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As pointed out by South Korean media BusinessKorea, Samsung Heavy Industries had announced on the signing of a MOU with Danish compact molten salt reactor (CMSR) developer Seaborg in order to develop offshore nuclear plant equipment from the foundation of CMSR. ...  more

Various news outlets such as Associated Press and Solar Power World have reported that the US Department of Commerce has formally launched an anti-dumping investigation on PV products shipped from four Southeast Asian countries. ...  more

The government of China’s Jiangxi Province has announced that JinkoSolar’s local subsidiary Jiangxi Jinko has entered into an agreement with the government of Shangrao to set up facilities for the production of high-efficiency PV modules and aluminum module frames. Shangrao is a prefecture-level city in the northeastern part of Jiangxi, and the new production facilities will be located in the Guangxin district of the city. ...  more

First Light Fusion, a spin-out of University of Oxford, claims that it is able to attain nuclear fusion without exorbitant laser and complex optical equipment, as well as magnetic field. ...  more

Chinese wafer manufacturer Zhonghuan Semiconductor announced a new round of price hikes on P-type wafers on April 2. According to its notice, P-type wafers that are 218mm in size and 160μm thickness are now quoted at RMB 9.77 per piece, showing an increase of RMB 0.21 from their previous quote. ...  more

The Development and Reform Commission of Jiangmen, which is a prefecture-level city in China’s Guangdong Province, released the municipal government’s “14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for Energy-Related Development” in late March. According to the plan, the installed generation capacity of the whole city is to be expanded by 5GW to more than 16GW by 2025. ...  more

The expansion of client base through an acceleration on the commercial operation and mass production of EVs is one of Foxconn’s six major operation principles for 2022, as well as a segment that draws significant market attention. ...  more

Silicon China, a branch of China Nonferrous Metal Industry Association, released the latest transaction prices for silicon materials (polysilicon materials) used in the manufacturing of PV products on March 30. They were as follows: ...  more

Chinese PV product manufacturers LONGi and Tongwei have inked another major long-term supply agreement. According to a statement released by LONGi on March 21, eight of LONGi’s subsidiaries and four of Tongwei’s subsidiaries have signed a contract under which the latter will supply 203,600MT of polysilicon to the former during the period from January 2022 to December 2023. This story was first reported by other Chinese renewable energy news outlets. ...  more

In late March, the Central Electricity Board (CEB) of Mauritius issued requests for proposals pertaining to a 100MW tender for PV-plus-storage projects and a 40MW tender for small-scale renewable hybrid energy facilities. ...  more