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Germany is one of the leading countries in promoting carbon reduction. In the second half of her term, Merkel had largely eliminated reliance on coal-fired power generation. Coupled with its nuclear abolition policy after Japan’s 311 incident, energy is highly dependent on natural gas. Now the Russian-Ukrainian war has put the supply of natural gas into crisis, so Germany has returned to call on these obsolete coal-fired power plants, hoping to restart them as a delaying tactic, but restarting is not as simple as flipping a switch. ...  more

Silicon China, a branch of China Nonferrous Metal Industry Association, released its latest report on the price trends of polysilicon materials used in the manufacturing of PV products on August 17. This update pertains to prices in China during this week (i.e., the week of August 15). ...  more

China exhibited strong and growing demand for Li-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage systems during the first half of this year. On other hand, the country’s demand for Li-ion batteries used in consumer electronics was anemic in the same period. Global market intelligence firm TrendForce notes that shipments of anode materials in China totaled around 500,000 tons for the first half of 2022, showing a year-on-year growth rate of 56%. TrendForce also projects that the total shipments in the country for the whole 2022 could surpass 1.15 million tons. ...  more

Major wind turbine company Siemens Gamesa aims to launch 100% recyclable wind turbine blades by 2030, and has now made new progress, with the first batch of recyclable wind turbine blades already operating at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm of RWE in Germany. ...  more

What if you could build a cheaper, more efficient hydrogen fuel cell? Now a Hong Kong research team has developed a new hydrogen fuel cell that has not only set a highest durability record, but is also more cost-effective. ...  more

Recently, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved the first small modular reactor (SMR) design certification application and NuScale Power is expected to become the first manufacturer to build a new small modular nuclear power plant in the United States. ...  more

Shuangliang Eco-Energy Systems announced on August 8 that it has completed an A share private placement. The proceeds from this round of fundraising came to RMB 3.488 billion and will be mainly used to grow the company’s PV business. This announcement was first picked up by other Chinese renewable energy news outlets. ...  more

The third stage vendor of Taiwan's offshore wind power block development is about to be selected. Taiya Renewable Energy announced today (8/17) that the "Huanyang Offshore Wind Power Project" will partner with EDF Renewables. ...  more

Emerging energy, including wave and tidal energy, have yet to attain mass commercialization. However, Wave Swell Energy who focuses on wave energy systems has announced new updates for its UniWave 200 wave energy system after a year of testing, and shared remarkable results at 50% of power conversion.   ...  more

Nikola, an EV startup once fallen into the slump of fraud, has been putting all efforts in vehicle production this year, and managed to surpass projections of all analysts, followed by a comeback from rock bottom under a surge of 6.3% in share prices. ...  more