Qingdao’s automated wharf loads one standard container per second

https://japan.visitbeijing.com.cn/article/4IIUyyUiwCY

Qingdao’s Port is currently one of the most automated and efficient automated wharves in the world. It began its climb to the pinnacle of global port technology in 2013. In 2017, the first phase of the fully automated container terminal began operation. At the end of 2023, the Qingdao Automated Terminal was put into operation. It has progressed to full automation. As a fully automated container terminal and a “hydrogen + 5G” smart green terminal, the terminal has improved work efficiency by 30% and reduced manpower by 80%. The average loading and unloading capacity has reached 36.2 containers per hour, and the highest efficiency has reached 60.2 containers per hour

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TELD New Energy opens ultra zero-carbon building in Qingdao

https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/0826/c90000-20357342.html

An ultra zero-carbon building, the headquarters of EV charging pile network operator TELD New Energy, was opened in Qingdao. It is quipped with cutting-edge high-tech solutions to achieve 100 percent green energy substitution.

A lipid-rich baker’s yeast mutant provides high yields of palmitoleic acid

http://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/life/202508/t20250801_1048868.shtml

https://biotechnologyforbiofuels.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13068-025-02677-8

A team at CAS Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) has developed a lipid-rich mutant strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for microbial production of palmitoleic acid— a rare omega-7 fatty acid with proven anti-inflammatory and metabolic benefits.

The team used a combined mutagenesis approach—employing zeocin, an antibiotic-based mutagen, and Atmospheric and Room Temperature Plasma (ARTP)—to create a diverse library of yeast mutants. They then deployed FlowRACS, a Raman flow cytometry system, to select live yeast cells with elevated lipid levels by analyzing their intrinsic single-cell Raman spectra, eliminating the need for chemical stains or genetic reporters.

This method identified the mutant strain MU2R48, which achieved a lipid content of 40.26%—a 30.85% increase over its parental strain SC018—while maintaining similar biomass production.

Photo: Raman flow cytometry efficiently identifies lipid-rich Saccharomyces cerevisiae  mutants from a Zeocin–ARTP-induced library. (Image by QIBEBT)

Sept. 13 – 16, 2025: 2nd International Conference on Green Carbon in Qingdao and online

Registration is open: https://conf.sciencemate.com/ICGC2025

ICGC aims to provide an interdisciplinary academic exchange platform and academic community for scientific and technological innovation in the area of CO₂ emission reduction and sustainable development. The conference will focus on carbon resources, carbon conversion technologies, carbon life cycle management, and breakthrough developments in green carbon science.

Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, CAS/Shandong Energy Institute (QIBEBT/SEI) is a research institute that is active in science and technology developments of bioenergy, fossil energy, hydrogen energy, energy storage devices, and energy informatics, see http://english.qibebt.cas.cn

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