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Aggravated market competition and business transformation have prompted Toshiba to exit from Japan’s residential solar market. The company will now focus on commercial and industrial solar power plants, as well as the development of perovskite solar cells. With that being said, Toshiba will still provide after-sales services on residential solar for 20 more years. ...  more

Hanwha Q Cells and Microsoft have signed a supply agreement under which the former will provide latter with 2.5GW of PV modules. Besides modules, Q Cells will also provide EPC services so as to help deploy these modules at Microsoft’s facilities across the US. This news was first picked up by other renewable energy news websites. ...  more

Europe, in order to lower dependency on solar panels, is currently expanding its industry chain. Joint venture Solarcells will be establishing a solar module factory in Luxemburg before the end of the year, with about 50MW of capacity for the first phase, and is capable of manufacturing approximately 100K solar modules each year. ...  more

Despite many countries announcing energy crisis after the Russia-Ukraine war, Pakistan is one of the few countries that has experienced major power outages, with two nationwide blackouts within three months. ...  more

The US Department of Treasury has finally given up on the controversial classification standard on SUVs, and is now easing up on the eligibility of subsidization for various types of electric SUVs, where manufacturers such as Volkswagen, Ford, Tesla, and Cadillac will be benefitted from the decision. ...  more

Transimage announced in early January that its sub-subsidiary has entered into a cooperation agreement with Suzhou Debo New Energy. Under the agreement, Transimage will not only provide Debo with Na-ion batteries but also collaborate with Debo in the field of energy storage systems. ...  more

How to build an energy efficient building that is warm in winter and cool in summer without its appearance being affected? ...  more

At the beginning of January, a ceremony was held in Zhongshan to mark the signing of a project investment agreement between Mingyang Group and the local government. ...  more

On January 1, 2023, Jiangsu Kaijin New Energy Technology held a ceremony to mark start of construction for the second phase of its integrated anode production base in Jiangsu. The base is located in New Huanghe District of Yancheng, a prefecture-level city in China’s Jiangsu Province. It is set to comprise 200,000 tons per year of production capacity for anode material used in Li-ion batteries. ...  more

In early January, the Development and Reform Bureau of Zhuhai released a notice on the development of PV generation in the city for the 2022-2025 period. Zhuhai is a well-known urban center located in the Pearl River Delta of China’s Guangdong Province. ...  more