9/8/2025–|Last update: 11:08 (Mecca time)
Despite the political and trade dispute between China and the European Union, one field of cooperation has emerged at least worthy of observation during the summit between the two parties in late July in Beijing, which is the field of green energy. This comes at the expense of the United States, which is betting today more on its inventory of fossil fuels.
At the summit, the two sides issued a joint statement in which they agreed to accelerate the development and dissemination of green energy technologies, and they also confirmed their support for the Paris Climate Agreement, from which President Trump administration withdrew after his return to the White House.
Analysts believe that this cooperation, for both Brussels and Beijing, represents a common and rare opportunity to leave a positive imprint on the international system, while current American policies weaken the role of Washington as a global leader of innovation and technology.
Europe is also gaining influence over the United States in light of the current differences, by showing its strategic independence and its retention of a source of cheap imports that often come from China, which is vital for Europe’s transfer to green energy.
China is a lifeline for many advanced economies and global markets, thanks to its green technology produced in large quantities and is affordable, such as solar panels and electric compounds, but Beijing got the best deal with Europe, in light of the American decline, analysts say.
With the direction of the United States towards “climatic isolation” and increasing dependence on fossil fuels, China is preparing to increase its sweeping markets in this field and other major areas, while the European Union seeks to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and the development of dependence on renewable energy, in cooperation with China.
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Experts suggest that China will soon become a superpower in the field of renewable energy, and it is really a world leader in its production and use, as it represents 40% of the total renewable energy in the world.
Beijing also invested 818 billion dollars in green energy until 2024, which exceeds the total investments of the United States and the European Union combined, and it is prepared to increase its budget and investments in this field.
According to the data of the World Economic Forum, China, between January and May 2025, has installed enough wind and solar energy to generate the equivalent of the electricity produced by Indonesia or Türkiye.
In the first few months of 2025, the Embber Energy Research Center estimated that China produced solar energy equivalent to its production in the entire 2020, showing the speed of the development of green energy in Beijing.
China is also committed to increasing its residents’ dependence on nuclear energy. It has sought to become the largest nuclear energy producing country by 2030, and currently has 58 working nuclear reactors, compared to 94 reactors of the United States that he built in 40 years.
In the past thirty years, the United States has operated only one nuclear power plant, and according to experts, Chinese nuclear reactors are the latest and more efficient than most American reactors, most of which were built in the 1960s and 1970s.
Beijing is also a pioneer in developing small nuclear nuclear reactors, which is much smaller than traditional reactors, and can be assembled in a factory before shipping to another place easily to start power generation.
The benefits of these Chinese investments and achievements exceed the logic that low energy prices means a stronger economy. Energy policies and high -tech energy ingredients exports give China an opportunity to upgrade the value -added chain of exports and reshape the international energy system.
Experts believe that China is taking advantage of a loophole in the withdrawal of the United States and its abandonment of its European allies in their joint initiatives of renewable energy.
The MIT Technology Review reported that climate technology projects in the United States, which are worth about $ 8 billion, have been cut or canceled by 2025, while China and Europe continue to expand their cooperation in this field.
Although China is the largest green energy producer in the world, but it also makes greenhouse gases more than any other country in the world, but China’s cooperation with Europeans also reflects its commitment and great investment in clean energy and green transformation, says experts.
Renewable energy is also an essential aspect of China’s soft strength today abroad. It has invested in developing renewable energy in Asia, Africa and the Americas, reinforcing its control over the main supply chains in developing countries with the increasing demand of these countries to electricity.
In addition to solar panels, electric cars and wind power components, China aims to sell 30 nuclear reactors to countries of the Belt and Road Initiative by 2030.
Beijing thus strengthening its global presence in energy development. Even in some countries of the European Union, Chinese electric car manufacturers have acquired large market shares in many European economies.
Experts believe that China’s growing climate sector is about to leave the United States at the rear, as long as Washington’s current energy strategy focuses on exploiting its resources of fossil fuels and abandoning environmental standards and climate policies in which it was a pioneer and support for it.
