TrendForce reports that China’s demand for NEV power batteries slowed down during the first half of this year because of the COVID-19 lockdowns in the second quarter. However, NEV sales in China maintained high growth during the first half-year period. ...  more
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JYT Reallocates Funding for 10GW Wuhai Project and Uses It to Support Development of 22GW Leshan Project |
published: 2022-08-25 9:30 |
JYT, a Chinese PV company that provides both equipment and products, announced on August 10 that it will be reallocating the funding that was originally set aside for the development of the Wuhai project to the development of the Leshan project. ...  more
TrendForce "Global PV Market Trends" Online Seminar Now Open for Registrations |
published: 2022-08-24 14:11 |
The global PV industry is now under an expeditious development and exhibits an overall excellent status as various countries intensively propose policies related to the carbon neutrality target. China, under the synergistic effort...  more
CATL Signs 10-Year Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Leading Chinese Commercial Vehicle Maker Yutong |
published: 2022-08-24 9:30 |
CATL has signed a 10-year strategic cooperation agreement with Yutong. The former was established in 2011 and has become a global leader for NEV power batteries, whereas the latter was established in 2012 and has become a global leader for commercial vehicles. Also, Yutong was CATL’s top client during the 2014-2017 period. The latest strategic cooperation agreement, which was signed in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou on August 9, will further widen and deepen the scope of their partnership. ...  more
Unlimited Exhaust Emissions, Australia a Paradise for High-Pollution Cars, Costing US$5.9 Billion More in Gas |
published: 2022-08-24 9:30 |
The increasingly stringent environmental protection regulations for automobiles and motorcycles not only help to improve traffic emissions, but also save on the amount of imported oil. However, Australia has become one of the few countries in the world with "no limit on exhaust emissions" which also allows car manufacturers to sell products with peace of mind. Dirty cars that comply with the latest environmental regulations make a lot of "black money" here. ...  more
New Sodium-Ion Battery Grows 15% in Energy Density Aside from Endurance under Low-Temperature Environment |
published: 2022-08-23 9:30 |
It is obviously a good direction in seeing more relevant studies on batteries since they are an important medium for power storage. A Russian science team has recently targeted at alternatives of sodium-ion batteries, and managed to develop a sodium-ion battery that has a high energy density and is capable of enduring low temperature. ...  more
Weiming Partners with Multiple Companies to Develop a Project in Wenzhou for Manufacturing Ternary Cathode Materials and Precursors |
published: 2022-08-23 9:30 |
Chinese waste disposal company Weiming Environment announced on August 4 that it will be teaming up with Yongqing Technology, Chengtun Mining, and Sunwoda to develop a project for manufacturing advanced materials used in Li-ion batteries. ...  more
Terabase Energy Gets Bill Gates Investment to Speed Up Solar Farm Construction with Robots |
published: 2022-08-22 9:30 |
How to quickly build a large-scale solar power plant? Terabase Energy, a new solar energy startup, hopes to quickly build power plants through "robots" to achieve terawatt-scale (TW)-scale solar energy. This B round of financing has also received Bill Gates Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), Prelude Ventures, etc. Company funding of $44 million. ...  more
Evergreen, AIDC, and ADATA Participating in Cathay United's NT$3 Billion "Green Time Deposit" |
published: 2022-08-22 9:30 |
Cathay United Bank launched its "Green Time Deposit Project" in July. It has not been a full month since it was launched, yet it has attracted more than 10 well-known participating enterprises. Its contract scale has reached nearly US$3 billion including Evergreen, AIDC, ABICO, SINBON, ADATA, AWEA, and Kemitek. The cooperativing enterprises hope to implement specific ESG actions and corporate social responsibility through contracting green deposits. ...  more
Germany Restarts Coal-Fired Power Generation to Replace 1-2% of Gas-Fired Generation |
published: 2022-08-19 9:30 |
Germany is one of the leading countries in promoting carbon reduction. In the second half of her term, Merkel had largely eliminated reliance on coal-fired power generation. Coupled with its nuclear abolition policy after Japan’s 311 incident, energy is highly dependent on natural gas. Now the Russian-Ukrainian war has put the supply of natural gas into crisis, so Germany has returned to call on these obsolete coal-fired power plants, hoping to restart them as a delaying tactic, but restarting is not as simple as flipping a switch. ...  more