What is so special about the floating nuclear plant of Copenhagen startup Seaborg Technologies? This power plant that has a similar size to a container has a power generation capacity of 200MW, and is adopted with a highly secure nuclear reactor that is affordable, easy to transport, and can be modularized. The power plant can be mass produced into several thousands of units before they are installed on ships, which transcends from the usual impression of power plants. ...  more

Renewable energy news outlets reported in the middle of June that Meyer Burger, a Swiss provider of manufacturing equipment for PV products, has secured a €125 million loan from German financial institution Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden and a €60 million loan from another unnamed German financial institution to expand its production capacity. Meyer Burger has also revealed that it intends to build a new module production plant. The company currently has a cell production plant and a module production plant in Germany, and both facilities have just entered operation in the recent months. ...  more

NV Energy, a public utility that serves the state of Nevada in the US, submitted its three-year Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to the Public Utility Commission of Nevada (PUCN) on June 1. The goal of the IRP is to facilitate Nevada’s energy transition and ultimately attain carbon neutrality for the state by 2050. Included in the plan are two new solar-plus-storage projects that have a total generation capacity of 600MW and a total storage capacity of 480MW.  ...  more

To further cultivate the green power market, AUO announced on June 21 that it wouldjoin hands with Delta on fully optimizing the overall system maintenance of sites, as well as providing software and hardware integrated solutions for energy management ...  more

The results of the “2021 Survey by the National Renewable Wind Energy Team” recently published by the Taiwan Social Innovation and Sustainable Development Association (TSISDA) indicate that the public is highly receptive to the idea of renewable energy, where 80.8% supports the government in fully implementing the development of green power, and 73% is in favor of the government establishing a Taiwanese offshore wind team. However, over 60% of the public is also concerned about a crisis of power outage. ...  more

According to the report of the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie, the installed capacity of solar energy in the US has surpassed 100GW, and the new installed capacity during the first quarter of 2021 had also arrived at a new height. However, the simultaneous increase in the cost of materials and modules of solar energy still imposes numerous challenges for the future. ...  more