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Orsted announced on the 1st of December that the Dual-Doppler Radar System, located in Hsinchu and Miaoli, will officially initiate operation, and be used to collect climate conditions unique to the Asia-Pacific, as well as facilitate offshore wind power development in Taiwan. Orsted will also share the collected data from the radars with local research institutions so as to elevate the precision of observation and analysis of Taiwan’s climate. ...  more

Turkish solar enterprise Kalyon PV (a.k.a. Kalyon Enerji or Kalyon Solar Technologies) announced in late November that the second phase of its integrated production base has formally entered operation and fabricated its first batch of M10 cells. Cemal Kalyoncu, chairman of Kalyon Group, and representatives from China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETGC or CETC) were at site to witness this achievement. ...  more

Yu Chang Power Solar PV Plant (hereinafter referred to as Yu Chang Power) officially signed a syndicated loan contract for project financing at NT$2.1 billion with KGI Bank, Esun Bank, and Taipei Fubon Bank on November 29th, and is expected to generate 58 million kWh of power each year in the future that will attain a carbon reduction level equivalent to the size of the Daan Forest Park. ...  more

In order to tackle a simmering energy crisis, the Chinese government has abandoned carbon reduction and given orders to expand coal production. Regarding the issue of alleviating energy shortages, official data shows manufacturing in large-scale Chinese factories is currently recovering. ...  more

The SinoPac Taiwan EV supply chain ETF was approved on the 6th of December amidst the threats of the new mutated variation Omicron and the turbulent overseas financial market, and managed to raise more than NT$4 billion of funds within a week, as well as generate interests for tens of thousands of investors, who are now a part of the prolonged development of the EV supply chain in Taiwan. ...  more

Tesla quietly launched an electric four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle, the Cyberquad for Kids, on its website for $1,900; the kid-friendly ATV was, unsurprisingly, sold out within half a day. ...  more

BCC, a major Chinese supplier for various chemicals and advanced materials, announced on November 11 that it will be investing a total of RMB 750 million to build production plants for Li-ion batteries and graphite materials. The development of these projects will be carried out by its subsidiary Higee Energy and sub-subsidiary Ningxia Baichuan New Materials. ...  more

Chinese news platform Nanfang Daily reported on November 27 that construction has commenced for a series of PV projects located in Gaozhou, a county-level city administered as a part of prefecture-level city Maoming in Guangdong Province. ...  more

A development of MW-grade solar power plants would first require extensive land area to install tens of thousands of solar panels, which is not an easy task for island countries that are small in territory and large in population. That is why installations of offshore solar modules may be a good choice. The Netherlands is recently testing the feasibility of thin film solar for offshore applications. ...  more