VinFast to cease gasoline-powered car production by end-2022 Potential U.S. plant sites narrowed down to ‘about 3’ – VinFast Global CEO Starting price for a VinFast car at $41,000 VinFast to establish EV plant in Germany SAN FRANCISCO : Vietnam’s VinFast plans to build electric vehicle battery cells and packs in a new U.S. manufacturing […]
Vietnam car company Vingroup starts work on $174 mln EV battery plant – EQ Mag Pro
Vingroup (VIC.HM), Vietnam’s largest conglomerate, announced on Sunday that it has begun construction on a $174 million battery cell plant for its VinFast electric vehicle division, allowing the company to control its whole battery supply chain. When its gasoline-powered cars bearing its own badge reached the streets in 2019, VinFast became the country’s first fully […]
Vietnam Spurns Coal as Southeast Asia Aims to Kick Dirty Habit – EQ Mag Pro
Vietnam made a surprise commitment at the COP26 climate summit to stop building new coal power plants, as Southeast Asian nations once seen as growth markets for the fuel start to turn their backs on it. Vietnam was a full signatory to a U.K.-backed pledge at the conference calling for countries to stop permitting and […]
Vingroup to build $387 mln battery cell plant in central Vietnam
Vietnam’s biggest conglomerate Vingroup will start construction on a $387 million battery cell plant for its auto arm VinFast electric vehicles (EVs) in central province of Ha Tinh this year, local authorities said on Wednesday. The plant, which has a capacity of 5 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year, will be on a 31.1-acre (12.6 hectare) […]
JinkoSolar’s New 7 GW Ingot/Wafer Facility in Vietnam to Strengthen the Sustainability of its Global Supply Chain by 2022 – EQ Mag Pro
JACKSONVILLE, Fla : JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that the Company is investing $500 million to build a monocrystalline ingot and wafer manufacturing facility in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam. JinkoSolar has begun to work on […]
Semtech teams up with Vietnam-based Cloud Energy – EQ Mag Pro
Semtech Corporation is teaming up with Vietnam-based startup Cloud Energy to develop and deploy a LoRaWAN-based network for wireless solar power systems to be installed onto rooftops. Established in 2019, Cloud Energy specialises in IoT energy management for smart cities. It develops solutions for smart energy building management, smart utilities management and smart solar monitoring […]
Green Energy: What ASEAN Can Learn From Vietnam – EQ Mag Pro
Like other regions around the world, Southeast Asia is no exception to decarbonising its energy sector, and improving its national energy security – perhaps simply because renewable energy (RE) has become cheaper. The ASEAN Member States (AMS) individually and collectively have set ambitious targets to incorporate RE in their energy system. In some cases, the […]
Experts disagree with coal roadmap in Power Development Plan – EQ Mag Pro
The Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA) raised concerns over the draft of the National Power Development Plan for the 2021 – 2030 period (PDP VIII). Hanoi : The Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA) raised concerns over the draft of the National Power Development Plan for the 2021 – 2030 period (PDP VIII). As the draft […]
Vietnam realises major energy savings from wireless rooftop solar – EQ Mag Pro
Solar installed on temples and industrial parks have realised a 30 per cent reduction in energy costs from a LoRaWAN-based network compared to a traditional wired solution. Solar rooftops installed on temples and industrial parks in Vietnam have realised a 30 per cent reduction in energy costs compared to a traditional wired solution. It follows […]
EIA: Imports Made Up 89% of PV Module Shipments in the US in 2020; Largest Share of Imports Came from Vietnam – EQ Mag Pro
According to a report released by the US Energy Information Administration on September 2, shipments of PV modules in the US in 2020 totaled 21.8 peak GW (million peak kW), reflecting an increase of 5.4 peak GW from 2019. This figure represents a new record high and indicates that the PV market in the US […]
