{
  "id": 9266173,
  "title": "Hong Kong energised as global investment hub for green technology",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/hong-kong-energised-as-global-investment-hub-for-green-technology",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-23T04:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Business",
    "slug": "scmp-business",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/native/business/topics/domestic-global-success/article/3367933/hong-kong-energised-global-investment-hub-green-technology"
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  "account": "Hong Kong is gaining recognition as a key player in the global shift towards green technology. With the urgency of climate change issues, governments worldwide are seeking practical solutions, and Hong Kong is stepping up to the plate. The city aims to reduce its carbon emissions by half by 2035 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, aligning with China's \"dual carbon goals.\" Diane Wong Shuk-han, Hong Kong's under secretary for environment and ecology, emphasizes the city's role as a 'superconnector' and 'super value-adder' for green and low-carbon technologies, as well as a facilitator for their export.\n\nInvestHK, the city's foreign investment agency, has recently partnered with the UK's Department of Business and Trade to lead a new energy and sustainability delegation to the UK. This delegation, comprising 25 green technology companies from Hong Kong and the mainland, visited the UK in June to study the country's energy transition journey and meet experts from various sectors. This delegation reflects Hong Kong's growing role as a global investment hub for green innovation.\n\nNew energy is a policy-driven sector, and companies entering markets like the UK must understand local regulations, financing procedures, and potential hurdles. InvestHK's role extends beyond making introductions; it provides critical \"last mile\" support to help companies enter overseas markets. The agency collaborates with various government departments and organizations, including the Environment and Ecology Bureau, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, to drive green innovation in the city.\n\nOne beneficiary of this support is Jana Energy Technology, a Shenzhen-based start-up focused on sodium-ion battery technology. Founded in 2022, Jana Energy specializes in the research, development, and production of materials for sodium-ion batteries, which are seen as a lower-cost complement to lithium-ion batteries. Cao Yuliang, the company's founder, chairman, and chief scientist, explains that the shift to sodium-ion batteries is driven by resource constraints and the need for cost-effective, easily obtainable materials for green energy storage.\n\nJana Energy has established itself as a leader in the sodium-ion battery market, capturing over 60% of the segment and supplying solutions to major companies like Chinese battery manufacturers CATL and Eve Energy, as well as carmaker BYD. To drive its international growth, Jana Energy established its overseas base at Hong Kong Science Park in 2024. The company's Hong Kong-based research and development team is now designing battery systems optimized for extreme temperatures to serve markets in Northern Europe and North America. InvestHK continues to support Jana Energy's expansion efforts, working alongside HKSTP, which provides early capital through an accelerator programme.",
  "summary": "Record-breaking heat, devastating droughts, deadly wildfires and heavy rain and severe floods around the world over recent months have sparked a new urgency in the search for practical solutions to climate change. The challenge for governments is not only to generate cleaner sources of power, but also to use safer and more efficient energy technologies and storage systems that are affordable and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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