Category Archives: Solar

Canadian Solar Commences Commercial Operation on 1.98 MWp Project in Taiwan

published: 2020-01-03 17:27 | editor Emma Hsu | category: News

Canadian Solar, one of the world's largest solar power companies, announced that its 1.98 MWp solar power plant in Hualian is now up and running. ... more

3 Major Solar Trends to Watch in 2020

published: 2020-01-03 16:37 | editor sharon chen | category: Analysis

After the turbulence in 2018, the global market has begun to stabilize in 2019. According to EnergyTrend, the Green Energy Research Division from TrendForce, in 2020, judging from the three major global market trends, the market c... more

Price Trend: Multi-Si Products Continued Its Slow Decline While the Overall Market Remained Sluggish

published: 2020-01-02 17:02 | editor Emma Hsu | category: Price Trend

At the turn of the year, the overall market developments continued the same trend from the end of 2019 this week. In both overseas and Chinese domestic markets, the demand for each market is adjusted. ... more

Ideanomics' MEG Group Announces First Logistical Vehicle Orders; Second MEG Segment Comes Online

published: 2020-01-02 10:02 | editor et_editor | category: News

Ideanomics, (NASDAQ: IDEX) ("Ideanomics" or the "Company"), has announced that its MEG Group, in partnership with GCL as part of MEG's logistical vehicles segment, represents the first of a pipeline of logistical vehicle sales and financing for 2020. ... more

UNIST Researchers Create See-Through Photovoltaic Cells for Future “Solar Windows”

published: 2020-01-02 0:30 | editor et_editor | category: News

While conventional rooftop solar panels are now widely used to help cut electricity bills for many types of buildings, the cost savings from adopting photovoltaics could be much greater if solar panels can double as windows for homes and offices. ... more

The Top 7 Most Read EnergyTrend Articles in 2019

published: 2019-12-31 18:06 | editor Emma Hsu | category: News

2019 has been an eventful year. As the end of the year approaches, the EnergyTrend editorial team looks back on the top 7 most read articles on the site. Image by Juned Alam from Pixabay 7 [2019 Digital Solar & Storage] 5G Pow... more

Your Monday Briefings: Solar Photovoltaic Market News (Week 52)

published: 2019-12-31 0:00 | editor Emma Hsu | category: News

Cambodia The National Assembly has unanimously approved four solar projects with the combined installed capacity of 140 MW. All projects will be developed on a Build-Own-Operation basis, which are estimated to be finished by the end of 2020. ... more

Unlimited Music Without Charging: JBL’s Solar-Powered Headphones

published: 2019-12-28 0:00 | editor Emma Hsu | category: News

JBL is exploring the possibility of a solar-powered headphone: the JBL REFELECT Eternal through a crowdsourcing platform. ... more

Price Trend: The Market Continued to Be Mixed With Hopes for a Brighter 2020

published: 2019-12-26 17:07 | editor Emma Hsu | category: Price Trend

This week, the overall market still showed mixed developments: the prices of the mono-Si products maintained their stability, while the prices of the multi-Si products were declining, which has spread to the entire supply chain. ... more

Citing Homogeneous Developmental Conditions, TOWIA Opposes Lowered Rates for Offshore Wind Energy in Light of 7.6% Cut in 2020 Offshore Wind Energy FIT

published: 2019-12-26 0:30 | editor et_editor | category: News

The Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs held a renewable energy feed-in tariff (FIT) hearing on December 12th. Yuni Wang, chairman of wpd Taiwan, pointed out that Taiwan’s current offshore wind energy installation capacity sat at a measly 0.1GW, while construction is still underway for related infrastructures. Since the cost of wind farm development will not be changing in any meaningful way before 2025, Wang hopes that the Ministry will reconsider its decision to lower FITs. ... more