharges global energy transition, calculates that Chinese firms have committed >US$100bn in outbound foreign investment since 2023. This has spanned decarbonisation sectors including solar, wind, batteries, grid, new energy vehicles (NEV), hydro and green hydrogen, as China’s world-leading corporates increasingly “go global”. Read more

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A new report from Sydney based think tank Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has raised concerns that Australia’s investment policy towards China disincentivises a potential relationship that could deliver a “green capital tsunami” for Australia at a crucial point in its transition to renewables. The new report from CEF found that Chinese firms have committed over $US100 billion ($A145 billion) in outbound foreign decarbonisation investment across at least 130 major clean technology transactions since 2023. Read more

Think-tank Climate Energy Finance issued the predictions in its Green Capital Tsunami report released on Wednesday, which found Chinese investment in Australia had fallen to a decades-long low despite its record spending. The warnings come months after Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced an overhaul of foreign investment rules to take a “risk-based” approach to the sector, and more closely scrutinise investments in areas such as critical minerals. Read more

[On The West Australian]: Australia has the potential to tap into billions of dollars of renewable energy investments from China but only if it changes foreign investment policies and its approach to the superpower nation. Think-tank Climate Energy Finance issued the predictions in its Green Capital Tsunami report released on Wednesday, which found Chinese investment in Australia had fallen to a decades-long low despite its record spending. The warnings come months after Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced an overhaul of foreign investment rules to take a “risk-based” approach to the sector, and more closely scrutinise investments in areas such as critical minerals. Read more

[Story also republished on MSN, The Economic Times, Market Screener, ThePrint, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo Finance UK, and so on]: Chinese firms’ overseas investments in clean energy technology projects have exceeded $100 billion since the start of 2023 as they aim to avoid tariffs in the U.S. and elsewhere, Australian research group Climate Energy Finance (CEF) said on Wednesday. China is the world’s biggest producer and exporter of products such as solar panels, lithium batteries and electric vehicles, with its investment, innovation and manufacturing capabilities leading the world by an “astonishing margin”, CEF said in a research report. Read more

As the world races to decarbonise, China is leading the way. It committed more than $145 billion (USD 100 billion) in outbound foreign direct investment since 2023 across decarbonisation sectors including solar, wind, batteries, grid, new energy vehicles, hydro and green hydrogen. Yet, as the momentum of China’s green capital tsunami accelerates, Australia finds itself at a critical juncture: will we ride this wave, or be left behind? Read more

Analysts at Climate Energy Finance, a Sydney-based research group, have recorded a “tsunami” of investment in renewable energy and transport electrification projects, calculating Chinese companies have committed $109.2bn in outbound FDI across 130 clean technology transactions since the start of 2023, according to corporate announcements and financial statements. Tim Buckley, CEF director, said China was not just exporting its cleantech manufacturing capacity surplus, but was increasingly exporting its technology, engineering, supply chain and financing capacities. Xuyang Dong, a CEF analyst, noted that the “dramatic” increase in overseas FDI coincided with plunging prices for many cleantech products in China, following years of scaled up domestic manufacturing. Prices for solar modules and batteries have halved this year. Read more