Severe PV power market has taken another toll, as E-ton Solar of Taiwan announced on April 22 decision to suspend PV-cell production and sell its plant. ...  more

Sales of Tesla's energy-storage and PV power business dropped by 21% year-year in Q1, with PV power installation capacities plunging by 35% to 74 MW, the lowest since acquisition of SolarCity in 2016, according to the Q1 financial statement released by the company the other day. Following two consecutive quarters of profits, the company turned in a loss of US$700 million in the quarter. ...  more

Dubai has unveiled a 950 MW solar power project, the largest worldwide so far, scheduled for completion in 2020. ...  more

Following years of effort, including installation of world-class equipment, introduction of verification process, and passage of large-scale measurement comparisons, the Photovoltaic Efficiency Verification Laboratory (PVEVL) of the Research Center for New Generation Photovoltaics, the National Central University, has passed ISO-IEC 17025 certification, the first local PV-cell calibration body to do so. ...  more

The U.S. military has rolled out a portable wind power system, dubbed "Flutter Mallard," capable of generating power even under the condition of breeze, with significant potential for application in remote rural areas or battlefield. ...  more

Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan has passed the revised "Renewable Energy Development Act," mandating installation of 27 GW renewable energy capacity by 2025, for which major power consumers will have to set up green-energy facilities or pay a sum as compensation. ...  more

The International Trade Commission (ITC) of the U.S. announced on April 4 launch of Section 337 investigation on seven Chinese manufacturers of PV cells and downstream products, including industry leaders Jinko Solar and Longi Solar. Gao Feng, spokesman of China's Ministry of Commerce, contended April 11 that the case only involves business disputes among enterprises, urging the U.S. to handle it in an objective manner. ...  more

Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation (KRX:298040) has announced the entry of their industry-leading Energy Storage Systems (ESS) into the fast-growing U.S. market. The ESS department, part of Hyosung Heavy Industries’s Power and Industrial Systems Performance Unit, recently formed and opened their business in the U.S. ...  more

In order to achieve full independence in power supply, many families have considered installing battery to store energy generated by their residential PV power devices but a study by Stanford University shows that investment returns for residential PV device with an auxiliary battery is 21% lower than that the same device without it. ...  more