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Energy Resources Senegal (ERS) and Climate Fund Managers (CFM) have entered into an agreement to jointly build a solar-plus-storage plant in Niakhar, a town located about 150km east of the Senegalese capital Dakar. ERS is an energy developer that has the state-owned utility of Senegal as one of its major shareholder. CFM is a global investment group that funds projects related to renewable energy and sanitation. ...  more

Silver prices has been sliding recently due to the weakening of gold prices. However, analysts studying the markets for precious metals anticipate that silver prices will bottom out at either the end of 2020 or the start of 2021 and then enter a period of upswing. ...  more

Ford revealed the result of energy consumption for its critically acclaimed Mach-E on the 22nd from the Environmental Protection Agency to be 434km, which makes it the BEV with the best driving range apart from Tesla. ...  more

Floating offshore wind energy is regarded as the future of offshore wind energy, since the existing mainstream fixed-pile foundation has a water depth limit, and wind farms in shallow sea will be saturated in no time, which foresees the unavoidable development towards further offshore in the future. ...  more

Major memory module manufacturer ADATA has announced its logistics subsidiary Awayspeed and brand-new commercial eTrike, the first of its kind in Taiwan, with a 200 kg max load and 800 kg towing capacity. In this article, we take an in-depth look at ADATA’s latest ventures. ...  more

Supply and logistics are key in any battle. In the increasingly competitive market for electric vehicles (EV), securing a stable supply of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries has become critical for all participating car makers. According to the reporting from various media outlets, Ford is recently thinking about following EV leader Tesla in establishing in-house manufacturing for Li-ion batteries. Achieving self-sufficiency in this area will help reduce Ford’s dependence on the major battery suppliers based in South Korea. ...  more

Perovskite solar excels from its high conversion efficiency, relatively simple manufacturing process, and eco-friendliness, though issues such as instability and accelerated manufacturing speed must be resolved before realizing exrensive commercialization and popularization, in order to avoid the “death valley”. Stanford University had expedited on the development of perovskite batteries accordingly, and managed to develop an exclusive “high speed manufacturing equipment” that is able to produce a 12m perovskite film within a minute. ...  more