Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has released its final version of the 2018 FIT scheme for the renewable energy industries on 14 December. For the first half of next year, the rate for 1-20kW solar PV projects is set a...  more
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Production Capacity of EV Batteries to Reach 268GW in 2020 Due to Rising Demand, Says Report |
published: 2017-12-19 14:04 |
A report recently released by the energy industry consultancy group Wood Mackenzie forecasts that the global production capacity for batteries used in electric vehicles (EV) may reach 268GW in 2020. As countries worldwide encourag...  more
GE Wins Thailand’s Largest Renewable Energy Contract to Date With a 270MW Wind Turbine Package |
published: 2017-12-19 14:00 |
GE Renewable Energy and GE Power, subsidiaries of the U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co. (GE), announced on 13 December that they secured a contract to provide wind turbines with a total capacity generation of 270MW to Thepara...  more
Mexico May Become Largest Distributed Solar Power Market in Latin America |
published: 2017-12-18 13:32 |
Thanks to favorable institutional environment, Mexico is likely to become the largest distributed solar power market in Latin America.
Manan Parikh, solar-energy analyst at GTM Research, predicted that decision by Mexican regulato...  more
China's Largest Floating PV Power Station Scheduled for Launch Next May |
published: 2017-12-18 13:26 |
Half a year after ground breaking in July, a giant floating PV power station situated in Anhui Province, the largest such facility worldwide to date, has been in partial operation, following grid-connection power generation of som...  more
China's NEA: By 2030, Non-Fossil Fuel Power Generation Will Occupy 50% of Total Power Generation |
published: 2017-12-15 14:40 |
During the second summit of China's EV Charging Services, Exchange Batteries & Innovation, on December 9, Liu Pao-hua, deputy director general of China's National Energy Administration (NEA), expressed that the use of fossil energ...  more
S. Korea's Newly Developed Mg2Sn Negative Electrode Material Highlights Mg-ion Battery's Advantages |
published: 2017-12-15 13:23 |
National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea announced on December 10, 2017, that Professor Song Seung-wan and his research team in Chungnam National University has developed a new innovative negative electrode material that can ma...  more
Toyota and Panasonic to Start Feasibility Study of Joint Automotive Prismatic Battery Business |
published: 2017-12-14 14:51 |
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic) announce today an agreement to begin studying the feasibility of a joint automotive prismatic battery business.
This agreement between the two companies aims ...  more
Google Fulfills Its Renewable Commitment as Its Purchases of Solar and Wind Power Have Topped 3 Gigawatts |
published: 2017-12-13 10:29 |
Technology giant Google LLC recently fulfilled its renewable energy commitment made about a year ago with purchases of electricity generated by wind power infrastructure located in the U.S. states of South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Id...  more
Green Smart Bus Stops Go Up in Remote Villages of Hsinchu County |
published: 2017-12-13 10:18 |
As a demonstration of the extending reach of green energy and smart technology, a new type of green smart bus stops have appeared in Chienshih village of Hsinchu County, where passengers can learn dynamic status of bus service by ...  more