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Norway’s FREYR Battery announced on December 16 that it has secured its first offtake agreement with an undisclosed company that develops energy storage systems. Under this deal, the undisclosed company will procure at least 31GWh of lithium-ion battery cells from FREYR. Recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, FREYR is a battery manufacturing startup that has been working with partnering entities to develop a lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing process that is more streamlined, environment-friendly, and cost effective. ...  more

Canadian Solar announced on December 14 that the sale of the Jaíba V Project to VTRM has been completed. Located in northeastern Brazil (i.e., the state of Minas Gerais), Jaíba V is currently in the advanced stage of development and set to have a peak generation capacity of 635MW. VTRM is a renewable energy developer and a joint venture of Votorantim Energia and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). ...  more

Major Chinese polysilicon supplier Daqo New Energy announced on December 6 that its new production facility Phase 4B in Xinjiang entered the pilot production phase on the same date. ...  more

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Northrop Grumman have succeeded in the experiment of space solar panels and microwave power transmission on the 21st, which marched the first step for the concept in which space power stations would provide electricity for forward operating bases. ...  more

Decarbonization has become a global consensus that initiated the development rush of electric vehicles, and whoever excels in battery R&D becomes the king as electrification actuates demand for lithium batteries. ...  more

EDF Renewables, a subsidiary of French energy multinational EDF, announced on December 16 that it has been awarded the tender for a PV-plus-storage project in northern Peru. The project will comprise 100MW of PV generation capacity and 100MWh of energy storage capacity. It will be connected to a microgrid system that is supplying electricity to Iquitos, a relatively isolated city within the Peruvian Amazonia. ...  more

Canadian Solar, a member of the Silicon Module Super League, announced in early December that it has completed a US$150 million fundraising round that it launched this May. ...  more

The government of Urumqi and Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. Ltd. have entered into a strategic cooperation framework agreement for setting up new production capacity for c-Si PV products and other silicon-based materials. ...  more

Guangdong Golden Glass Technologies Ltd. announced on December 7 that it has successfully completed equipment move-in and installation for its first HJT cell production line. ...  more