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Friday 5 September 2025
Hyundai Motor continues hydrogen investments, even as fuel cell vehicle sales slump
The global market for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) has slowed in recent years, with overall sales declining and many multinational automakers scaling back their hydrogen investments. However, Hyundai Motor has been bucking the trend, driven by its industry-leading EV technology, proprietary technological heritage, and confidence in the long-term potential of hydrogen.
Friday 5 September 2025
Sinbon, Swobbee team up to advance sustainable urban mobility
Sinbon Electronics, a Taiwanese electronics component design and connector manufacturer, announced on September 2 its strategic collaboration with Berlin-based climate technology startup Swobbee through equity investment. The partnership reflects their shared vision of promoting sustainable urban transportation and accelerating the global transition toward a green market economy.
Friday 5 September 2025
Japanese consortium invests in US fusion startup to advance nuclear fusion power technology
A group of 12 Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi Corporation, NTT, and Kansai Electric Power, announced on September 2, 2025, an investment in Massachusetts-based nuclear fusion energy startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the first time Japanese firms have invested in CFS, with the intent to acquire construction and operational technologies to expedite nuclear fusion power commercialization in Japan.
Friday 5 September 2025
Hyundai hydrogen vision challenged by South Korea's shrinking budget
Hyundai Motor Group recently participated in the 16th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM16), emphasizing the necessity of establishing a hydrogen energy ecosystem and reinforcing its position as a global leader in the hydrogen sector. However, with South Korea's hydrogen budget reduced for two consecutive years and infrastructure investment still insufficient, how businesses and the government overcome these challenges has become a focal point.
Thursday 4 September 2025
Sony to encourage suppliers to use 100% renewable energy by 2031
Sony has announced plans to encourage its key component suppliers to use 100% renewable energy in their production processes by the fiscal year ending March 2031. According to Nikkei Asia, this goal is part of Sony's new environmental action guidelines, which include mid-term targets from fiscal 2026 to 2030.
Thursday 28 August 2025
South Korea's industrial giants eye SMR solutions for energy security
During his visit to South Korea, Microsoft founder Bill Gates met with President Lee Jae-myung and SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won to explore business cooperation in small modular reactors (SMRs). President Lee underscored South Korea's readiness to become a leading SMR nation, citing the country's competitiveness in both domestic and international markets.
Thursday 28 August 2025
South Korea weighs Westinghouse deal as nuclear export chances grow
The global surge in energy demand has brought a turnaround to South Korea's once-stagnant nuclear power industry. However, at the beginning of 2025, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) faced scrutiny for signing an unequal agreement with US-based Westinghouse Electric Corporation (WEC) while competing for the Czech Republic's nuclear power plant project. The medium- to long-term implications of the agreement have raised significant concerns.
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Greenet signs 3-year green energy supply deal with Capital Securities
Greenet, the electricity retail arm of green energy investment group J&V Energy Technology, signed a green energy purchase agreement with Capital Securities on August 26. The three-year deal will see Greenet supply more than one million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy to Capital Securities.
Wednesday 27 August 2025
South Korea, US deepen ties with focus on nuclear energy projects
South Korean and US companies signed a total of 11 agreements across various sectors, including shipbuilding, nuclear energy, aviation, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and minerals, during the recent Korea-US Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C. Four of these deals focused on nuclear energy, marking it as the largest category of cooperation.
Tuesday 26 August 2025
South Korean and US firms sign 11 agreements in shipbuilding, energy, and aviation during Lee’s visit to Washington
South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung's three-day trip to Washington began with a flurry of business deals, as companies from both countries signed 11 agreements and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) to expand cooperation across strategic industries.
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Southern Taiwan emerges as global semiconductor and AI hub with 300 international startups
The 2025 Meet Greater South, held August 22-23 at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, brought together 300 startup teams from nine countries. Centered on the themes of semiconductors, AI, and sustainability, the event underscored how these sectors are becoming the core drivers of industrial upgrading and international integration in southern Taiwan.
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Seoul maps record US$25B R&D push for 2026: AI, green tech in focus
South Korea will allocate a record KRW35.3 trillion (approx. US$25.2 billion) to R&D in 2026, up 19.3% from a year earlier. The budget shift underscores a decisive break from the spending cuts under former President Yun Seok-yeol and highlights Seoul's renewed focus on artificial intelligence (AI), renewable energy, and other strategic technologies.
