He doesn't want to be an old
fossil.
他不愿做个落伍的人。
Eric found a piece of
fossil of an ancient bird.
埃里克发现一块古代鸟类的化石。
In 2022, fossil fuels accounted for around 61 percent of energy engagement in those regions and countries, according to the report.
报告显示，2022年，化石燃料约占这些地区和国家能源参与的61%。
While advancements within each mode of transport are helping to increase efficiency, a full transition from fossil fuels is not imminent.
虽然每种运输方式的进步都有助于提高效率，但从化石燃料的全面转型并不迫在眉睫。
"Luo Zuoxian, head of intelligence and research at the Sinopec Economics and Development Research Institute, said, "Fossil fuels will still be playing a key role in both developing and developed countries in the years to come.
中国石化经济发展研究院情报与研究负责人罗佐贤说：“未来几年，化石燃料仍将在发展中国家和发达国家发挥关键作用。
In 2020, it launched the Clean Future plan, aiming to invest 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) by 2030 to replace the ingredients derived from fossil fuels in its cleaning and laundry products formulations with those from renewable or recycled sources.
2020年，该公司启动了“清洁未来”计划，目标是到2030年投资10亿欧元（10.9亿美元），用可再生或回收来源的成分取代清洁和洗衣产品配方中的化石燃料成分。
While distributed renewable energy, including wind and solar power, has been playing a key role in China's green energy transition by replacing traditional fossil fuels, energy asset maintenance and management have been complex with relatively higher costs, Luo said.
罗说，尽管包括风能和太阳能在内的分布式可再生能源通过取代传统化石燃料，在中国的绿色能源转型中发挥了关键作用，但能源资产的维护和管理一直很复杂，成本相对较高。
Chinese photovoltaic manufacturing enterprise GCL Technology Holdings Ltd said the company is in advanced talks with Saudi Arabia about opening its first overseas factory as China aims to extend its energy ties beyond fossil fuels.
中国光伏制造企业协鑫科技控股有限公司表示，该公司正在与沙特阿拉伯就开设第一家海外工厂进行深入谈判，因为中国的目标是将其能源关系扩展到化石燃料之外。
As growth momentum is being restored across sectors, demand for natural gas, a relatively clean fossil fuel as well as an important bridge for China's dual carbon goals, is on course for a rebound, said Lin Boqiang, head of the China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy at Xiamen University.
厦门大学中国能源政策研究所所长林伯强表示，随着各行业增长势头的恢复，对天然气的需求正在反弹。天然气是一种相对清洁的化石燃料，也是中国实现双碳目标的重要桥梁。
The company said that currently, both domestic and international offshore oil fields rely on fossil fuels for electricity.
该公司表示，目前，国内外海上油田都依赖化石燃料发电。
The new model coordinates four fossil fuel power generators with CNOOC Guanlan to better manage power generation for a steady supply of electricity.
新模式将四台化石燃料发电机与中海油观澜公司协调，以更好地管理发电，实现稳定的电力供应。
Hydrogen-powered trucks are a good start but need closer inspection, and it is also necessary to encourage more applications of green hydrogen, or hydrogen produced from clean energy including solar and wind power, rather than grey hydrogen, or hydrogen produced from fossil fuels, Lin said.
林说，氢动力卡车是一个良好的开端，但需要更仔细的检查，也有必要鼓励更多地应用绿色氢气，或太阳能和风能等清洁能源生产的氢气，而不是灰氢或化石燃料生产的氢气。
Blue hydrogen is a kind of fuel made from fossil fuels, with carbon dioxide produced during its production being captured and stored.
蓝氢是一种由化石燃料制成的燃料，其生产过程中产生的二氧化碳被捕获并储存。
In the meantime, the brand joined hands with Living Fossil Studio, a ceramic designer and manufacturer, to launch "Corona living bin", a new initiative aimed at raising people's awareness about the growing issue of plastic pollution at beaches.
与此同时，该品牌与陶瓷设计师和制造商Living Fossil Studio联手推出了“Corona生活垃圾桶”，这是一项旨在提高人们对海滩日益严重的塑料污染问题的认识的新举措。
The company will strengthen its capability to provide products and services Chinese customers need, and improve production efficiency and competitiveness in fossil energy production and utilization, he added.
他补充道，该公司将加强提供中国客户所需产品和服务的能力，提高化石能源生产和利用的生产效率和竞争力。
Compared to fossil jet fuel, SAF has been demonstrated to reduce up to 80 percent of carbon emissions.
