Singapore’s clean-energy campaign could make it a ‘living laboratory’ to provide ideas for other cities around the world. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan and have pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and China by 2060 Singapore is betting on floating solar farms and vertical panels to increase its clean-energy supplies and cut carbon emissions, a […]
Q Cells files more patent infringement complaints in Germany, France
Solar products company Q Cells, which has dual headquarters in South Korea and Germany, has filed a patent infringement complaint in the Regional Court of Duesseldorf against rival Astronergy Solarmodule GmbH. The photovoltaics (PV) maker has done so on March 12, according to an announcement. Furthermore, it has filed separate patent infringement complaints in France […]
GoodWe Signs a 100MW Supply Agreement With GS Global to Bring Best Value High Efficiency Solar Inverter to South Korean PV Markets
SEOUL, South Korea: A world-leading PV inverter and energy storage solutions manufacturer, has signed a 100MW distribution agreement with GS Global, a Fortune 500 company. Founded in 1954, GS Global is at the forefront of GS group’s global business. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company operates a global international business network in more than […]
Hawaii, South Korea partnering on $4M experimental solar grid in Kailua-Kona
Hawaii and South Korea are partnering on an experimental type of microgrid technology at a green energy compound in Kailua-Kona, the state announced this week. The solar-plus-storage grid at the Hawaii Ocean Science and Technology Park will have 500 kilowatts of new photovoltaic panels and a 750-kilowatt-hour energy storage system, with an artificial intelligence component. […]
Runaway suspect nabbed in massive solar energy fraud case
JEONJU, South Korea : – Police have apprehended a man who allegedly ripped off tens of billions of won from investors in a fraudulent solar energy development project and went on the run amid a probe, officials said Monday. The 53-year-old man was charged with defrauding around 800 people of some 70 billion won (US$61.9 […]
ITC bans South Korea’s SK Innovation from exporting EV batteries to U.S.
SEOUL : The International Trade Commission has banned South Korea’s SK Innovation from exporting batteries used in electric vehicles to the United States. The U.S. trade panel ruled in favor of LG Energy Solutions last week on its claim that SK Innovation had stolen its trade secrets to develop the batteries. Unless the Biden Administration […]
South Korean Chemical Giant LG Chem Sells Record ESG Bond
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s biggest petrochemical company, just sold the biggest-ever environmental, social and governance corporate bond offering in the country, which has vowed to zero-out carbon emissions by 2050. The chemical giant raised 820 billion won ($744 million) selling three-year, five-year and seven-year ESG notes. The company pledged to spend 785 billion won […]
Perovskites poised to disrupt solar supply chains everywhere says new report
Perovskite is about to invade the conventional solar sector from later this year, enabling a fall in the cost of solar by 80 percent and an increase of 30 percent in the amount of electricity a solar cell can generate for slightly higher manufacturing costs Perovskite solar will invade conventional solar in 3 distinct ways, […]
Out in the cold: How Japan’s electricity grid came close to blackouts
TOKYO: Japan’s worst electricity crunch since the aftermath of the Fukushima crisis has exposed vulnerabilities in the country’s recently liberalized power market, although some of the problems appear self-inflicted. Power prices in Japan hit record highs last month as a cold snap across northeast Asia prompted a scramble for supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG), […]
JA Solar DeepBlue 3.0 Series Successfully Obtains the First 182 Module KS Certification in South Korea
BEIJING, Jan : JA Solar, a leading manufacturer of high-performance photovoltaic products, announced that the mono-facial type of its DeepBlue 3.0 series modules has obtained the first KS certification for modules based on 182mm x 182mm wafers, known as “182 modules”, meaning the product has got approval for the South Korean PV market. It is […]