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Electric car maker Tesla has reached an agreement with Australian graphite miner Syrah Resources to purchase Mozambique graphite from Syrah's processing plant in Louisiana. Analysts believe this is a first-of-its-kind deal focused on reducing reliance on Chinese graphite. ...  more

Enel Green Power (EGP), a subsidiary of Italian energy multinational Enel Group, began operating two new renewable energy projects in North America in December last year. ...  more

Chinese polysilicon supplier Daqo New Energy announced on January 3 that it will inject RMB 9.999 billion into its wholly owned subsidiary Inner Mongolia Daqo New Energy. ...  more

Chinese PV product manufacturer HuaSun Energy has entered into an agreement that will lead to the construction of a manufacturing base for HJT products in the National Xishan Economic & Technological Development Zone. ...  more

China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Machinery & Electronic Products (CCCME) has recently posted an article stating that based on the data from the General Administration of Customs of the PRC, solar wafer exports from China during the period from January to November 2021 came to US$3.54 billion in value. ...  more

US EV startup Lordstown announced in mid-November last year that the delivery of its electric pickup truck “Endurance” would be delayed due to component shortages and supply chain challenges. However, the pickup truck has recently re-entered development and is currently in the pre-production phase thanks to the help of Foxconn. ...  more

Ibri 2 (II) IPP PV Project, which is the largest utility-scale PV project in Oman to date, has been officially launched. An inauguration ceremony for the project was held this January 24 and was attended by government officials including Faisal al Busaidi, Oman’s Minister of Interior. This story was first reported by local news outlets such as Oman Daily Observer and other renewable energy news websites. It should be noted that Ibri 2 actually began supplying power in November last year. ...  more

Rubber is an insulator, and is essentially not an ideal electrolyte material for lithium-ion batteries, though Georgia Institute of Technology has managed to develop a highly conductive rubber material, and the particular flexible electrolyte makes it possible in creating EV batteries that are safer and longer in driving range. ...  more

China Energy Investment Corporation (CEIC), which is owned and managed by the Chinese government, held a press event in late January to report on the progress that it made last year in the development of renewable energy projects. The followings are some of the takeaways from the event, which was first covered by local Chinese news outlets. ...  more

South Korean market research institute SNE Research announced the global installed capacity of power batteries among EVs during 2021 on the 7th, where Chinese leading battery supplier CATL occupied a market share of 32.6%, and managed to sit at first place for the fifth consecutive year. ...  more