GreenergyDaily
September 5, 2023
1. TCL Zhonghuan yesterday stated on the investor interaction platform that the company is actively promoting investment in constructing a photovoltaic crystal wafer factory project in Saudi Arabia.
2. China-based solar sector supplier GCL Technology Holdings Ltd. is in advanced talks with Saudi Arabia about opening its first overseas factory as the nations aim to extend their energy ties beyond oil. The world's second-largest manufacturer of polysilicon, a key ingredient in solar panels, is looking to build a plant in the Middle Eastern nation that would produce 120,000 tons a year, Joint Chief Executive Officer Lan Tianshi said in an interview. GCL Tech could start operations as early as 2025, he said.
3. China Energy, the world's largest coal-fired power generation giant, has announced a significant achievement in its installed clean and renewable energy capacity. By the end of August, China Energy's total installed clean energy capacity was 100.14 mln kW, passing a remarkable milestone in its efforts to transition toward cleaner energy sources, according to the company. The energy giant's total installed electricity capacity has reached an unprecedented level of 303.49 mln kW, the company said.
4. According to Cailian Press today, LONGi (SH: 601012) said in an interview that the company has now set the goal of focusing on BC technology, and its expansion of production is speeding up. Executives of LONGI stated that BC batteries are believed to gradually replace TOPCon. In the next five to six years, BC batteries will become the mainstream of crystalline silicon batteries.
5. Chinese tech giant Huawei announced on Monday the opening of a cloud data center in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, as part of its efforts to expand its online service offerings in the Middle East. Huawei said in a statement that the new center will become a core data center for Huawei Cloud Services in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa, "offering innovative, reliable, secure, and sustainable cloud services."
6. The monthly cargo throughput via the five-tier ship locks at the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project in the upper stream of the Yangtze, reached a record high of over 15.71 million tonnes in August, according to the China Three Gorges Corporation.
7. A new technology developed by Prof. Dong Xinzhou's team at Tsinghua University efficiently solves problems presented by new energy power systems, achieving great success in testing runs of their traveling wave differential protection device for AC transmission lines.
8. Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power plans to begin operations in China starting next year. ACWA Power eyes expansion into countries looking to boost exposure to renewable technologies, CEO Marco Piero Arcelli said in an interview.
9. U.S. automaker Tesla sold 84,159 China-made electric vehicles (EVs) in August, a 9.3% rise from a year earlier, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Monday. Sales of China-made Model 3 and Model Y cars rose 30.9% from a month earlier.
10. The power generation wing of the Datengxia Water Conservancy Hydropower Project on the Xijiang River, a tributary of the Pearl River in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was put into operation on Saturday, four months ahead of schedule. Construction on the over 35.7-billion-yuan ($4.9 billion) project, approved by the State Council, China's Cabinet, began in late 2014.
