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To Expand into South Korean Market for Precursors, GEM Partners with SK On and ECOPRO

published: 2023-04-21 9:30

The rising demand for EV power batteries has led to a corresponding increase in the demand for cathode materials used in Li-ion batteries. Cathode represents a fairly large share of the total manufacturing cost of a battery, coming around 40%. ... more

Small Modular Reactors Face Numerous Economic Challenges, Development More Difficult than Imagined

published: 2023-04-20 9:30

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), which have garnered much attention in recent years, have once again received mention in the “2022 World Nuclear Industry Status Report”. The report points out that the challenges and cost of SMRs are far greater than what the outside world imagines. ... more

Immersion Cooling Battery Adopted by TPC’s Changbin Energy Storage Site for the First Time

published: 2023-04-19 9:30

Immersion cooling battery supplier XING Mobility announced today (19th) that it will be providing a total of 2.4MWh of immersion cooling batteries for Taiwanese energy storage system provider Remotek Corporation, which will be used on the latter’s energy storage cabinets as the first immersion cooling energy storage system for green electricity and energy storage in Taiwan that will then be adopted by the third phase of TPC’s Changbin energy storage site. ... more

Zhuhai Hongjun Enters PV Industry with Launch of Its Project for Manufacturing HJT Products

published: 2023-04-19 9:30

On the morning of April 13, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new project initiated by Zhuhai Hongjun Aviation Manufacturing. Located in Doumen District of Zhuhai, a city in China’s Guangdong Province, the project will manufacture high-efficiency PV cells and modules based on the HJT technology. Hongjun has invested around RMB 5.9 billion into the project, and the project, in turn, is expected generate an annual output value of tens of billions of yuan once it enters the full-scale operation phase. The news about this event was first picked up Chinese renewable energy news websites. ... more

Conrad Energy Has Put Its Energy Storage Project in England into Commission

published: 2023-04-19 9:30

Conrad Energy, a developer of renewable energy projects in the UK, has announced that its 25MW/50MWh battery energy storage project in Blackburn has entered operation. ... more

EU Regulatory Authority Approves Establishment of Umicore and PowerCo’s Joint Venture

published: 2023-04-18 9:30

Umicore and PowerCo’s joint venture that was first unveiled in September 2022 has finally received the approval from the EU regulatory authority to begin full-scale operation. ... more

Burger King Electrified 1/3 Vehicles on the Path of Full Electrification by 2030

published: 2023-04-18 9:30

Fast food businesses are following the footsteps of companies in terms of carbon reduction. Burger King announced today that 31% of its business vehicles have been electrified under a drastic decrement of carbon footprint on the path of sustainability. ... more

Flat Group Signed a 10.524 Billion Yuan PV Glass Sales Agreement with Jinko

published: 2023-04-17 14:49

On April 14, Flat Group released an announcement stating that Jinko and its subsidiaries plan to purchase approximately 77GW PV glass from Flat and its subsidiaries during 2024-2025, with specific order prices following the market... more

TCL Zhonghuan Signed A Contract on 25GW N-Type TOPCon Cell Project

published: 2023-04-17 14:27

Recently, TCL Zhonghuan and Guangzhou Government reached an agreement on the industrial 4.0 smart factory project of the 25GW N-type TOPCon high-efficiency solar cell , which will give full play to TCL Zhonghuan's advantages of la... more

Chinese Health Food Giant Nanfang Black Sesame Has Entered Battery Industry with RMB 3.5 Investment

published: 2023-04-17 9:30

On March 31, Nanfang Black Sesame announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Jiangxi Xiaoheixiaomi Foodstuff will transform into a manufacturer for energy storage batteries. Additionally, Black Sesame plans to invest RMB 3.5 billion in building a plant for manufacturing LFP energy storage batteries in Xinjian District of Nancheng, the capital of China's Jiangxi Province. ... more