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Xinyi Solar to go into polysilicon manufacturing with launch of brand-new entity and Yunnan-based center
Solar producer Xinyi Solar is to branch out into polysilicon manufacturing, introducing a joint endeavor to establish a manufacturing base in Yunnan, China, with a preliminary ability of 60,000 metric tons (MT).
Dec 20, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, polysilicon, Asia, Xinyi Solar, diversification, xinyi glass, yunnan
Battery Pack Prices Be Up To an Average of $132/kWh, Yet Rising Commodity Prices Beginning to Bite
Lithium-ion battery pack prices, which were above $1,200 per kilowatt-hour in 2010, have fallen 89% in genuine terms to $132/kWh in 2021 [1] This is a 6% decline from $140/kWh in 2020.
Dec 20, 2021 // Storage, UK, China, Hong Kong, Europe, Asia, London, lithium-ion battery, Kwasi Ampofo, James Frith
Solar Is Dirt-Cheap and About to Get Even A Lot More Powerful
The solar market has spent decades reducing the expense of creating electricity direct from the sun. Currently it's concentrating on making panels even more powerful.
Dec 20, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, solar panel, Risen Energy, Jenny Chase, Xiaojing Sun
China's Solar Giants Fall After U.S. Climate Plan Failure
Solar companies in China fell Monday after a $2 trillion U.S. economic plan with important climate stipulations endured a possibly fatal problem in Congress.
Dec 20, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, China, Asia, Trina Solar, North America, Longi Green, Lori Lodes
Goldman Triples Asia ESG Investments as Bets Beginning Paying Off
Goldman invested $3.5 billion in over 20 Japanese solar bargains Bank completed practically 15 ESG handle past 2 years
Dec 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Takashi Murata
Senate passes anti-forced labour act banning imports from China's Xinjiang, President Joe Biden to sign into regulation
The senate has actually with one voice passed the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) that will certainly ban the import of products from China's Xinjiang area right into the US unless importers can offer "clear and convincing evidence" they were not made with forced labour.
Dec 17, 2021 // Policy, USA, BNEF, China, Asia, North America, Roth Capital, Xinjiang, hoshine silicon industry, WRO, forced labour, Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act
Greenspot intends 500 MW/1,000 MWh battery at former coal-fired nuclear power plant in Australia
New South Wales-based development business Greenspot has actually lodged a planning application for a substantial 500 MW/1,000 MWh battery power storage space system to be built at the site of the shuttered coal-fired Wallerawang Power Station near Lithgow in the Central Tablelands.
Dec 17, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Greenspot, Brett Hawkins
Galp, Northvolt to build lithium plant in Portugal
Portuguese utility Galp Energia and also Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt stated Tuesday that they were joining forces to integrate in Portugal one of Europe's very first lithium conversion plants at a price of 700 million euros ($790 million).
Dec 17, 2021 // Storage, NORTHVOLT, Portugal, Galp, Europe, lithium plant
NTU Singapore scientists create biodegradable printed paper batteries
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have actually established paper-thin biodegradable zinc batteries that might someday end up being an ecologically lasting alternative for powering flexible and also wearable electronic systems.
Dec 17, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Asia, Singapore, NTU, zinc batteries, Fan Hongjin
B&W, Applied Blockchain to check out clean power options in crypto mining
Ohio-based power and also environmental items service provider Babcock & Wilcox (NYSE: BW), or B&W, and also Applied Blockchain Inc (PINK: APLD) will jointly check out clean energy and baseload power possibilities in the cryptocurrency mining industry.
Dec 17, 2021 // Blockchain, USA, North America, blockchain, Babcock & Wilcox, crypto mining, Applied Blockchain
APA register offtaker for second 44-MW stage of Queensland solar project
Australian power infrastructure company APA Group (ASX: APA) will certainly move ahead with a 2nd 44-MW stage of the Mica Creek solar project in Queensland after signing up a second customer.
Dec 17, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, Solar Project, APA
Berliner Stadtwerke to establish 23-MW of PV systems on public buildings
German electrical utility Berliner Stadtwerke GmbH will set up more than 300 photovoltaic (PV) solar systems with a complete capacity of virtually 23 MW on the roofs of public buildings in Berlin by 2024.
Dec 17, 2021 // Rooftop PV, Germany, Europe, Berliner Stadtwerke GmbH
Invinity commemorates energisation of UK's biggest flow battery
A 5MWh flow battery system set up as part of the Energy Superhub Oxford has been energised by Invinity Energy Systems alongside EDF-owned Pivot Power.
Dec 17, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Pivot Power, Invinity, Vanadium Flow, Flow Batteries
New EU buildings proposal would certainly accelerate on-site solar installs, trade body claims
Trade organization SolarPower Europe has invited a proposal from the European Union's executive branch that would certainly see all brand-new buildings in the bloc be powered by renewables "as for possible" as well as produce no on-site carbon exhausts from fossil fuels from 2030.
Dec 17, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, SolarPower Europe, European Union, european commission, European Green Deal, EnergyStorageEU
Iberdrola obtains Australian solar EPC company Autonomous Energy
Spanish energy business Iberdrola is proceeding its expansion in Australia's solar field with the purchase of design, procurement and building (EPC) supplier Autonomous Energy.
Dec 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, EPC, Iberdrola, Australia, Oceania, m&a, acquisition, Autonomous Energy