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It is obviously a good direction in seeing more relevant studies on batteries since they are an important medium for power storage. A Russian science team has recently targeted at alternatives of sodium-ion batteries, and managed to develop a sodium-ion battery that has a high energy density and is capable of enduring low temperature. ...  more

Cathay United Bank launched its "Green Time Deposit Project" in July. It has not been a full month since it was launched, yet it has attracted more than 10 well-known participating enterprises. Its contract scale has reached nearly US$3 billion including Evergreen, AIDC, ABICO, SINBON, ADATA, AWEA, and Kemitek. The cooperativing enterprises hope to implement specific ESG actions and corporate social responsibility through contracting green deposits. ...  more

Germany is one of the leading countries in promoting carbon reduction. In the second half of her term, Merkel had largely eliminated reliance on coal-fired power generation. Coupled with its nuclear abolition policy after Japan’s 311 incident, energy is highly dependent on natural gas. Now the Russian-Ukrainian war has put the supply of natural gas into crisis, so Germany has returned to call on these obsolete coal-fired power plants, hoping to restart them as a delaying tactic, but restarting is not as simple as flipping a switch. ...  more

China exhibited strong and growing demand for Li-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage systems during the first half of this year. On other hand, the country’s demand for Li-ion batteries used in consumer electronics was anemic in the same period. Global market intelligence firm TrendForce notes that shipments of anode materials in China totaled around 500,000 tons for the first half of 2022, showing a year-on-year growth rate of 56%. TrendForce also projects that the total shipments in the country for the whole 2022 could surpass 1.15 million tons. ...  more

Silicon China, a branch of China Nonferrous Metal Industry Association, released its latest report on the price trends of polysilicon materials used in the manufacturing of PV products on August 17. This update pertains to prices in China during this week (i.e., the week of August 15). ...  more

Major wind turbine company Siemens Gamesa aims to launch 100% recyclable wind turbine blades by 2030, and has now made new progress, with the first batch of recyclable wind turbine blades already operating at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm of RWE in Germany. ...  more

What if you could build a cheaper, more efficient hydrogen fuel cell? Now a Hong Kong research team has developed a new hydrogen fuel cell that has not only set a highest durability record, but is also more cost-effective. ...  more

Recently, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved the first small modular reactor (SMR) design certification application and NuScale Power is expected to become the first manufacturer to build a new small modular nuclear power plant in the United States. ...  more