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Where Can Tidal Power Find Opportunities as Its Growth Is Constrained by High Costs and Competition from Offshore Wind?

published: 2020-06-20 18:30
Tidal power appears to have a huge development potential for countries with long coastlines. However, adopting tidal power as part of a general transition to clean and renewable energies is not an easy task. The various kinds of tidal generation systems on the whole have yet to reach the required technological maturity and economies of scale for commercialization. There are still many huge hurdles to overcome before tidal power can take off in the renewable energy market. ...  more

The Revolutionary Tech That's Turning Waste Into Energy

published: 2020-06-20 14:00
The $150-billion organic food industry has a major fertilizer problem that could hinder its growth. Massive livestock operations from Europe to North America have an even bigger problem: They're producing catastrophic volumes of polluting waste they have nowhere to put, and it's a damage-control cost they have to deal with.  ...  more

Lengthy Application and Installation Process & Insufficient Incentives Hinder Green Roof Installation in Taiwan

published: 2020-06-20 10:30
The Taiwanese government has been accelerating the development of renewable energy in recent years, and is hoping to elevate the installed capacity of solar energy. It has been implementing projects and relevant regulations that would allow small rooftop solar panels of below 20KW to occupy 40-60% of the total rooftop solar power in the future. Despite having a promising outlook, the time issue of the administrative process will still need to be resolved first before further development expansion can take place. ...  more

JA Solar Supplies High-Efficiency PERC Modules for Thailand's Largest Floating

published: 2020-06-20 4:00
JA Solar ("the Company"), a leading manufacturer of high-performance photovoltaic products, announced that the Thailand's 12.5MW floating power plant, which utilized its high-efficiency PERC modules, was successfully connected to the grid. As the first large-scale floating photovoltaic power plant in Thailand, the completion of the project is of great significance to the development of local renewable energy. ...  more

Germany Rules in Favor of Hanwha Q Cells in the Patent Lawsuit Against JinkoSolar, LONGi and REC

published: 2020-06-19 21:30
Hanwha Q Cells emerged victorious in the ruling of the Düsseldorf Regional Court, which confirmed that the company’s Chinese competitors JinkoSolar, LONGi and REC have adopted the patented solar cell passivation technology illegally. According to pv magazine, the judges granted the Korean manufacturer an injunction. Therefore the three defendants will have to recall all the patent-infringing products distributed in Germany since late January 2019. ...  more

EcoFlow R600 -- The World’s Fastest Charging Portable Power Station

published: 2020-06-19 10:00
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EcoFlow DELTA was a hit on Kickstarter and had raised over $2.8 million last year. EcoFlow has delivered DELTA to over 10,000 families in North America, Asia, and Europe. R600 series has raised over $1.5 million on Kickstarter. The new lineup offers custom features ever on a portable power station. ...  more