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Chinese battery giant CATL’s Hong Kong listing plan is gaining momentum Chinese electric vehicle battery giant CATL is pushing ahead with plans for a Hong Kong stock exchange listing, with banks reportedly vying for a deal expected to raise at least $5 billion. CATL, which produces more than a third of EV batteries sold globally, said it plans to “seek a listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange” in a bid to expand globally and support the energy transition . “This move is primarily aimed at creating an international financing platform to better support our global…
Sunairio has launched software that contains high-resolution historical climate data and high-resolution future climate models to provide insight into location-specific risks. It recently raised venture capital to expand into new markets for its portfolio-oriented solar and wind software. January 16, 2025 Valerie Thompson US software company Sunairio has developed a modeling platform that it claims provides more accurate grid reliability planning tools and portfolio management support for owners and operators of large-scale solar and wind farms. The high-resolution historical climate data and future high-resolution climate simulations enable insights into location-specific weather and reliability risks. The claim of higher resolution applies…
While the company did not reveal the exact investment amount, it revealed that all shareholders of PT REPT BATTERO INDONESIA will collectively inject $139.5 million into the subsidiary. REPT Battero’s wholly owned unit, Infinitude International Investment Ltd., will contribute $83.7 million, retaining its 60% stake in the Indonesian company. The new factory will focus on the production of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs, for both electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The first phase of the facility, once operational, is expected to achieve an annual production capacity of 8 GWh. Source link
A European project aims to develop flexible tandem perovskite CIGS solar technology to create 25% efficient 100 cm2 modules with a variety of substrates for decentralized solar PV applications. The project involves the use of processes that are scalable for roll-to-roll production. January 16, 2025 Valerie Thompson A European consortium is developing flexible tandem modules based on perovskite and copper-indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) for residential, commercial, vehicle-integrated PV (VIPV) and agrivoltaic applications. The three-year initiative, coordinated by the University of Innsbruck, is known as Solmates, an acronym for Scaleable High-Power Output and Low-Cost Made-to-Measure Tandem Solar Modules Enabling Specialized PV…
Adani Green Energy has commissioned 3.13 GW of renewable energy capacity – 2.69 GW of solar and 438 MW of wind – during April-December 2024, taking its cumulative operational capacity to 11.6 GW. January 15, 2025 Uma Gupta Image: Adani Green Energy By pv magazine India India’s Adani Green Energy has released an operational update for the first nine months of the 2024-25 financial year, reporting a cumulative operational capacity of 11.6 GW as of December 31, 2024. This includes a greenfield addition of 3.13 GW of renewable energy capacity. About 2.1 GW of this total comes from solar power…
A solar project in New York by Standard Solar. Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to invest more than $1 billion to tackle the climate crisis and achieve a more sustainable and affordable future as part of her 2025 State of the State. This ambitious proposal would be the largest climate investment in the history of the United States. state, generate thousands of jobs, reduce household energy bills and reduce harmful pollution. This announcement demonstrates New York State’s continued commitment to deploying renewable energy, advancing clean transportation and achieving a low-carbon economy, and exploring emerging technologies that can support low-carbon goals…
Researchers in China have investigated the impact of phosphorus diffusion trap on industrial silicon heterojunction solar cells and found that higher efficiency can be achieved with optimized gas flow. January 15, 2025 Emiliano Bellini A Chinese research team led by Shanghai Jiao Tong University evaluated its impact to get in the production of heterojunction (HJT) solar cell technologies and has concluded that this can help improve device efficiency. “We specifically investigated the impact of the phosphorus diffusion gettering (PDG) process on n-type HJT solar cells,” says the corresponding author of the study, Wenzhong Shen, told pv magazine. “We successfully fabricated…
Neuron Energy has opened a 1.5 GWh lithium-ion battery factory in Chakan, India, to produce batteries for electric vehicles, energy storage and telecom solutions. January 15, 2025 Uma Gupta By pv magazine India Neuron Energy, a manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles, has launched a lithium-ion battery factory in Chakan, India, with an annual capacity of 1.5 GWh. The facility, spanning 5 hectares, will produce high-quality batteries for two-wheelers, three-wheelers, golf carts, drones, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and telecom solutions. Mumbai-based Neuron Energy has invested approximately INR 250 million ($2.9 million) in the facility, which includes an experience center…
Researchers have constructed a miniature PV field at an altitude of 2,500 meters in Switzerland. They tested it in 80 different positioning settings and compared the results with the Swiss government’s guidelines for a subsidy program. They found that the simulated yield was underestimated by up to 16%. January 15, 2025 Lior Kahana Scientists from ZHAW University of Applied Sciences Zurich have tested a miniature of a fully automatic high-alpine multi-row PV array. The miniature was designed as a 1:12 scale of an alpine PV field and was installed at an altitude of approximately 2,500 meters in Davos, Switzerland. It…
By Contributing Author January 15, 2025 Lithium batteries are enabling the global energy transition to electricity in many industries and are experiencing explosive growth in demand across applications and regions. As several gigawatt-hour factories launched in recent years begin to supply new batteries at scale, a second-life battery economy has emerged and is growing dynamically. The lower price of a recycled lithium battery pack brings major sustainability benefits: avoiding emissions of the energy needed to produce new batteries, delayed recycling and diverting waste. The main challenge in reusing batteries lies in trust: in the absence of a mandatory digital battery…