Category Archives: Solar

Eneos to Acquire Japan Renewable Energy for US$1.8 Billion

published: 2021-10-15 9:30 | editor | category: News
News agencies and energy news websites reported on October 7 that Japan’s petroleum refiner Eneos has offered US$1.8 billion (200 billion yen) to acquire Japan Renewable Energy from its owners Goldman Sachs and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC. According to Nikkei, this is the first major renewable energy deal that Eneos is pursuing and an indication that the refiner is making a strategic shift away from its traditional fossil fuel businesses. ...  more

PV Industry Price Trend: Polysilicon Supply Remains Concerning as Upstream and Downstream of Industry Chain Continue with the Inflation Tendency

published: 2021-10-14 16:44 | editor | category: Price Trend
Polysilicon Polysilicon quotations continued to rise this week, with successive conclusions seen among high price orders recently. The quotations for mono polysilicon were fluctuating between RMB 250/kg and RMB 270/kg this week, while multi polysilicon sat at RMB 110-130/kg. ...  more

Is Energy Transformation a Bad Move? EU: Carbon Market Funds Able to Mitigate Impact from Surging Electricity Prices

published: 2021-10-14 9:30 | editor | category: News
The imbalanced energy supply and surging electricity prices of Europe may be harmful to the promotion of the Green New Deal and the carbon market policy, which is an unfortunate development seeing as how the continent is hit with an energy crisis when it just started discussing strategies in carbon reduction. The EU, however, is confident that the funds from the carbon market are able to mitigate the impact of elevating energy cost on consumers. ...  more