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Italy's Severe Drought Restricts Water Usage, 42% Lost Due to Leaks

published: 2022-08-02 9:30
Extreme weather has plunged the whole of southern Europe into heat waves, droughts, and wildfires. Many areas in Italy are facing water depletion and agriculture must limit water use. At a time when water resources are precious, a large amount of water is actually lost to leaking pipelines at all levels. Italy's pipeline leakage rate is as high as 42%, compared with only 3% in Israel, which is famous for its water conservation. ...  more

Easpring Secures Contract for 30,000 Tons of Cathode Materials Used in Solid-State Batteries

published: 2022-08-01 9:30
China’s leading domestic cathode supplier Easpring has been aggressively courting partners across the lithium battery supply chain. A new member has been added to its group of strategic partners that include SK Group, Huayou Cobalt, Lishen, and WeLion. On July 16, Easpring signed a strategic cooperation agreement for 2022-2025 with QingTao (Kunshan) Energy Development. The event was then formally announced on the next day. ...  more

Taiwan Cement Now a Member of Climate Group EP100; Aims to Elevate 50% of Energy Productivity by 2040

published: 2022-08-01 9:30
Taiwan Cement announced today that the company is now an official member of Climate Group’s EP100. It is the first major manufacturer in Taiwan to be joining EP100, and the fourth cement company in the world to have passed the EP100 review. Taiwan Cement also promises to incorporate the ISO50001 energy management system for all of its cement plant 2030 in the hope achieving a 50% increase in energy productivity by 2040 compared to that of the 2016 base year.  ...  more

Catering to the European Market, Hyundai Promotes Small 20,000 Euro EV

published: 2022-08-01 9:30
South Korea's Hyundai Group has spared no effort to develop electric vehicles. From the perspective of pure electric platforms, it can be said that it is following in the footsteps of Tesla. Now it has announced that it will launch a low-cost electric car with a target price of 20,000 euros. ...  more

Electricity-Generating Perovskite Steel Construction Material as a New BIPV Solution

published: 2022-07-29 9:30
Perovskite, as a high-profile emerging PV material, can be coated on the surface of various substrates. Swansea University and Tata Steel Limited have recently unfolded a new partnership in the hope of developing solar cells that can be applied directly onto steel, thus facilitating power generation on construction materials, which can be regarded as a new BIPV solution. ...  more