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Indian battery recycling company Attero Recycling (Pvt.) has announced a massive overseas capacity expansion plan that involves setting up factories for processing discarded Li-ion batteries in the US, Poland, and Indonesia over the next five years. The plan, which entails an estimated investment of USD 1 billion, was first reported by news agencies including Reuters and Bloomberg on May 31. Attero is currently the largest battery recycling company in India. ...  more

There has been a major breakthrough in batteries. Dalhousie University from Canada has developed a new variant to the lithium nickel manganese cobalt battery, which can last for a century. ...  more

Silicon China, a branch of China Nonferrous Metal Industry Association, released its latest report on the price trends of polysilicon materials used in the manufacturing of PV products on June 1. ...  more

Chinese equipment provider Shuangliang Eco-Energy Systems Co. Ltd. announce on May 30 that its subsidiary Jiangsu Shuangliang New Energy Equipment Co. Ltd. had inked a deal to provide polysilicon (rod) reduction furnaces to compatriot polysilicon supplier Inner Mongolia Dongli Photovoltaic Electronics Co. Ltd. ...  more

The WeChat account of Chinese multinational BYD posted a statement on May 30 saying that its grid-scale energy storage solution CUBE T28 has supplied more than 1.6GWh of electricity in the North American market so far this year. ...  more

Lithium-ion batteries can be said to be one of the most common batteries today but new technologies will always appear and potential next-generation batteries include sodium-ion batteries, zinc-ion batteries, and now "magnesium-ion batteries." ...  more

The trend towards green supply chains leads to carbon inventory and carbon reduction requirements. The MOEA stated that the carbon estimation digital tool of the 2050 Net Zero Emission Network has been launched which will help SMEs understand their own greenhouse gas emissions and sources through simple operation and take the first step in carbon reduction. ...  more

The world's first company to develop low-carbon and environmentally friendly aluminum batteries, startup APh ePower, has pushed ahead of the global carbon economy trend and announced today that it has completed the first carbon trade in the two international standards of VCS and GS in April and will continue to actively develop foreign carbon storage and offset services to assist companies in purchasing carbon rights, enhance the competitiveness of Taiwan's green supply chain, and achieve carbon neutrality goals. ...  more

How much will U.S. solar costs climb this year amid the pandemic's impact on supply chains, the impact of war, and tariff investigations? US research firm Wood Mackenzie reports that capital costs for 100MWdc solar power plants are expected to rise by 6% this year. ...  more