与化石喷气燃料相比，SAF已被证明可减少高达80%的碳排放。
An analyst said that while some European countries are back to fossil fuels to some extent amid an ongoing global energy crisis, the development of renewable energy assets worldwide is inevitable with Europe and the United States vigorously promoting the construction of new energy projects.
一位分析人士表示，尽管在全球能源危机持续的情况下，一些欧洲国家在一定程度上恢复了化石燃料，但随着欧洲和美国大力推进新能源项目的建设，全球可再生能源资产的发展是不可避免的。
"The heat pump's remarkable advantages in energy saving and carbon reduction have become the best technical solutions to replace low-temperature thermal energy production in fossil energy," he said.
他说：“热泵在节能和减碳方面的显著优势已成为替代化石能源低温热能生产的最佳技术解决方案。”。
According to Cinda Securities, the heat pump market in Europe is expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate of about 18 percent in the next five years, with the market size set to exceed 400 billion euros, as traditional fossil fuel heating has been gradually replaced by pump heating in Europe.
信达证券表示，随着欧洲传统的化石燃料供暖逐渐被泵供暖取代，未来五年欧洲热泵市场预计将实现约18%的复合年增长率，市场规模将超过4000亿欧元。
Grey hydrogen is the hydrogen produced using fossil fuels whereas green hydrogen is hydrogen gas that is produced using renewable energy.
灰氢是使用化石燃料生产的氢气，而绿氢是使用可再生能源生产的氢气。
Compared to fossil jet fuel, SAF could help reduce up to 85 percent of carbon emissions in the entire lifecycle of fuel usage.
与化石喷气燃料相比，SAF可以帮助在燃料使用的整个生命周期中减少高达85%的碳排放。
Sinopec will further boost the utilization scale of renewable energy in hydrogen production to gradually replace fossil fuel in the refinery sector, it said.
中石化表示，将进一步提高可再生能源在氢气生产中的利用规模，逐步取代炼油行业的化石燃料。
While boosting domestic coal production, China Energy will ensure clean and efficient utilization of the fossil fuel as the country goes full throttle on its green energy transition with the aim of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.
在提高国内煤炭产量的同时，随着中国全力推进绿色能源转型，中国能源将确保化石燃料的清洁高效利用，目标是到2030年碳排放达到峰值，到2060年实现碳中和。
- What PetroChina Dagang Oilfield Company in North China's Tianjin municipality produces may be fossil fuel, but at least its oil is extracted from underground with green solar energy.
-位于中国北部天津市的中国石油大港油田公司生产的可能是化石燃料，但至少其石油是用绿色太阳能从地下开采的。
Zhang Lei, CEO of Envision, believes the cost of reducing carbon emissions will mount over the next few years and that it won't be competitive to remain in the same fossil fuel-powered industrial parks.
Envision首席执行官张磊认为，未来几年减少碳排放的成本将上升，留在同样的化石燃料工业园区将没有竞争力。
The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects renewables to generate 80 percent of the global electricity supply within the next decade, as the cost of renewable generation plummets below that of fossil fuels.
国际能源署（IEA）预计，随着可再生能源发电成本暴跌至化石燃料成本以下，可再生能源将在未来十年内产生全球80%的电力供应。
The State-owned energy giant said it will continue to expand natural gas development, which is believed to work as a bridge fuel to reduce oil dependency while buying time to develop new technologies that will ultimately replace fossil fuels for transportation.
这家国有能源巨头表示，将继续扩大天然气开发，据信天然气是减少石油依赖的桥梁燃料，同时为开发最终取代化石燃料的新技术争取时间。
An analyst said fossil fuels still play a key role in both developing or developed countries, as renewable energy still cannot replace the traditional fuel in the mid or short term.
一位分析师表示，化石燃料在发展中国家或发达国家仍发挥着关键作用，因为可再生能源在中短期内仍无法取代传统燃料。
Luo said cleaner use of fossil fuels plays a key role as the country goes full throttle to achieve a greener energy mix, which in turn has to rely on the development of CCUS technologies.
罗说，随着国家全力实现更环保的能源组合，化石燃料的清洁使用发挥着关键作用，而这反过来又必须依赖CCUS技术的发展。
Increasing energy consumption efficiency and strengthening energy conservation, upgrading and digitalizing logistics solutions to reduce fossil fuel use, coordinating with downstream enterprises on energy and resource conservation, and promoting heat recycling will also be key methods for the company to achieve its carbon goals.
