◐beijing:increase the subsidy standard for scrapping and replacing personal passenger vehicles。on august 28, the beijing municipal development and reform commission and the beijing municipal finance bureau issued the "beijing implementation plan for strengthening support for equipment renewal and consumer goods trade-in", which pointed out that the subsidy standard for scrapping and updating personal passenger cars will be increased. the subsidy standard in the "2024 beijing automobile trade-in subsidy implementation rules" will be adjusted. for scrapping old cars that meet the standards and purchasing new energy passenger cars, the subsidy will be increased from 10,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan; for scrapping old cars that meet the standards and purchasing fuel passenger cars with a displacement of 2.0 liters or less, the subsidy will be increased from 7,000 yuan to 15,000 yuan.

◐hainan: adjust the peak-valley time-of-use electricity price policy for electric vehicles.on august 28, the hainan provincial development and reform commission issued the "notice on adjusting the peak-valley time-of-use electricity price policy for electric vehicles". the adjustment mainly includes implementing peak-valley electricity prices by location, and the peak-valley time periods for residential, agricultural, industrial and commercial, and new energy public transportation vehicles have changed. the adjusted peak-valley electricity price policy for electric vehicles will be implemented from october 1.

◐sichuan: an ecological environment monitoring network system has been basically established.according to a report by chengdu daily on august 28, it was learned from the sichuan provincial department of ecology and environment on august 27 that the province's ecological environment monitoring work has achieved outstanding results since the 14th five-year plan. data show that more than 26,000 monitoring points of various types have been built, including more than 20,000 environmental quality monitoring points, more than 800 ecological quality monitoring points, and nearly 5,000 pollution source monitoring points. a monitoring network system with complete elements and reasonable layout has been basically established, achieving full coverage of cities at or above the county level, key river basins, key areas, and key towns.

◐jiangsu: the city’s “power bank” achieved independent power supply for the first time.according to xinhua news agency, with the test order issued at 1 a.m. on august 28, the electricity consumption of 200 households around the 10kv xinxi line in yangzhong, zhenjiang was disconnected from the main power grid and all was provided by a nearby grid-type energy storage power station for 2 hours. this means that jiangsu has successfully achieved independent power supply of urban "power banks" for the first time, which is of great significance to broadening the application scenarios of energy storage and enriching the means of power supply.

◐our scientific research team has developed the "mars battery".according to science and technology daily, on august 27, the university of science and technology of china learned that the team led by professor tan peng of the department of thermal science and energy engineering of the university had developed a mars battery that uses components of the martian atmosphere as fuel for battery reactions, achieving high energy density and long cycle performance. the relevant results were recently published in the comprehensive academic journal science bulletin.

◐the domestic offshore wind power installation platform with the highest lifting height was delivered.according to cctv news, on august 28, the self-propelled and self-elevating offshore wind power installation platform "ganghangping 5", which currently has the highest lifting height, the strongest comprehensive lifting capacity, and the longest lifting pile legs in china, was successfully delivered at qingdao haixi heavy machinery terminal. the "ganghangping 5" ship is 135 meters long and 50 meters wide, with an empty ship weight of about 29,000 tons, a maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, a maximum operating water depth of more than 70 meters, and a lifting height of 168 meters above the deck. the length of the lifting system pile legs is 135 meters, and the lifting height of the crane above the water surface exceeds 200 meters, once again breaking the lifting height record of similar platforms in china.

◐xinjiang’s first cross-desert railway 750 kv ultra-high voltage transmission and transformation project has been fully opened.according to cctv news, on august 28, in yanqi county, bayingolin mongol autonomous prefecture, xinjiang, the last conductor was pulled across the taklimakan desert railway, and the bayingolin mongol autonomous prefecture-tieganlik-ruoqiang 750 kv ultra-high voltage power transmission and transformation project was fully connected. this is also the first 750 kv ultra-high voltage power transmission and transformation project across the desert railway in xinjiang. the project started construction in march 2023 with a total investment of 4.616 billion yuan and a total line length of 880 kilometers. 90% of the project line is in the desert gobi wasteland area.

◐the international atomic energy agency will discuss the situation of the two nuclear power plants at its september meeting.according to cctv news on august 28, on the evening of august 27 local time, the russian permanent mission to the international organizations in vienna announced on social media that russian permanent representative to the international organizations in vienna ulyanov said in an interview with russian media that the international atomic energy agency board of governors will hold a meeting on september 9 to discuss the situation at the kursk nuclear power plant and the zaporizhia nuclear power plant.

◐iran's supreme leader: developing nuclear energy is one of iran's future priorities.according to cctv news on august 28,on august 27, local time, iran's supreme leader khamenei made a speech at a meeting with the iranian president and the government cabinet, pointing out that the development of nuclear energy is one of iran's basic and necessary priorities for the future. at the same time, iran cannot ignore the world's advanced science and technology.

◐japan's atomic energy regulation authority: does not approve the restart of unit 2 of the tsuruga nuclear power plant.according to cctv news, on august 28, local time, the atomic regulation authority of japan acknowledged that the no. 2 unit of the tsuruga nuclear power plant of japan atomic power company did not meet the new regulatory standards and did not approve its restart. in the future, opinions will be publicly solicited on the review documents and a formal decision will be made. since the establishment of the atomic regulation authority of japan, 27 nuclear power generating units across japan have applied for review with the goal of restarting. currently, 17 have been approved, of which 12 have been restarted. the no. 2 unit of the tsuruga nuclear power plant is the first nuclear power generating unit that has not been approved.

◐the first set of domestically produced million-class nuclear power generator guard ring forgings was successfully developed.according to the shanghai electric wechat official account on august 28, the first domestically produced set of 1,300mw nuclear power generator retaining ring forgings has successfully passed the acceptance of an expert group composed of authoritative experts from cgn, shanghai jiaotong university and shanghai generator plant. the acceptance opinion believes that under the strict inspection of both the supply and demand sides, the inspection results of the retaining ring forgings meet the requirements of the trial production technical agreement, and some performance indicators are significantly better than the technical requirements, reaching the manufacturing level of imported retaining ring forgings, marking a major breakthrough in the localization of the manufacturing of 1,300mw nuclear power retaining ring forgings.

◐the world's highest altitude and largest high-voltage direct-mounted energy storage system was connected to the grid and put into operation.according to china huaneng group on august 28,on august 26, the world's highest-altitude and largest high-voltage direct-mounted energy storage system, the huaneng hainan prefecture 150mw/600mwh energy storage project, was successfully connected to the grid and achieved full power operation.the total installed capacity of the project is 150 mw/600 mwh, with a single unit capacity of 25 mw/100 mwh. it can store 600,000 kwh of electricity on a single charge and can independently accept grid control. it has the characteristics of high voltage level, large single unit capacity, small number of ac/dc parallel connections, and few communication levels.