Stories by You Xiaoying

You Xiaoying is a freelance journalist based in London. She writes and reports about climate change and the clean energy transition.

The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Will Smash Previous Records

A planned supersized floating wind turbine with two spinning heads will generate nearly double the amount of energy as the current record-holder

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China’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases will largely determine the world’s emissions trajectory, researchers say

You Xiaoying, Nature magazine

Solar panels, wind turbines, a hydrogen energy system and lithium-ion batteries are powering China’s newest polar research station

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China is pulling ahead of the rest of the world in sinking data centers that power AI into the ocean as an alternate way to keep them cool

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Electric vehicles leave behind mountains of dead lithium-ion batteries. A new “injection” brings them back to life

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Chinese researchers have found the gene responsible for the brown-and-white fur of a handful of giant pandas

You Xiaoying, Nature magazine