Relief materials, food items donated to help quake-affected residents in Xizang

Essential relief supplies including basic food items and water have been donated by people from all across China to help residents being housed at temporary resettlement sites following Tuesday's deadly earthquake in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

The powerful 6.8-magnitude quake struck Dingri County in Xigaze City on Tuesday morning, claiming at least 126 lives, injuring 188 others, and causing the collapse of more than 3,600 houses.

Several towns and villages in Dinrgi have been badly affected, including the remote and mountainous Cuoguo Town. Located at an altitude of approximately 4,200 meters above sea level, the town has been one of the hardest-hit in the disaster, with 158 houses being completely destroyed.

Learning of the situation, many warm-hearted people from all over China have sent food, drinking water, and other living materials to help those in the region. The supplies have been loaded onto trucks and sent out to the disaster zone.

"We prepared five trucks of mineral water and one truck of instant noodles. When trouble occurs at one spot, help comes from all quarters," said Dawa Dunzhu, one of the donors. "We urgently prepared vehicles, daily necessities, instant noodles, sausages, and water, hoping to do whatever we can to help the quake-affected residents," said Yuan Xing, another volunteer helping deliver the items.

In addition, a batch of over 1,000 pressure cookers donated by several enterprises have been distributed to the residents of Cuoguo Town, with nearly 4,000 more still waiting to be sent out.

These pots and the various food items are enabling quake-affected residents to cook hot meals in their temporary tents, helping them fend off the cold winter weather as overnight temperatures have reportedly plunged as low as minus 18 degrees Celcius.

Relief materials, food items donated to help quake-affected residents in Xizang

China's domestically developed gas turbine Jupiter I, the world's first 30MW-class pure hydrogen gas turbine, has on Sunday achieved pure hydrogen power generation and maintained stable operation in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, offering a key solution for renewable energy storage and utilization.

The gas turbine Jupiter I is the world's largest single-unit power pure hydrogen generator, capable of converting hydrogen from storage tanks back into electricity during peak demand periods, according to the Mingyang Group.

It has effectively solved the problem of consuming surplus electricity from new energy sources, and provides an integrated solution that is feasible and scalable for building a new energy system with new energy as the main power source. It has been selected as one of the first batch of national-level hydrogen energy pilot projects in the energy field.

"Compared with a thermal power unit of equivalent capacity, the Jupiter I pure hydrogen gas turbine reduces carbon emissions by more than 200,000 tons annually. In combined-cycle operation, it generates 48,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour, which can meet the daily power needs of 5,500 households," said Wang Yongzhi, general manager of Mingyang Hydrogen Gas Turbine Technology.

The project will effectively mitigate fluctuations in renewable energy output, enhance grid regulation capabilities, provide a replicable model for energy transition practices, and contribute to building a national-level hydrogen energy demonstration zone, according to its operator.

Renewable energy installations in China account for over 50 percent of the nation's total power generation capacity. The country has pledged to peak its carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

World's first 30MW-class pure hydrogen gas turbine put into operation