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More Than 200 Apple Suppliers Commit to Switch to Clean Energy

published: 2022-04-29 9:30
Apple announced earlier that its suppliers had more than doubled their clean energy use last year. At present, out of the nearly 16 million watts of clean energy that has been committed, more than 10 million watts have been put into use. In 2021, these renewable energy programs reduced 13.9 million metric tons of carbon emissions. Over the next year, the current push will support greenhouse gas reductions equivalent to taking 3 million cars off the road. ...  more

First Ford F-150 Lightning Delivers, CEO: We Will Be the EV Leader

published: 2022-04-28 9:30
Ford's pure electric truck, the F-150 Lightning, has finally been delivered. At the same time, it also announced the launch of its second pure electric pickup truck. Ford CEO Jim Farley even expressed that he would challenge Tesla and other competitors to make Ford the leader in electric vehicles. ...  more

Paramount Textile to Invest in a 100MW PV Project in Bangladesh

published: 2022-04-28 9:30
Various renewable news websites reported in the middle of this April that Paramount Textile Ltd. (PTL) had acquired a 49% stake in Dynamic Sun Energy Private Ltd. and now plans to form a joint venture with Dynamic Sun Energy to develop a 100MW PV project in Bangladesh. As its name indicates, PTL is a Bangladeshi textile manufacturer, but it also operates power plants and is branching into other businesses. The majority stakeholder of Dynamic Sun Energy is India’s Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Co. (SPInfra). ...  more

CLEEN Energy Is Raising EUR 7 Million in Fresh Capital for Development of PV Projects

published: 2022-04-28 9:30
Renewable energy news websites have reported that Austrian company CLEEN Energy AG is working to obtain around EUR 7 million in fresh capital for financing the development of PV projects. CLEEN provides a wide range of equipment and technological solutions including LED lighting, energy storage, and electric mobility. The company is based in the Austrian town of Haag and listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. ...  more

CEEC Has Won 3GW Worth of Contracts for Renewable Energy Projects in China

published: 2022-04-28 9:30
China Engineering Group (CEEC, also abbreviated as CEEG) has been on a streak in winning contracts for renewable energy projects at home and abroad in the recent period. In its announcement made on April 13, the state-owned enterprise listed the following contracts it has just captured in the domestic market: ...  more

To Avoid Becoming Ineffective Air Pollution Fund, Taiwan’s Environmental Groups Call for "Short-term Carbon Fee and Long-term Carbon Tax"

published: 2022-04-28 9:30
The Executive Yuan's version of the "Climate Change Response Act" was finally sent to the Legislative Yuan and today (4/28) a public hearing on the revision of the climate law was held at the Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee. In this regard, environmental groups called for the establishment of ministries' powers and responsibilities and an effective carbon fee. It is necessary to have an implementation and management mechanism and expand its use and to plan for a short-term carbon fee and a long-term carbon tax. ...  more