提高能源消耗效率和加强节能、升级和数字化物流解决方案以减少化石燃料的使用、与下游企业协调节能和资源节约以及促进热回收也将是该公司实现碳目标的关键方法。
SynBio and biological manufacturing methodologies represent attractive alternatives to fossil fuels and are fundamentally effective in tackling the problem of climate change, said Liu Xiucai, president of the Shanghai-based company.
这家总部位于上海的公司的总裁刘秀才说，SynBio和生物制造方法是化石燃料的有吸引力的替代品，在解决气候变化问题方面从根本上是有效的。
Luo Zuoxian, head of intelligence and research at the Sinopec Economics and Development Research Institute, said while renewable energy is the fastest-growing energy source in the country, it is less reliable compared with fossil fuels, as the world can be dark at any given time and wind does not blow regularly, creating similar intermittency issues.
中石化经济发展研究院情报与研究负责人罗佐贤表示，虽然可再生能源是中国增长最快的能源，但与化石燃料相比，它的可靠性较差，因为世界在任何时候都可能是黑暗的，风也不会定期吹，这也会产生类似的间歇性问题。
Luo Zuoxian, head of intelligence and research at the Sinopec Economics and Development Research Institute, echoed this by saying that CCUS, together with a combination of measures including the vigorous expansion of clean energy to replace fossil fuels, will effectively control carbon emissions.
中石化经济发展研究院情报与研究负责人罗佐贤对此表示赞同，他表示，CCUS与包括大力扩大清洁能源以取代化石燃料在内的一系列措施相结合，将有效控制碳排放。
The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) predicts the country's primary energy consumption in 2060 will reach 5.57 billion tons of standard coal, with fossil energy consumption accounting for around 26.8 percent that will produce 2.71 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
中国工程院（CAE）预测，2060年中国一次能源消耗将达到55.7亿吨标准煤，化石能源消耗约占26.8%，将产生27.1亿吨二氧化碳排放。
Compared to traditional fossil fuels, hydrogen is considered a clean and promising vehicle fuel.
与传统的化石燃料相比，氢被认为是一种清洁且有前景的汽车燃料。
The company's domestic exploration strategy will focus more on the gas sector while it will also push forward the development of unconventional gas exploration, said Xie Weizhi, chief financial officer of CNOOC Ltd. As the three major oil and gas companies are shifting focus from fossil fuel energy to new energy given the backdrop of China's goals to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, the company will also invest 5 percent to 10 percent of its total capital expenditure in the development of new energy, Xie said.
中海油有限公司首席财务官谢伟志表示，该公司的国内勘探战略将更多地关注天然气行业，同时也将推动非常规天然气勘探的发展。谢表示，鉴于中国到2030年碳排放达到峰值、到2060年实现碳中和的目标，三大石油和天然气公司正在将重点从化石燃料能源转移到新能源，该公司还将把总资本支出的5%至10%投资于新能源的开发。
Under the current plan, passengers can replace fossil aviation fuels with the sustainable aviation fuel, an energy-efficient source Lufthansa is plowing billions of dollars into.
根据目前的计划，乘客可以用可持续的航空燃料取代化石航空燃料，汉莎航空正在投入数十亿美元。
The green hydrogen will be provided to Sinopec Tahe Petrochemical Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Sinopec, and replace the current hydrogen production project generated from natural gas and fossil fuels, said the company.
该公司表示，绿色氢气将提供给中石化下属的中石化塔河石化有限公司，并取代目前由天然气和化石燃料产生的氢气生产项目。
The company has been shifting its focus from fossil fuel to the new energy business as China said it would peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
随着中国表示将在2030年前实现碳排放峰值，并在2060年前实现碳中和，该公司已将重点从化石燃料转向新能源业务。
The memorandum of understanding includes a discussion to produce biochar and use it in blast furnaces in order to consume a carbon-neutral material based on biomass instead of fossil energy.
谅解备忘录包括讨论生产生物炭并将其用于高炉，以消耗基于生物质而非化石能源的碳中和材料。
The bank will also accelerate the credit granting structure by industry, strengthen the management and control of the balance of loans to energy-intensive and pollution-intensive industries, and increase credit support for green projects, including the upgrading of emission reduction technologies, the clean and efficient utilization of fossil fuels, and thermal power flexibility transformation, during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.
