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GoShare Expands into New Taipei and Adds Gogoro 3 to Its E-Scooter Fleet

published: 2020-08-04 18:30
GoShare, a local provider of e-scooter (electric scooter) sharing service in Taiwan, announced on July 30 that New Taipei is now officially included in its service coverage. Along with this announcement, GoShare has also formally introduced the Gogoro 3 Smartscooter into the lineup of vehicle models that are available for rental at its service stations in both Taipei and New Taipei. The territorial expansion of the GoShare platform and the addition of the Gogoro 3 will benefit local users of mobility sharing services in terms of greater convenience and more options. ...  more

Germany Wind Power Market Report 2020-2025: COVID-19 Implications

published: 2020-08-04 10:00
In 2019, around 60.4 GW of new wind power capacity was added globally, making it the second-largest year in history and close to the largest year in 2015 (63.8 GW), bringing global cumulative wind power capacity up to 651 GW. The massive wind turbine installation was primarily the result of a strong year in both China and the US: the world's two largest markets ahead of the expiry of Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for onshore in the first country and the PTC (extended until the end of 2020 in Dec 2019) in the second. ...  more

Enviva Completes Acquisition of Georgia Biomass and its Waycross Production Plant

published: 2020-08-04 4:00
Enviva Partners, LP (“Enviva” or the “Partnership”), a leading global energy company specializing in sustainable wood bioenergy, today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of a world-class, industrial scale wood pellet production plant in Waycross, Georgia, and associated contracted terminal capacity in Savannah, Georgia. ...  more

A Strategy of Siege? Tesla Plans to Provide Software, Power System, and Batteries for Competitors

published: 2020-08-03 18:30
Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla is evidently the bellwether. While various major automotive manufacturers rapidly catch up on key technology, Tesla CEO Elon Musk boasted that Tesla will be authorizing its software, and providing its power system and batteries for automotive makers who produce electric vehicles, by looking at the bigger picture, which may contain ulterior motives. ...  more

Taking Advantage of Its Abundant Solar Resource, WA Aims to Boost Its Economy with an AU$66.3 Million Renewable Investment Program

published: 2020-08-01 10:30
As the name indicates, Western Australia (WA) occupies almost the entire western part of Australia. It is the largest of Australia’s six states, spanning an area of around 2.52 million square kilometers and accounting for one-third of the country’s landmass. WA also has the highest level of solar irradiation and the highest PV installation rate in the country. Banking on the region’s abundant solar resource, the WA Government has decided to launch a renewable investment program to accelerate the recovery of the state’s economy that has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan includes an investment of AU$56.4 million (or NT$1.17 billion) in PV generation. ...  more

Next Phase for Vehicle Electrification: Heavy-Duty Trucks and Construction Machinery

published: 2020-07-31 18:30
Electric vehicles will gradually become the mainstream in the passenger car sector, which has become the mutual consensus of various major automotive manufacturers, though a comprehensive carbon reduction requires not only the efforts from the field of passenger car, but also a further implementation in all vehicle types, even machinery. As the pioneer in carbon reduction for a long time, California will now also become the driving force for the electrification in heavy-duty vehicles and machinery. ...  more

How Does Solar Power Co-exist with Farmland? Take a Look at the Mutualism of Electrofarming in the Netherlands

published: 2020-07-31 18:30
Is it possible for solar power generation and agriculture to complement each other? Is it feasible to install solar panels on farmland without hindering the production volume and quality of agricultural products? Perhaps we can look at the example in the Netherlands, where the country unfolded the 2.7MW agricultural solar program AgrilPV using a distinctive solar module technology alongside a UK developer. ...  more