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Sri Lanka cabinet approves new electricity tariff without saying what it is – EQ Mag

January 11, 2023 Anand Gupta

COLOMBO : Sri Lanka’s cabinet on Monday approved new electricity tariffs to reflect the cost of coal and power generation to take effect this month, Power Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said, without saying how much higher they would be. Sri Lanka raised electricity tariffs by 75% last August and a cabinet proposal to raise them by […]

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Geely’s Offspring Yaoning Starts Construction on Major Battery Production Base in Tangshan – EQ Mag

January 11, 2023 Anand Gupta

On December 26, a ceremony was held to mark the groundbreaking of a major battery production base in Tangshan, China’s Hebei Province. The project is being developed by Yaoning Technology, an offspring of Geely Holding Group. With a total investment of around RMB 15.5 billion, the Tangshan base will be built in two phases. The […]

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Rapidly-Deployed Foldable Solar Panels to Reduce Cost by 20% at Most – EQ Mag

January 10, 2023 Anand Gupta

The hinged and folded solar array system developed by Australian company 5B can be established into a commercial solar plant in a swift manner. The company had managed to deploy a 1.1MW solar set-up in May using a 10-person team. 5B commented that this is not only the solar array with the fastest installation speed, […]

ERM Dolphyn and Source Energie announce plans to develop Gigawatt scale “green hydrogen” floating wind sites in the Celtic Sea

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Vietnam’s offshore wind power potential – EQ Mag

January 7, 2023 Anand Gupta

Japan’s Nikkei Asia newspaper today published an analysis highlighting how “Vietnam’s offshore wind power is attracting an influx of foreign investment.” According to that article, Japanese and European companies are making big moves in Vietnam’s offshore wind sector to take advantage of the South East Asian country’s renewable energy momentum. In September 2022, the Japanese […]

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Guocheng Holdings Will Set Up New Lithium Salts Project in Sichuan – EQ Mag

January 6, 2023 Anand Gupta

Guocheng Holdings and the government of Mianzhu signed a project investment agreement on December 22. Under the agreement, Guocheng will set up a lithium salts project with a total production capacity of 200,000 tons per year. Mianzhu is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Deyang, which is prefecture-level city in China’s Sichuan Province. The […]

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2022 EV Sales Figures in Taiwan: BMW Outperforms Kia by Units Sold – EQ Mag

January 6, 2023 Anand Gupta

In 2022, the EV market continued to thrive. According to the annual figures of vehicle sales among EV makers, Tesla was the unquestionable leader and topped the list by a wide margin. What surprised the market was that the pricey BMW iX delivered a stronger sales performance than the much more economical Kia EV6. As […]

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Why the Success of Hybrid Vehicle Business is an Obstacle of Japanese Electric Cars? – EQ Mag

January 5, 2023 Anand Gupta

Japan is no doubt a major automobile producer. However, the thriving electric vehicle market is now dominated by Chinese and other western automakers, which together capture 90% of total EV sales. Japanese players—which used to have full control over the EV market—now only secure a market share of lower than 5%. A major reason is […]

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Foxconn to use Nvidia chips to build self-driving vehicle platforms – EQ Mag

January 5, 2023 Anand Gupta

Nvidia said its technology, which includes chips to process information from sensors in real time, will help Foxconn overcome some of those challenges. Chipmaker Nvidia and electronics manufacturer Foxconn announced a partnership to develop autonomous vehicle platforms. Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn said it will manufacture electronic control units (ECUs) for cars based on Nvidia’s DRIVE […]

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Here’s why aviation industry is relying on used cooking oil as fuel – EQ Mag

January 4, 2023 Anand Gupta

The aviation industry has set itself an extraordinary goal: zero carbon emissions by 2050. And according to the latest report from NHK World, they may be able to achieve this goal with a raw material that was previously considered kitchen waste! The Japan-based media house NHK World recently interviewed a group of people who opened […]

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Energy transition strategies in India, China: Contest for hegemony on Brahmaputra, says Report – EQ Mag

January 4, 2023 Anand Gupta

Amsterdam [Netherlands] : The interlinkages between the energy transition and the contest for political power are particularly visible in South Asia, especially between India and China, according to European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS). In South Asia, the energy transition strategies are likely to add to rather than alleviate regional tensions, according to a […]