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Rumor Busted! Panasonic Expressed Willingness to Re-invest in Tesla Gigafactory

published: 2018-07-05 11:55

Rumor has it that the battery giant Panasonic might not re-invest in Tesla's Gigafactory for the sake of investment risk, according to the Japanese media. By contrast, Reuters broke news that Panasonic said on July 2 that u... more

Hyundai Forays Into Energy-Storage Market

published: 2018-07-05 10:35

Hyundai Motor announced in June decision to foray into the battery energy-storage market, via collaboration with Greensmith, a energy-storage software provider under the auspices of Finnish dynamic-system firm Wärtsilä, dis... more

Japanese Researchers Use AI-Based Model to Discover Better Polymers for Organic PV Cells

published: 2018-07-05 10:32

A major challenge in the development of organic photovoltaic (PV) cells is obtaining the polymer materials that meet the design requirements. Because there are millions of possible combinations of molecules that go into po... more

Winning Bid Prices in Taiwan’s Latest Offshore Wind Auction Are Much Lower Than Expected

published: 2018-07-04 16:38

Taiwan has set an ambitious target of establishing 5.5GW of offshore wind generation capacity by 2025, and this capacity quota is being allocated via a competitive bidding process. On 22 June, Denmark’s Ø... more

In the Southwestern Taiwan Waters, Methane Ice Was Found for the First Time Ever

published: 2018-07-04 16:29

A Taiwanese research team has discovered "methane ice" in the southwest Taiwan waters for the first time ever. For now, there are two issues. First, mining technology for natural gas hydrates is not sufficien... more

France's Total S.A. Expects Natural Gas Demand to Outgrow Oil Demand in the Coming 20 Years

published: 2018-07-03 16:36

Natural gas is usually considered cleaner than coal because natural gas emits less carbon than coal or gasoline does. In the long term, natural gas' growth potential is anticipated to perform better than that of oi... more

PV Power Outlook Remains Promising: Green Energy

published: 2018-07-03 16:26

Despite its red ink in 2017, Green Energy Technology, a PV chip supplier, still harbors a rosy outlook of the PV industry, as it plans to embrace three strategies to penetrate the market further, which is faced with a major... more

US PV Power Prices Hit New Low

published: 2018-07-03 15:58

Contract purchase price for PV power for the Central Arizona Project in the U.S. hit new low in June, reaching US$0.02499 (NT$0.76) kilowatt/hour at one point, which is likely to be broken again anytime. According to its ne... more

Motech Shuts Down Crystal Growth Factory in Tainan

published: 2018-07-03 15:51

Faced with changes of the industry and increasing competition, Motech Industries, Taiwan's leading PV firm, has decided to overhaul its operation, including shutdown of its crystal growth factory in Tainan, which will affec... more

Australia Firm Develops Conductive Road Capable of Charging Electric Vehicles

published: 2018-06-29 15:00

On top of existing fire- and water-proof concrete available on the market, Australian mining firm Talga has developed conductive concrete via the addition of graphene, making it possible for construction of conductive ... more

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