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Shopping Bags Turned Into Raw Material for Jet Aircraft Fuel Within an Hour

published: 2021-06-09 9:30
An elevation in the recycling rate of plastic and preventing it from becoming an eternal garbage in the environment would require an increase in its economic value of reuse, which provides incentive for the public in recycling. A recent research of the Washington State University has indicated that a new technology may slightly increase the reuse value of plastic, and is able to transform the material into an ingredient for jet aircraft fuel within an hour.   ...  more

Mitsui Will Invest in a 115MW PV Power Plant in the Philippines

published: 2021-06-09 9:30
Nikkei Asia and several news agencies have reported that Mitsui Bussan (a.k.a. Mitsui &Co. Ltd.), a major Japanese trading company, plans to build a PV power plant in the Philippines. It will be Mitsui’s first utility-scale PV project in Southeast Asia. ...  more

Oman Plans to Build a 25GW Wind-Plus-Solar Base for Powering the Production of Green Hydrogen

published: 2021-06-08 9:30
On May 18, a consortium composed of Oman’s state-run energy company OQ, US-based green hydrogen developer InterContinental Energy, and Kuwait Investment Authority’s subsidiary Enertech announced a plan to build a 25GW wind-plus-solar base for powering the production of green hydrogen. The base will be located somewhere in the Al Wusta Governorate, which is situated in central Oman. ...  more

First Cement Battery in the World Transforms Entire Building Into an Energy Storage System

published: 2021-06-07 9:30
The functions of concrete, used for construction and architecture, are becoming diversified under technological evolution. The Chalmers University of Technology managed to produce storage batteries using cement based on the idea of “battery structure”, which not only provides a shelter from the wind and rain for the building, but also transforms it into an energy storage system.  ...  more

BYD Installed 2.17GWh of Batteries for New Energy Vehicles and Energy Storage in April

published: 2021-06-04 9:30
BYD, a major electronics assembler and manufacturer of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China, made a voluntary announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on May 7 to present its vehicle production and sales figures for April. The announcement also noted that the installed capacity of BYD’s power batteries for NEVs and energy storage batteries came to 2.17GWh for April, and the cumulative installed capacity of these batteries from January to April this year reached 7.428GWh. ...  more

EPA Refines on Disposal Mechanism for Discarded Solar Panels

published: 2021-06-04 9:30
Solar energy is one of the major renewable energy developments in Taiwan, and the country is currently marching towards the 20GW installed capacity target for 2025. Taking into account the disposal of solar panels, the Environmental Protection Administration has refined on the disposal mechanism for discarded solar panels, with two legal disposal agencies now available in the country.  ...  more