SINGAPORE : Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MAXN), a global leader in solar innovation and channels, today announced the release of its first Sustainability Report. This provides Maxeon’s customers, investors and the wider public a detailed overview of the company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) achievements, initiatives, policies and future plans. In December 2020, in its […]
How Singapore And Asia’s Tech Sector Can Lead in Renewable Energy Adoptio
With the launch of the Singapore Green Plan 2030, Singapore has set its sights on scaling its net-zero ambitions, with a focus on greening its tech sector. Putting commitment to action, the government has imposed a moratorium on the building of new data centres – given its intensive consumption of electricity and water – as […]
India EV Sales to Grow at 26 Per Cent by FY23: Fitch
However, it said the economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic and limited domestically produced EVs will prove a challenging barrier to overcome. SINGAPORE: The recently announced electric vehicle (EV) incentives by India along with high fuel prices will be supporting factors for stronger adoption of EVs over 2020-2023, leading to an average annual growth rate of […]
LYS Energy to Install Rooftop Solar For HG Metal Manufacturing in Singapore
Singapore-based independent power producer LYS Energy Group has been contracted to install a 936.84-kWp solar array for local steel distributor HG Metal Manufacturing Ltd. The rooftop installation will consist of 2,059 solar panels provided by JA Solar, which will produce a total of 1,031.5 MWh of power a year. The project is due to be […]
Sembcorp on Prowl For Renewable Projects Acquisitions in India
Singapore-based Sembcorp is looking at acquisitions of solar and wind energy projects in India as it chases a strategic goal to shift its portfolio from brown to green by quadrupling renewable energy capacity. Sembcorp, which has invested about Singapore dollar 6.5 billion (about Rs 35,000 crore) in electricity-generating projects in India, is open to buying […]
Test-Bedding Technologies Crucial to Accelerating Solar Deployment: Experts
SINGAPORE : The world has set its sights on soaking up more sunshine to reduce the use of fossil fuels, but deploying solar panels is not just a matter of plug and play. Solar energy systems often need to be tested first, so they can be fine-tuned before widespread deployment, where mistakes are more costly […]
Maxeon Solar Technologies Announces Changes to Board of Directors
SINGAPORE : Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MAXN) (the Company), a global leader in solar innovation and channels, today announced the appointment of Steve Leonard as an independent non-executive director to Maxeon’s board of directors, effective June 7, 2021. Mr. Leonard is an international leader with more than 30 years of private and public sector experience […]
Singapore Places $1.8 Billion For Green Investments
At a news conference on Wednesday, Ravi Menon, managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said the funds were placed from Singapore’s official foreign reserves as part of the central bank’s green investment program. Singapore’s central bank has allocated $1.8 billion with five asset managers as part of moves to protect its portfolio from […]
3 Primary Schools in Punggol Start Tapping on Solar Power as Part of Carbon-Neutral Push
SINGAPORE: Three primary schools in Punggol have begun tapping on electricity generated from solar panels as Singapore moves towards its target for at least 20 per cent of schools to be carbon-neutral by 2030. Rooftop solar systems were installed at Horizon Primary School, Compassvale Primary School and Edgefield Primary School at the end of April, […]
Methylammonium-Free Perovskite Solar Cell With Slot-Die Coating, 18% Efficiency
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Université Grenoble Alpes in France have combined a slot-die coating technique with gas quenching and substrate heating to fabricate a perovskite solar cell with an active area of over 0.09 cm2 and a power conversion efficiency of 18%. Gas quenching is used primarily in connection with hardening […]