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It’s no secret that cryptocurrency mining requires 24/7 operation of computers that consume massive amounts of electricity, with an equally massive carbon footprint to boot. ...  more

The PV industry in the US is embroiled in a serious infighting over imports of PV products from China and Southeast Asia. With the enforcement of the Section 201 tariffs set to end in February 2022, a group of anonymous American solar enterprises are now lobbying the US Commerce Department to impose even higher tariffs on modules and cells from other countries, especially imports from Southeast Asia. ...  more

In the past, Tesla confidently proclaimed that it would build a Model Y with one single casted part to simplify the rear body's structure. However, the latest evidence shows that its Texas factory's Model Y production line might be prepared to use single casted parts for both the front and rear parts of the vehicle. ...  more

Lithium-ion battery is the component with the highest cost proportion for an electric vehicle. Generally speaking, li-ion batteries take more than a third of an EV's cost, or nearly 50%. However, according to the latest statistics,  between 2008 and 2021 , the costs of li-ion battery packs have  been falling  by as much as 87%. In the future, these costs are expected to keep falling. ...  more

The lack of shades from the flat high road surface, coupled with the endless stream of vehicles, and the significant level of insolation and wind, may become an optimal environment for the development of renewable energy. Energy Pier headquartered in Switzerland has provided a new power source for highways by utilizing a rooftop solar “footbridge” and wind turbines that can be used as pillars, which branches out a new distributed energy on traffic paths. ...  more

Are charging issues difficult to resolve? The Indonesian market is set to welcome the fastest ultrafast charging solution in the world, via charging modules provided by Hong Kong-based startup Desten. Desten’s solutions are capable of charging EVs from zero to 80% full within a mere four minutes and forty seconds. ...  more

In order to raise the required funds for the implementation of green energy and power development, the Taiwan Power Company announced today (7th) that it is scheduled to issue the third commonly unsecured corporate bond in 2021 at NT$12.7 billion in mid-November, of which the 7-year corporate bond of NT$6.4 billion has been approved in eligibility for green bonds by the Taipei Exchange, and will be used for the green investment program of “development of renewable energy and energy technology”. ...  more

Chinese news agencies and websites reported on September 23 that state-run utility China Southern Power Grid (CSG) will be investing to massively expand its energy storage capacity between the period from the 14th to 16th Five-Year Plan. In particular, CSG plans to install 36GW of pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES) in order to support the transition to an electric power system based on new energy technologies. CSG unveiled this investment project to local media via its subsidiary that is responsible for load and frequency management, and the intention behind the project is to help the central government achieve its targets related to peak and net-zero CO2 emissions. ...  more