Some analysts believe while the natural gas does not have much advantages in reserves compared with fossil fuels like coal, and is not as clean as new energy including solar and wind power, which put it in an "awkward position" in the energy mix, the "bridging role" of the super-chilled fuel has a more important role with the government aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
Natural gas is expected to become the largest fossil fuel in China by 2050, according to a top company official.
Natural gas consumption in China is expected to reach 620 billion cubic meters per year by 2040 and become the largest fossil energy source in the country by 2050, he said.
The three major oil and gas companies are also shifting their focus from fossil fuel energy to the new energy business against the backdrop of China's aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 and peak carbon emissions by 2030.
"For instance, the propane dehydrogenation technology can help customers like those in the fossil energy industries use less raw materials and consequently consume less energy, thus enhancing production efficiency," Zhou said.
Tencent is also using AI to help improve thermal fossil fuel power plants by providing real-time and standards-compliant solutions for the use of materials and personnel.
While EVs do not generate direct tailpipe carbon emissions, the power provided through the grid comes from a range of sources, including fossil fuels.
Solarizing Sinopec's service stations is fully aligned with the company's strategy of going green, as gas stations are increasingly becoming a meeting ground for fossil fuels and renewable energy.
Surfactant is typically made from fossil fuels.
Apart from fossil fuels, China's oil giants are also investing in green energy to help the country decarbonize and achieve carbon neutrality.
It will also focus on the promotion of electric energy to replace coal and fossil fuels in industrial manufacturing, construction and transport.
Guided by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, Energy China functions as an energy engineering conglomerate with a presence spanning projects in fossil fuel power, hydropower, nuclear power, new energy and power transmission.
An analyst said China's nuclear power plant construction in the coming years is expected to advance steadily, playing a more significant role in the country's energy mix and gradually replacing fossil fuels on a large scale.
Compared with power generation using fossil fuels, the four nuclear power units have cut carbon dioxide emissions by 105.44 million metric tons, CNNC said.
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp is one of China's largest producers of hydrogen, producing over 3 million metric tons last year, mostly made from fossil fuels or produced as a by-product of its refining and chemical operations.
It is also involved in international trade, logistics, and power generation from both fossil fuels and new energy products.
Over 45 percent of fossil power plants across China use Siemens' turbine technologies, Herrmann said.
At the symposium, Ding said the UK and China face a "similar and colossal challenge" in reducing reliance on fossil fuels and meeting emissions targets.
Another signature product series Gree brought to the US market, patented packaged terminal air conditioner variable refrigerant flow (PTAC VRF) series, not only is free from fossil fuels, but is also very quiet and energy efficient.
While traditional PTAC models often requires fossil fuels, Gree has creatively integrated into the model the VRF system, which studies have widely recognized as an energy-saving and cost-saving technology.
"We believe the best is yet to come, because we fit in the market demand here in the United States," which is lessening the use of fossil fuel, shifting to renewable energy, pursuing energy conservation and elevating comfort levels, said Dr. Bouche-Pillon.
He explained that new energy power transmission can be challenging as they are less stable compared with power generated from burning fossil fuels, but VSC-HVDC technology can largely avoid the problem.
The HVDC, together with the alternating current systems, are used to transmit clean energy generated from Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Guizhou province, and Yunnan province, where there are abundant water and wind resources, to South China's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area where there is a huge demand for electricity, which was largely reliant on fossil fuels.
China will step up efforts to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and improve its energy consumption mix to ensure improved air quality.
However, environmental organization Friends of the Earth condemned the continued practice of drilling in the North Sea, citing a recent report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, that strongly urged governments to ramp down fossil fuel usage in light of global warming.
It's high time our governments stopped supporting fossil fuel development and get serious about planning a just transition away from this industry. "
Analysts said the company's transition back into the field aligns with the government's recent efforts to promote renewable energy, as the country is taking bold steps to replace fossil fuels with clean energy sources, especially wind and solar power.
Sinochem imported 349 million metric tons of fossil fuel, mainly crude oil, with total cost of $180.54 billion between 2003 and 2017, while it also purchased 42.44 million metric tons of fertilizer and 2.78 million metric tons of plastic goods from global markets.
Vietnam has been cutting coal exports to save fossil fuel for thermal power plants, as it struggles to meet soaring energy demand.
