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Major Chinese PV product manufacturer JinkoSolar (also styled Jinko Solar) announced that its newly-built cell production line in China’s Anhui Province formally entered operation on this January 4. ...  more

As pointed out by Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd will be working with TerraPower, established by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, on the construction of a new generation nuclear reactor in Wyoming. The collaboration will be signed this month at the earliest. ...  more

HPE announced today that it will partner with National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology to launch advanced technology research and development cooperation on cloud, IoT, and 5G trends. ...  more

Goodyear finally launched their first electric car tire, ElectricDrive GT, which is tailored to the characteristics of electric vehicles, allowing car owners to maintain strong torque and acceleration performance without depleting the tires too quickly. ...  more

Solar panels are installed on many types of aerospace equipment to provide power for space exploration. For example, the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has a 2kW solar array installed on its sunward face. ...  more

Acer and the Kaohsiung City Government jointly invited Dr. Gunter Pauli, creator of "The Blue Economy" philosophy, and his blue innovation experimental ship, MS Porrima, to anchor at Kaohsiung Port and promote an in-depth understanding of technological innovation through "Learning from the Sea" and assist in Taiwan's sustainable development. ...  more

Global shipping giant, Maersk wants to take over logistics on land, sea, and air while moving towards green energy. ...  more

As part of Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill last year, the Department of Energy will invest US$2.91 billion into the construction of a comprehensive supply chain for li-ion batteries and other energy storage technologies, in turn reducing the US military and US enterprises’ potential of being affected by global activities or foreign suppliers in the future development of EVs or military equipment. ...  more

Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii) CEO, Brand Cheng, revealed Fii’s 2022 strategic direction last week at the global annual online work conference. He said that in 2022, in addition to consolidating longstanding business advantages, Fii will continue development in the three major fields of Metaverse, new energy vehicles, and semiconductors, creating a second growth curve for company. ...  more

Hainan Drinda Automotive Trim Co. Ltd. (Drinda) announced on December 25 that its subsidiary Shangrao Jietai New Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (Jietai) has entered into an investment cooperation agreement with the management committee of a local economic development zone within China’s Anhui Province to set up a production base for the manufacturing of high-efficiency PV cells. ...  more