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India’s Incentives for Building PV Supply Chain Have Attracted US$3 Billion in Investments from 15 Companies

published: 2020-12-29 18:30
Foreign media outlets have reported that 15 companies working in the solar PV industry are planning to collectively invest US$3 billion to build production facilities in India. These companies include wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies and PV module manufacturer First Solar, both of which are based in the US. An anonymous source inside the Indian government revealed that the proposed investment plan involves 10GW of production capacity for wafers, 20GW of production capacity for PV cells, and 20GW of production capacity for PV modules. ...  more

Amazon Plans to Develop 127 Green Electricity Projects and Become the Largest Buyer of Green Electricity in the World

published: 2020-12-28 18:30
Amazon announced days ago that it will be establishing 26 large-scale public solar and wind power plants in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Sweden, UK, and within the US, totaling 127 green energy development projects, which means that Amazon will replace Google as the largest green electricity purchasing enterprise in the world. ...  more

Subaru to Launch an Electric SUV in Europe in 2021

published: 2020-12-28 18:30
Major Japanese carmaker Subaru has announced via its European subsidiary that it will launch its first battery-electric vehicle in the European market in 2021. This vehicle will be a medium-size SUV and adopt an electric powertrain platform that was developed by Toyota. ...  more

2011~2019 Silicon, Wafer, Cell and Module Top 10

published: 2020-12-28 18:18
Among the top ten polysilicon companies in the world, Chinese companies occupy 7 seats, and foreign companies have gradually been excluded from the list. From 2011 to 2019, all foreign silicon wafer companies that originally exis...  more

Taiwan’s First 360-Degree Rotational Building Green Energy Test Platform Goes Online in Hopes of Establishing Green Energy Value Chain

published: 2020-12-25 18:30
On December 17, Taiwan’s ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) unveiled the SPIN Lab, an R&D platform for building-use green energy, the first of its kind in Taiwan and the third in the world. As part of the unveiling, ITRI also showcased its “energy conservation demonstration house” (henceforth “the house”), taking participants on a trip through Tainan’s green building energy research. ...  more

Analysts: China is the Heart and Lungs for Tesla as the Country Provides Factories and Market

published: 2020-12-25 9:11
The market initially thought what Elon Musk said two years ago about selling and delivering 500K units of vehicles was nothing but a joke, though the target is highly likely to be achieved within this year, and the shares of Tesla had surged under the bull market this year. Analysts believe that Tesla would require 2-3 years of time to achieve the sales of 500K units outside of China, and the Nikkei’s interview with market experts also disclosed that the significance of China resembles the heart and lungs of Tesla. ...  more

McDonald’s Invested Over 1GW of Renewable Energy Silently

published: 2020-12-24 18:30
Fast food leader McDonald’s is one of the participants in renewable energy transactions that are becoming increasingly common for global enterprises, and has purchased more than 1GW of renewable energy capacity, as well as added 3 virtual power purchase agreements (VPPA) totaling 750MW, which include 2 wind power plants and 1 solar power plant. ...  more