China and Russia could deepen their energy cooperation as Beijing is interested in working with Russia to develop nuclear power and wind power projects in the Arctic region, Sputnik reported on Monday, citing a senior official of the State Grid Corporation of China. Russia and China already have deals to build nuclear power reactors in China, while the two countries could also develop the wind resources of the Arctic, Ou Xiaoming, chief representative of the State Grid Corporation of China, said. “Taking advantage of the State Grid’s technologies on renewable energy storage and high voltage electricity transport, both sides can push forward the development of renewable energy to replace traditional fossil energy, which would carry great importance in Russia’s plan to optimise the global energy landscape”, the Chinese executive said, as carried by Sputnik. Russia’s state nuclear power company Rosatom has recently signed a deal with subsidiaries of China […]