China will boost economic relations with France and enhance business cooperation in both traditional sectors such as aviation, nuclear energy and high-end consumption and emerging areas such as medicine and new energy.

The statement was signed in Seoul on 10 April by British Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps and South Korean Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang.

China has accounted for the world's largest solar capacity addition in recent years, with around 30% of installed global capacity, but most of the low-hanging fruits have been picked, and deeper penetration into the energy mix requires overhauling large parts of the power system.

India has also neglected its hydropower potential, which accounts for only around 13% of the country's total installed capacity.

China's apparent gas consumption was 366.3 billion cubic metres in 2022, down 1.7% from the previous year, data from the country's National Development and Reform Commission showed.

India is bracing for another summer of grueling heat that’s likely to push power demand to a record and pressure the country’s grid, which relies on coal for about 70% of electricity generation.

The Baihetan station is the world's second-largest hydropower station by capacity, behind China's Three Gorges hydropower station with 22.5 GW of installed capacity.

The Indian conglomerate Essar has announced that it will invest US$3.6bn in the United Kingdom and in India over the next five years through a new entity, named Essar Energy Transition (EET), with the goal to drive decarbonisation.

The 1.375 gigawatt plant will be linked to an industrial area the president said will house electric vehicle and battery plants as well as aluminium and petrochemical facilities.

Angola is among the hardest hit at the moment, with daily exports to China falling 27% so far this month compared with whole of February last year.

The survey asked respondents if rising energy costs following the Russian invasion of Ukraine had become a burden in their daily lives. The results showed that 81% said they felt a greater burden, while only 18% said they did not.

Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP) will be sited in Gorakhpur town in the Fatehabad district, about 150 km north of New Delhi.

Refiners in India, which rarely used to buy Russian oil because of costly logistics, have emerged as Russia's key oil client

Last month, South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced it had completed the conceptual design for the CMSR Power Barge - a floating nuclear power plant based on compact MSRs It also obtained the basic certification of the design from the American Bureau of Shipping.

CNPC's talks follow a deal announced last November by China's Sinopec, in which QatarEnergy agreed to supply 4 million tonnes of LNG annually for 27 years, the longest duration LNG supply contract ever signed by Qatar.