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Citing Homogeneous Developmental Conditions, TOWIA Opposes Lowered Rates for Offshore Wind Energy in Light of 7.6% Cut in 2020 Offshore Wind Energy FIT

published: 2019-12-26 0:30
The Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs held a renewable energy feed-in tariff (FIT) hearing on December 12th. Yuni Wang, chairman of wpd Taiwan, pointed out that Taiwan’s current offshore wind energy installation capacity sat at a measly 0.1GW, while construction is still underway for related infrastructures. Since the cost of wind farm development will not be changing in any meaningful way before 2025, Wang hopes that the Ministry will reconsider its decision to lower FITs. ...  more

Israel Develops Dust-Proof Technology for Solar Panels

published: 2019-12-25 0:30
Inspired by the self-cleaning properties of the lotus leaf, a research team from Israel’s Ben Gurion University has developed a specially designed self-cleaning mechanism that can be applied to any desert-based solar panel. With the help of the technology, a solar panel could lose as much as 98% of its accumulated dust. ...  more

Taiwan’s Solar Power Grows Ninefold in 10 Years, Becomes Second Largest Source of Green Energy

published: 2019-12-25 0:30
Solar installations are on the rise in Taiwan. According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, for the past 10 years, solar energy has grown by an average of 89.6% per year. It became a major source of green energy in the first 10 months of this year with 3.42 billion kWh generated, accounting for 26.3% of total green energy and taking second place only to hydropower. ...  more

PV Company News Weekly: Week 51

published: 2019-12-25 0:00
JA Solar On December 18, a grand commissioning ceremony was held for JA Solar's Yunnan Qujing Base. A total investment of 655 million RMB (US$93.48 million) has been made for the base, with a planned annual manufacturing capacity of 1.2 GW for mono-Si rods. ...  more

Your Monday Briefings: Solar Photovoltaic Market News (Week 51)

published: 2019-12-24 0:00
The United States The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has recently approved NV Energy's Integrated Resource Plan, which includes three PV projects (1,190MW) and an energy storage project (590MW). The three new PV projects are scheduled to connect to the grid in 2024. ...  more

BMW and Great Wall Motor Break Ground on a Joint Venture That Will Be Producing MINI Cooper SE and Other EV Models

published: 2019-12-18 9:30
Representatives from Germany’s BMW Group and China’s Great Wall Motor broke ground on their joint venture plant in China’s Jiangsu Province on December 1. The plant will be producing the MINI Cooper SE, which is a fully electric model within the famous MINI series, as well as electric vehicles (EV) under Great Wall’s brand name. According to the formal statement on the groundbreaking ceremony, the plant is scheduled to finish construction and begin operation in 2022. The facility’s production capacity is expected to reach 160,000 vehicles annually. ...  more

SKI to Build Second EV Battery Plant in China

published: 2019-12-18 0:30
SK Innovation (SKI) of South Korea is reportedly planning to invest a total of US$1.05 billion in an electric-vehicle battery plant in Yancheng City of China’s Jiangsu Province. The new battery plant will be its second plant in China, following the first one, which is based in Changzhou. ...  more