The US has always been a major country in carbon emission, and Trump had even emphasized on the revival of the coal industry, though both the coal industry and coal-fired power generation are expeditiously exiting from the stage despite the significant support from the former US president under the inevitable trend of technical advancement and market economy. ...  more
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Guoxuan High-Tech Achieves New High in LFP Battery Density; CATL Expands New Factory |
published: 2021-02-12 18:30 |
Automotive lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery has hit record high in energy density, and the demand has amplified alongside the production expansion of Tesla. Guoxuan High-Tech plans to manufacture the new batteries starting from the end of 2021, and the Chinese leader in lithium battery, CATL, once again added another RMB 1.8 billion for the factory expansion in Yibin or Sichuan, with a potential production capacity of 80K tons. ...  more
Turkey Aims to Add 1.5GW of PV Generation in 2021 and Is Issuing 1GW of Tenders |
published: 2021-02-11 18:30 |
Halil Demirdağ, head of the Turkish Solar Energy Industry Association (GENSED), has told Anadolu Agency and other Turkish news outlets that the annual increase in Turkey’s PV generation for 2021 will more than double from 2020. ...  more
TDK Will Invest US$5 Billion into EV Battery Production and Development of Clean Energy Technologies |
published: 2021-02-11 9:30 |
TDK, which is among the major Japanese electronics manufacturers, has just announced that it will be investing US$5 billion (or 520 billion yen) into EV battery production and development of clean energy technologies over the next three years. The main reason behind this move is the rapid growth of the global EV market in terms of scale and profitability. Seeing that the electrification of vehicles is taking off, TDK has decided to raise its production capacity for EV batteries and automotive electronics. The company wants to establish a strong presence in the EV and renewable energy markets. ...  more
AUO Takes a Big Step Forward in Its Expansion into Solar Market as Taipower Certified Its SunVeillance Platform |
published: 2021-02-10 18:30 |
AUO just announced that Taipower has certified its cloud-based intelligent solution for the remote monitoring and control of PV systems. The solution, which is called SunVeillance, is now formally deemed as having met the requirements for the application of “Distribution Renewable Energy Advanced Management System (DREAMS)”. AUO is among the first group of technology suppliers that received the DREAMS certification for their system monitoring and control solutions. ...  more
Trump’s Policy Overthrown! How Will Biden’s New Executive Orders of Energy Impact the US? |
published: 2021-02-10 9:30 |
Joe Biden, the newly elected US president, signed 17 executive measures on his inauguration day, which include the return to the Paris Agreement, as well as indefinitely suspend the Keystone XL pipeline system project with Canada. How will these environmental and environmental protection measures impact the energy of the US? ...  more
Musk Offers US100 Million in Search of World’s Best Carbon Capture Technology |
published: 2021-02-09 18:30 |
Elon Musk, now the world’s richest man, tweeted the other day that he’s giving away US$100 million to anyone who can come up with the best carbon capture technology. Those interested are encouraged to go for it. ...  more
What Advantages Does Canadian Nuclear Fusion Possess that Attracted the Investment from Shopify and Amazon? |
published: 2021-02-09 9:30 |
Canadian nuclear fusion technology developer General Fusion has welcomed a new investor: Tobias Lütke, founder of multinational e-commerce company Shopify, which is the second global e-commerce company to invest in the company after Amazon. ...  more
Israeli Firm Begins Pilot Production of Li-Ion Traction Battery That Offers Five-Minute Charge |
published: 2021-02-08 18:30 |
Established in 2012, Israeli firm StoreDot has been focusing on the development of fast-charging Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EV). After years of hard work, it finally announced this January that the latest version of its traction battery has entered pilot production. StoreDot’s battery technology, which has been demonstrated to have a charging time of just five minutes, is expected to be recognized as a landmark breakthrough in the development of batteries and EVs. ...  more
Foreign Brokerage Firm Raises Target Price of Foxconn Shares to NT$130 as Electronics Manufacturer Is Rumored to Enter Supply Chain for Apple Car |
published: 2021-02-08 9:30 |
Foxconn (also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry) recently has been aggressively implementing its ambitious strategy to become a major player in the EV market. ...  more