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Upstream Chinese solar suppliers are currently unfolding a ferocious price competition that has led to a drop in wafer prices, and is expected to lower module cost in 2023 that would facilitate Chinese and global solar development. ...  more

On January 3, Jinko Solar (JinkSolar) held a ceremony in Haining to mark the signing of two project investment agreements. Under these agreements, Jinko will set up a project for manufacturing high-efficiency PV cells and modules and a project for manufacturing energy storage systems in Haining. ...  more

A few days ago, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 114 satellites into the low Earth orbit, including the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD) developed by California Institute of Technology (Caltech). ...  more

On December 30, 2022, Guizhou Yayou New Materials held a ceremony to mark the activation of the first phase of its iron(III) phosphate project and the start of the construction for the second phase. The project is located in Weng’an County, which is a part of China’s Guizhou Province. ...  more

Guocheng Holdings and the government of Mianzhu signed a project investment agreement on December 22. Under the agreement, Guocheng will set up a lithium salts project with a total production capacity of 200,000 tons per year. Mianzhu is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Deyang, which is prefecture-level city in China’s Sichuan Province. ...  more

In 2022, the EV market continued to thrive. According to the annual figures of vehicle sales among EV makers, Tesla was the unquestionable leader and topped the list by a wide margin. What surprised the market was that the pricey BMW iX delivered a stronger sales performance than the much more economical Kia EV6. ...  more

Enpack, a major Chinese supplier for metal packaging solutions, announced on December 23 that it signed a letter of intent on cooperation with the administration of Gaoyou Development Zone. According to this letter, Enpack will invest around RMB 3 billion to build a plant for manufacturing composite copper foil and aluminum foil used in Li-ion batteries that power new energy vehicles. The Gaoyou Development Zone is located in China’s Jiangsu Province. ...  more

Volkswagen has returned to the Consumer Electronics Show after six years, and introduced the latest member to its ID family, the ID.7 electric sedan, with several new and fun functions. ...  more

BMW is currently expanding its partnership with Solid Power by spending US$20 million on the design and relevant production knowledge of the latter’s solid-state batteries before June 2024, though a certain milestones must be met at the same time. ...  more