TPC hosted the “2021 Chinese New Year Celebration” today, and will be expediting on digital transformation and smart grid construction, as well as cultivating a circular economy, as the new year arrives. Yang Wei-fu, Chairman of TPC, commented that the electricity usage is expected to hit new high this year, though the new units for the independent power producers, along with the three offshore wind farms and solar plants, will be continuously established, in order to ensure a stable supply of power. ...  more

Conventional c-Si PV cells are structurally rigid and fragile, so they can break apart when they are under extreme external forces. Furthermore, rectangular PV modules that contain c-Si PV cells can only be deployed on a flat surface such as the roof of a building. Scientists and engineers that are involved in the field of solar PV have therefore been working on flexible and foldable PV cells that could become renewable energy solutions for a wider range of applications. ...  more

Taya Group, a company that excels in cables, has been actively implementing for renewable energy, and the 76MW ground solar power plant established by its subsidiary Sin Jhong Solar Power in 2020, which is also the first private large-scale power plant approved for land alteration, has hosted an earth-thanking ritual and initiation ceremony recently. ...  more

Major IPC supplier Advantech announced that its smart wireless industrial edge gateway solution has been successfully certified by TPC, and will connect with the distribution-level renewable energy management system of the latter in the future to achieve visualization of renewable energy though edge communication computing, as well as smart energy regulation and management. ...  more

Apart from the ubiquitous lithium-ion battery system, the recent solar energy storage tender in Israel has also attracted another alternative storage method: compressed air energy storage (CAES). ...  more

In order to achieve the targets of 8.7GW and 20GW respectively set for 2021 and 2025, various ministries and units are currently stocktaking usable public rooftops and ruling out locations with ecological concerns, and now the Kaohsiung City Government has targeted the rooftops of public markets by establishing the “Kaohsiung City Green Power Promotion Task Force” that focuses on 5 major missions, as well as the stipulation of the 270MW photovoltaic capacity target within 2 years. ...  more

Yingkou Jinchen Co. Ltd., a Chinese supplier for equipment used in the manufacturing PV modules, has signed a major sales agreement with Waaree Energies Ltd., an Indian company that produces PV modules and provides EPC services. ...  more

Risen Energy Co. Ltd., a Chinese integrated manufacturer of PV products, held a virtual roadshow for the issuance of convertible bonds in late January. ...  more