The company's self-innovated air energy heat pumps cover all stadiums, Asian Games Village and the media village in Jakarta, helping greatly reduce consumption of electricity, which is generated by fossil fuels.
China National Offshore Oil Corp's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the southern city of Shenzhen went into operation on Wednesday in an attempt to meet China's growing appetite for natural gas, as the government eyes more of the clean fuel to replace traditional fossil fuel as a main source of energy.
Its broad business spectrum includes photovoltaic, wind, nuclear and biomass power, as well as the eco-friendly transformation of traditional fossil powered facilities.
In addition to power transportation and robotics, ABB is also investing heavily in e-mobility or the developmentxa0of electric-powered drivetrains that steer vehicle design away from the use of fossil fuels and carbon gas emissions.
Cutting back on fossil fuels is positive for both environment and business.
"It is the future trend for new energy, including solar power, to replace traditional fossil fuels.
The company's interest in the Chinese market comes at a time when China is enhancing efforts to clean up the choking air, replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy.
The State Administration of Grain said recently China will expand production and consumption of bioethanol fuel this year, coinciding with the country's decision to gradually phase out production and sales of fossil fuel cars to cut emissions and to reduce pollution and dependency on fossil fuels.
As the energy required for the entire process is generated from the residue instead of fossil-based sources, the technology could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 95 percent compared with fossil fuels, according to Clariant.
So he concentrated on making it a photovoltaic company that can produce electricity in China more cheaply than fossil fuel-powered plants.
After that, he founded Shenwu in 1996, which specializes in clean utilization of fossil resources, mineral resources and renewable resources, and industrialization of new technologies.
Shenwu also provides solutions in energy conservation, atmospheric haze control and environmental protection, with a focus on global fossil resources like coal, petroleum, natural gas and derived fuel.
We are continuously optimizing existing processes, replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources, and developing radically new low-emission technologies.
Some of these are among the world's top fossil fuel exporters.
"The country should also continue its impressive development of renewable energy products and work closely with other countries to move away from fossil fuels, Khor said.
Compared to traditional methods, the new system envisages a move away from reliance on fossil fuels to one based on new energy sources to generate electricity.
With the advances in green technology, the expansion in their scale of production and application, and the strong promotion by governments using taxes and subsidies, the economic growth model based on fossil fuel energy may usher in an inflection point in the near future, while emission reductions and green technology will become new driving forces for economic growth.
We need to cut fossil fuel production by 6 percent annually between 2020 and 2030, but instead we are seeing a global rise of 2 percent being planned," he said.
The countries are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, some of which are considered among the world's top countries for fossil fuel exports.
Last year, a number of countries promised to lessen reliance on fossil fuels and announced ambitious net-zero targets.
The United Kingdom has since lifted a ban on fracking, and analysis from energy think tank Ember Climate shows that European Union member states will invest $50 billion into the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure this winter.
"It remains to be seen if Europe's pivot to fossil fuels represents a short-term blip or a long-term blow to international efforts to curb global warming.
Further efforts are still needed to increase the use of new energy in place of fossil fuels for the generation of hydrogen power.
The Yangtze River Delta, whose regional GDP accounts for nearly a quarter of the country's total, should lead the replacement of fossil fuel energy with renewables to contribute to the country's goal of reaching carbon neutrality," Bao said.
xa0Last year, fossil fuels still produced 83.4 percent of primary energy needs.
Coal accounts for 94 percent of the fossil fuel reserves in China.
Against this backdrop, "many countries have made decisions to develop clean energies to relieve their dependence on fossil energy and enhance their capabilities in ensuring energy security," he said, addressing a forum held on the sidelines of the CCICED annual gathering on Tuesday.
Birol voiced his concern over some countries' over-investment in fossil fuels in response to the energy crisis and stressed that the world "shouldn't have to choose between a climate and an energy crisis.
More recently, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has disrupted gas supplies and prices, prompting several developed nations to explore new domestic fossil fuel projects in order to bolster energy security.
Several developed countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, have announced plans to ramp up domestic fossil fuel exploration in the pursuit of energy security.
According to Li, the priority is controlling fossil energy consumption rather than overall energy consumption.
He also suggested China should continuously develop its new energy industry while encouraging investment in low-carbon technologies, energy conservation and emissions reduction, to reduce the percentage of fossil fuel in its energy mix.