Chinese engineers have powered up the world’s largest vanadium flow battery in Xinjiang, achieving full commercial operation on December 31. This massive, non-flammable liquid electrolyte system is a key milestone for storing wind and solar energy for over ten hours, stabilizing grids reliant on renewables.
China has launched the world’s first 30MW-class pure hydrogen gas turbine, “Jupiter I.” Developed by Mingyang Hydrogen, it converts surplus wind and solar power into hydrogen, then back into electricity, slashing emissions by over 200,000 tonnes a year.
Vestas has won its first offshore wind order in South Korea, a 390 MW deal for the Shinan-Ui project. The order, featuring 26 V236-15.0 MW turbines, is a key milestone for both the Danish manufacturer and South Korea’s clean energy ambitions.
Chinese scientists from Xidian University have created a smart surface that transforms radar waves into power and data. This 6G-era technology could allow future stealth jets to use enemy radar as an energy source, shifting the paradigm of electronic warfare and communications.
In the Gobi Desert, Chinese engineers have powered up the world’s largest “super-cold air battery.” The facility, developed with TIPC-CAS, stores excess renewable energy by liquefying air at -194°C and can release power for 10 hours, generating 180 million kWh annually.
Following a near-catastrophic grid failure in 2023, Chinese engineers from Changzhou Xidian Transformer have built the world’s largest smart DC transformer. The 750 million volt-ampere device is key to stabilizing the national grid against shocks from wind and solar power, securing China’s clean energy transition.
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) scientists Seong-Moo Yang, SangKyeun Kim, and Ricardo Shousha have won the 2025 Kaul Foundation Prize for an AI system that tames fusion plasma’s unstable edge using 3D magnetic fields. Their work, tested on global tokamaks, is a crucial step toward making fusion power a reliable reality.
Scientists at Lanzhou University have “bottled” sunlight using commercial chemicals, creating a liquid that produces hydrogen fuel on demand in total darkness. Their system, published in Advanced Materials, sets a new performance record and could enable the transport of solar energy as a stable liquid.
Scientists at China’s Nanjing Tech University have built a solar redox flow battery that achieves 4.2% solar-to-electricity efficiency. The device, using an anthraquinone electrolyte and a triple-junction solar cell, combines energy capture and storage in a single, scalable unit.
POSTECH researchers led by Professor Won Bae Kim have created a safer, high-capacity battery using magnets. Their “magneto-conversion” strategy controls lithium flow, prevents dangerous dendrites, and achieves four times the capacity of standard graphite anodes, as published in Energy & Environmental Science.
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