The UK's largest electricity company has called for the introduction of Chinese wind power technology, which could cut costs by 30 percent.

UK's Largest Power Supplier: Buying from China Can Save 30%!

On January 28, Starmer led a delegation to visit China, marking the first visit by a British Prime Minister to China in eight years. The UK emphasized not taking sides between the US and China. The UK's largest power supplier, Octopus Energy, urged the government to introduce Chinese wind power technology, saying it could reduce development costs by 30%. Its cooperation project with Ming Yang Smart Energy is awaiting approval from the UK side. The project has been delayed due to pressure from the US. Scotland has explicitly stated that the delay in approval harms industrial development, while the UK has already approved the new embassy building plan for China in the UK, sending a positive signal of cooperation with China.

[Clever] From the cooling of Sino-British relations in mid-2018 to Starmer's visit to China, the essence of the UK's diplomatic shift is economic reality. After Brexit, the economy has struggled to recover, and the strong practical power of China's clean energy technologies, such as wind power, has become a key choice for the UK's energy transition and cost reduction. Starmer's "not taking sides" statement is both a soft resistance to Trump's hegemonic pressure and an attempt by the UK to seek strategic autonomy. The complicated approval process of the Ming Yang project reflects the UK's balancing difficulties between the special relationship with the US and pragmatic cooperation with China. Meanwhile, the urgent market demand and the enthusiasm of Sino-British people-to-people cooperation are pushing the two countries' relations out of a frozen period, and practical cooperation will eventually become the mainstream of bilateral relations!

Original: toutiao.com/article/1855529141949636/

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