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PV Industry Price Trend: Polysilicon Supply Remains Concerning as Upstream and Downstream of Industry Chain Continue with the Inflation Tendency

published 2021 年 10 月 14 日 16:44 | editor | category Price Trend
Polysilicon Polysilicon quotations continued to rise this week, with successive conclusions seen among high price orders recently. The quotations for mono polysilicon were fluctuating between RMB 250/kg and RMB 270/kg this week, while multi polysilicon sat at RMB 110-130/kg. ...  more

Is Energy Transformation a Bad Move? EU: Carbon Market Funds Able to Mitigate Impact from Surging Electricity Prices

published 2021 年 10 月 14 日 9:30 | editor | category News
The imbalanced energy supply and surging electricity prices of Europe may be harmful to the promotion of the Green New Deal and the carbon market policy, which is an unfortunate development seeing as how the continent is hit with an energy crisis when it just started discussing strategies in carbon reduction. The EU, however, is confident that the funds from the carbon market are able to mitigate the impact of elevating energy cost on consumers. ...  more

Peak Season of Apple is Added with Uncertainties as Suppliers Worry Power Restriction May Impact Supply

published 2021 年 10 月 13 日 9:30 | editor | category News
Suzhou, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Northeast China have been experiencing successive power shortages as the country doubles down on the “Dual Control” policy, where Suzhou had announced a suspension in operation between the 26th and 30th of September, with a resumption on October 1st. Apple suppliers warn that the power restriction will obstruct the supply chain since Apple is currently preparing for the peak season, including the production of the latest iPhone 13.   ...  more

Foxtron Demonstrates Its Results in Autonomous Driving Platform Research in Keelung in an Event Open to the General Public

published 2021 年 10 月 12 日 10:04 | editor | category News
Foxtron Vehicle Technologies, jointly funded by Foxconn and Yulon, announced that the company will unveil for the first time the result of an investigation based on its self-designed autonomous driving open platform along with ITRI’s autonomous driving sensing system software, from October 8 to 11 in the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology in Keelung, Taiwan. ...  more

Heavy Rain in Shanxi Forces 60 Mines to Suspend Operation; Steam Coal Surges in Prices for Two Consecutive Days and Shows no Signs of Stoppage

published 2021 年 10 月 12 日 9:30 | editor | category News
The incessant heavy rain and flood in China recently has resulted in successive shutdowns of a partial number of production areas in the “coal province” Shanxi, and the price of steam coal has surged for two consecutive days in China, arriving at RMB 1653.8/ton, with an increase of 11.01%. ...  more

Toshiba Develops Next Generation Lithium-Ion Battery for Electric Trucks with 1.5x the Capacity

published 2021 年 10 月 12 日 9:30 | editor | category News
In order to lower the potential range anxiety for consumers, various auto and cell manufacturers have been working to extend the driving range of EVs, and Toshiba has recently developed a new lithium battery for large EVs with 1.5 times the capacity thanks to the negative electrode (anode) materials produced by niobium oxide. ...  more