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How much steel, the most widely used metallic material right now, is being consumed? The global production volume of steel was about 1.864 billion tons in 2020, and the material serves as an essential segment in various architectures, infrastructures, vessels, automobiles, machinery, electrical appliances, and weapons. However, this cornerstone of life is also an industry with high carbon emission and energy consumption, as 75% of energy used for steelmaking comes from coal, and each ton of steel emits 1.9 tons of carbon. ...  more

The winter storm has sucker punched Texas, where severe winters are a rare sight, and has suspended the petroleum industry chain of the state that induced a sizeable void in the production capacity of oil refining for the US, which resulted in a chaotic status for the global tanker shipping as tankers carrying crude oil are now turning around swiftly. Simultaneously, the global market is currently targeted at the exports of gasoline and diesel to the US in order to replenish the void derived from the halted production of oil refining in Texas.   ...  more

Scientists have been studying the idea of using the plentiful and salty seawater as an electrolyte for batteries since saline solution is an excellent conductor of electricity. Recently, a team of researchers working at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the US has developed a new rechargeable zinc-ion battery that uses seawater as the electrolyte. Unlike the electrolytes in the mainstream rechargeable batteries, seawater has the advantage of being non-flammable and non-toxic. ...  more

The particular result is not only because of the substantial amount of wind and solar investments and development projects that exceeded the initial anticipation, but also the lack of flexibility, and these two unfavorable elements of power generation will induce early decommission of power plants. ...  more

Tesla Taiwan hosted a media gathering on a rare occasion last week, where the company presented its 3rd generation residential charger that offers additional function for users, while also elevating on safety specifications. ...  more

The EU, Japan, and South Korea have announced the target of zero carbon emission by 2050, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who has been a long-time supporter of energy issues, has proposed relevant recommendations, where he believes that an utilization of intermittent energy such as solar and wind power is not enough, and nuclear energy is also a concrete solution. ...  more

TPC hosted the “2021 Chinese New Year Celebration” today, and will be expediting on digital transformation and smart grid construction, as well as cultivating a circular economy, as the new year arrives. Yang Wei-fu, Chairman of TPC, commented that the electricity usage is expected to hit new high this year, though the new units for the independent power producers, along with the three offshore wind farms and solar plants, will be continuously established, in order to ensure a stable supply of power. ...  more