Hanergy Glory, a leading Chinese thin-film PV-cell firm, has made a major stride towards the development of its PV-panel electric cars; in a recently completed test, the car was able to run for as much as 20 kilometers/day for 30 straight days without charging. This marks a major improvement over its previous test in 2016, when its PV-panel electric car ran 80 kilometers in one day without charging. ...  more

DAQO New Energy has made a major inroad into the polysilicon market by inking a two-year supply contract with Jinko Solar. According to the contract, the former will supply the latter with 12,000-14,400 tons of polysilicon at the current monthly prices in 2020, and 15,600-21,600 tons in 2021. ...  more

A research team at the University of Warwick of the U.K. has developed a low-cost and high-efficient process which can greatly reduce the discharge of pollutants during the production of solar panels. ...  more

Taiwan’s solar sector has performed impressively this summer, with its total generation breaking new records and surpassing the amount of power produced by any of the island’s nuclear power plants on a few occasions. ...  more

North America Smart Energy Week 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. North America Smart Energy Week 2019 officially kickstarted on September 23, along with its star event Solar Power International (SPI). ...  more

Google on Sept. 20 unveiled a renewable-energy investment plan at an unprecedented scale which involves 18 transactions in PV power and wind power worldwide. The total capacity of the project is estimated at around 1.6 GW (1,600 MW). ...  more

Gogoro Network, a battery charging outfit under the electric-motorcycle maker Gogoro, has officially unveiled its third-generation battery swap station, GoStation 3.0, on Sept. 19. The battery swap station features a higher number of batteries for swap in a smaller space. ...  more