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NEDO, Sharp, and Toyota Cooperate to Test High-efficiency Solar-power Prius PHV During Late July

published: 2019-07-18 9:30

Toyota's plug-in hybrid PHV (photovoltaic hybrid vehicle) might have an upgrade. Recently, Sharp, Toyota and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in Japan worked together on a new Prius PHV project. They upgraded the demo car to 34% ultra-high conversion efficiency PV panels. They plan for the demo car to go on public road trials by late July. ... more

Massachusetts Incorporates Energy Storage System Into Clean Peak Standard

published: 2019-07-17 14:13

Massachusetts has rolled out a new "Clean Peak Standard (CPS)" capable of multiple support, paving the way for the commercial and industrial energy storage system provider Stem to enter the state's energy storage market. ... more

TSMC Goes Green: 1.3 Billion kWh by 2020

published: 2019-07-17 9:30

The expansion plan of Baoshan land planning in Hsinchu Science and Technology Park has been passed by the Environment Protection Administration (EPA) at the Environmental Evaluation Conference on July 10. According to the domestic media reports, TSMC, a wafer foundry, will partner up with the Pingtung County Government to develop large-scale solar power plants, in order to achieve 20% of adoption rate of renewable energy. The power generation is estimated to reach 1.3 billion kWh. ... more

URE Announces Layoff of 239 Workers at Its Hukou Plant

published: 2019-07-16 11:55

Taiwan’s largest solar enterprise United Renewable Energy Co. (URE) has announced that it will be significantly cutting its workforce and production capacity for this year. ... more

Ceres Power and Doosan Sign Collaboration and Licensing Agreement for Korean Market

published: 2019-07-16 11:54

Ceres Power, a world leading developer of low cost, next generation fuel cell technology and Doosan Corporation, has signed a Collaboration and Licensing agreement to jointly develop SOFC distributed power systems initially targeted at the Korean commercial building market. ... more

United Renewable Energy Cuts Workforce

published: 2019-07-12 11:13

Taiwan's United Renewable Energy Co., Ltd. (URN) announced on July 8th the layoff of up to 450 of its employees, which is approximately 15% of its total workforce. The layoff comes as the company seeks to scale down its operations to survive the slump of the PV power market. ... more

Taiwan Mobile Donates PV Power System to Spinal Cord Injury Center

published: 2019-07-12 9:30

Taiwan Mobile has recently announced a donation of NT$1 million, as a part of its initiative for raising NT$3.89 million for the installation of a PV power system, for the Spinal Cord Injury Patient Center. ... more

Global Forecast Model Facilitates Determination of PV Power System Sites

published: 2019-07-11 9:30

A Danish research team has rolled out a PV power generation forecast model, claiming that it can forecast the PV power output at any site of the world, thereby helping prospective investors to select the sites for their PV power systems. ... more

BMW Board Member Not Optimistic about European BEV Demand. Regulators Want BEVs, But Europeans Don't.

published: 2019-07-10 15:21

Battery electric vehicles (BEV) have been on the agenda of most auto makers. However, recently during BMW's NextGen event in Munich, BMW executive and board member Klaus Fröhlich surprisingly expressed to reporters that EVs are overhyped. "There are no customer requests for BEVs. None." ... more

Energy Manufacturing and Wildlife Research - Working Together

published: 2019-07-10 10:02

The effect of power networks on wildlife, and the corresponding effect of wildlife on power networks, has become of increasing concern over the last two decades. This is encouraging collaboration between the energy manufacturing industry and various wildlife research bodies. ... more

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