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Offshore Wind Power Supplier Rumored to Have Taken a Fancy to the Sea Area of the Three Northern Islands; MOEA: Development Application Not Yet Submitted

published: 2020-12-11 18:30
The coverage of media from several days ago had pointed out there has been a circulating rumor regarding an overseas offshore wind power supplier wanting to develop wind farms at the Three Northern Islands that comprise of the Pengjia Islet, Mianhua Islet, and Huaping Islet that are under the jurisdiction of Keelung, which triggered discussion and drew backlash. ...  more

ERS Partners with CFM to Build Senegal’s First Solar-Plus-Storage Plant

published: 2020-12-10 18:30
Energy Resources Senegal (ERS) and Climate Fund Managers (CFM) have entered into an agreement to jointly build a solar-plus-storage plant in Niakhar, a town located about 150km east of the Senegalese capital Dakar. ERS is an energy developer that has the state-owned utility of Senegal as one of its major shareholder. CFM is a global investment group that funds projects related to renewable energy and sanitation. ...  more

Floating Wind Turbine Developers Plan to Integrate Various Ocean Energy

published: 2020-12-10 18:30
Floating offshore wind energy is regarded as the future of offshore wind energy, since the existing mainstream fixed-pile foundation has a water depth limit, and wind farms in shallow sea will be saturated in no time, which foresees the unavoidable development towards further offshore in the future. ...  more

Ford Considers In-House Manufacturing to Overcome Limitations of Its EV Battery Supply

published: 2020-12-09 18:30
Supply and logistics are key in any battle. In the increasingly competitive market for electric vehicles (EV), securing a stable supply of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries has become critical for all participating car makers. According to the reporting from various media outlets, Ford is recently thinking about following EV leader Tesla in establishing in-house manufacturing for Li-ion batteries. Achieving self-sufficiency in this area will help reduce Ford’s dependence on the major battery suppliers based in South Korea. ...  more

New Cross Season Energy Storage Material that Effectively Stores Solar Thermal Energy Debuts

published: 2020-12-09 18:30
A British science research team has recently developed a new crystalline material for thermal energy storage, which not only stores 4 months and above solar thermal energy under room temperature, but is also capable of releasing thermal energy according to various needs. The research team believes that this material, which is able to store thermal energy for a prolonged period, will become a potential help in battling the imminent winter season. ...  more

Shipments of Module Company in 2020

published: 2020-12-09 14:53
On December 7, Jinko Solar Q3 finance report was released. The shipments of Jinko, Longi and Canadian Solar have been sorted out by EnergyTrend.  ...  more