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India Once Again Protects Its Own Industry by Deciding to Extend the Safeguard Duty for Another Year

published: 2020-08-05 18:30

The safeguard duty imposed by India on solar cells and modules from China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia is now expired, and the Government of India has decided to adhere to the advice of the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) and extend the duty for another year, after taking into account the impact of imports on the domestic production capacity of solar power in India. ... more

Renault Zoe Became the Most Popular Electric Vehicle in Europe by Surpassing Tesla Model 3

published: 2020-08-05 18:30

The stock price of Tesla continues to surge, and the company has obtained profit for 4 consecutive quarters, which is attributed to the global popularity of Model 3, the best-selling vehicle of the manufacturer. However, the throne of best-selling electric vehicle in Europe may be stripped away by French automotive manufacturer Renault, who was globally regarded as the underdog. ... more

GoShare Expands into New Taipei and Adds Gogoro 3 to Its E-Scooter Fleet

published: 2020-08-04 18:30

GoShare, a local provider of e-scooter (electric scooter) sharing service in Taiwan, announced on July 30 that New Taipei is now officially included in its service coverage. Along with this announcement, GoShare has also formally introduced the Gogoro 3 Smartscooter into the lineup of vehicle models that are available for rental at its service stations in both Taipei and New Taipei. The territorial expansion of the GoShare platform and the addition of the Gogoro 3 will benefit local users of mobility sharing services in terms of greater convenience and more options. ... more

More Companies Look to Hydrogen Fuel Technology as Alternative to Fossil Fuels

published: 2020-08-04 13:00

The cost of producing hydrogen fuel cells has fallen significantly in recent years and analysts predict that if this trend continues hydrogen fuel cells could become a viable alternative to diesel generators as well as having applications in the automotive, grid storage and logistics sectors. ... more

Germany Wind Power Market Report 2020-2025: COVID-19 Implications

published: 2020-08-04 10:00

In 2019, around 60.4 GW of new wind power capacity was added globally, making it the second-largest year in history and close to the largest year in 2015 (63.8 GW), bringing global cumulative wind power capacity up to 651 GW. The massive wind turbine installation was primarily the result of a strong year in both China and the US: the world's two largest markets ahead of the expiry of Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for onshore in the first country and the PTC (extended until the end of 2020 in Dec 2019) in the second. ... more

Enviva Completes Acquisition of Georgia Biomass and its Waycross Production Plant

published: 2020-08-04 4:00

Enviva Partners, LP (“Enviva” or the “Partnership”), a leading global energy company specializing in sustainable wood bioenergy, today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of a world-class, industrial scale wood pellet production plant in Waycross, Georgia, and associated contracted terminal capacity in Savannah, Georgia. ... more

A Strategy of Siege? Tesla Plans to Provide Software, Power System, and Batteries for Competitors

published: 2020-08-03 18:30

Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla is evidently the bellwether. While various major automotive manufacturers rapidly catch up on key technology, Tesla CEO Elon Musk boasted that Tesla will be authorizing its software, and providing its power system and batteries for automotive makers who produce electric vehicles, by looking at the bigger picture, which may contain ulterior motives. ... more

Association Led by ITRI Has Amassed NT$1.7 Million for a Scholarship That Supports Talent Development for Taiwan’s Renewable Energy Push

published: 2020-08-02 18:30

As the government of Taiwan raises the share of renewables in the island’s energy mix, the momentum of development has also picked up in the related application segments such as energy storage, power dispatch, and smart grid. ... more

Taking Advantage of Its Abundant Solar Resource, WA Aims to Boost Its Economy with an AU$66.3 Million Renewable Investment Program

published: 2020-08-01 10:30

As the name indicates, Western Australia (WA) occupies almost the entire western part of Australia. It is the largest of Australia’s six states, spanning an area of around 2.52 million square kilometers and accounting for one-third of the country’s landmass. WA also has the highest level of solar irradiation and the highest PV installation rate in the country. Banking on the region’s abundant solar resource, the WA Government has decided to launch a renewable investment program to accelerate the recovery of the state’s economy that has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan includes an investment of AU$56.4 million (or NT$1.17 billion) in PV generation. ... more

Next Phase for Vehicle Electrification: Heavy-Duty Trucks and Construction Machinery

published: 2020-07-31 18:30

Electric vehicles will gradually become the mainstream in the passenger car sector, which has become the mutual consensus of various major automotive manufacturers, though a comprehensive carbon reduction requires not only the efforts from the field of passenger car, but also a further implementation in all vehicle types, even machinery. As the pioneer in carbon reduction for a long time, California will now also become the driving force for the electrification in heavy-duty vehicles and machinery. ... more