Saudi Arabia to invest $2 billion into solar & carbon black project

The project will also see the participation of South Korea’s OCI and China’s Longi. As per a statement from a Saudi official, Saudi Arabia plans on developing a $2 billion solar and carbon black integrated complex in partnership with South Korea’s OCI and China’s Longi. A feasibility study for the carbon black and solar project…

25% U.S. tariff to hurt Huawei’s U.S. launch of FusionHome

Analysts covering the sector opine Huawei will have to either reduce its margins or raise prices. Huawei Technology Co’s upcoming launch of a solar-panel control device in the United States is expected to collide with the Trump administration’s new tariffs on Chinese electronics. As a result this is likely to undermine the product that analysts…

All of Apple’s facilities worldwide run from clean energy

Apple has reached a major milestone with this achievement. The next step is to encourage suppliers to follow suit. Apple has stated, it has achieved its goal of powering all of the company’s facilities, including data centers, retail stores and offices in 43 countries, with renewable energy. Many big U.S. companies, including Alphabet, Apple and…

Siemens and AES enter into a 50-50 JV to service the growing energy storage market

The energy storage market is slated to grow 10 folds between 2016 to 2022, in the U.S. alone. German engineering conglomerate along with American energy firm AES Corp, have formed a joint venture to service the rapidly expanding energy storage market. Demand for large-scale energy storage is growing rapidly and the price of advanced batteries…