Monday 25 August 2025
Bill Gates partners with SK Group to advance South Korea's SMR ecosystem as global competition rises
During his recent visit to South Korea, Microsoft founder Bill Gates met with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to discuss future cooperation in the energy sector, particularly small modular reactors (SMRs). The two sides agreed to deepen their business ties and strategic partnerships, drawing significant attention from the global nuclear industry.
Monday 25 August 2025
China tightens rare earth controls with new quota and traceability rules
China has introduced fresh regulatory measures to reinforce state control over its rare earth sector, further cementing its position as the world's dominant supplier of the strategic materials used in electric vehicles, wind turbines, and advanced electronics.
Monday 25 August 2025
Research Insights: AI data centers turn to decentralized clean energy to meet Gigawatt demands
As Meta Platforms Inc. and OpenAI prepare to launch gigawatt-scale AI data centers by 2026, the surging electricity demand raises concerns over existing energy infrastructure capacity. Industry analysis suggests future data centers will increasingly adopt decentralized, low-carbon energy systems to achieve 100% carbon-free energy.
Monday 25 August 2025
South Korean scholars urge closer ASEAN ties to reduce dependence on US and China
South Korean academics are calling for further reforms of the country's New Southern Policy, stressing the need to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN, already home to many South Korean enterprises, as US-China rivalry intensifies. This approach, they argue, not only helps reduce economic dependence on China and the US but also positions ASEAN as a natural strategic partner due to its geographic proximity, abundant resources, cultural affinity, and the soft power of the Korean Wave.
Friday 22 August 2025
Column: AI's growing role in transforming energy systems worldwide
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping energy systems by enhancing their resilience, efficiency, and sustainability. The relationship between AI and energy is reciprocal: AI relies on reliable and clean electricity, while energy infrastructure increasingly depends on AI for improved forecasting, maintenance, and operational control. This evolving synergy is providing competitive advantages to industries and governments globally.
Friday 22 August 2025
AUO subsidiaries present smart manufacturing and carbon management tools

Two subsidiaries of AUO Corporation—AUO Digitech and AUO Envirotech—are set to showcase a suite of AI-powered sustainability technologies at Automation Taipei 2025. Under the theme of data empowering sustainability, the companies will present integrated solutions spanning AIoT, energy management, carbon monitoring, and smart manufacturing, aiming to offer end-to-end digital transformation and decarbonization for the industrial sector.

Friday 22 August 2025
Energy + Intelligence: Energy challenges and industry opportunities in the AI era
History shows that past productivity improvements have always been accompanied by high-density energy conversion and industrial efficiency enhancements: from hydropower, steam, electrification, automobiles and oil, to IT and the internet, and now AI.
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Giga Solar's subsidiary breaks ground on 60MW solar plant in the Philippines
Giga Solar Materials, a leading solar conductive paste manufacturer in Taiwan, announced on August 19 that its renewable energy arm, Whole Sun Green Power, has begun construction of the 60-megawatt (MW) Taysan solar power plant in Batangas Province, Philippines. The project is being developed in partnership with Wyn Power Corporation and Edward Marcs Philippines Inc.
Monday 18 August 2025
Foxconn chair urges policy support amid the rising trade barriers
The impact of reciprocal tariffs on Taiwanese industries continues to mount, with concerns spreading across key sectors. Young Liu, Chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (Foxconn) and head of the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA), said during a board meeting on August 18, 2025, that roughly 25% of the association's members are experiencing significant disruption.
Thursday 14 August 2025
Commentary: Trump's trillion-dollar shakedown and how tariff threats turned into investment windfalls
Following South Korea's shocking announcement to invest US$350 billion in the US, with 90% of the profits staying in the US, Nvidia and AMD reportedly have agreed to pay 15% of their chip sales revenue from China to the US government. This equally astonishing arrangement secures export licenses from the US government for Nvidia's H20 and AMD's MI308 chips shipping to China.
Thursday 14 August 2025
China's solar pricing limits trigger global market chaos
After six months of inactivity, China’s solar industry associations and national authorities reimposed price and production limits in mid-July 2025. This decision sent shockwaves through the global supply chain and caused a significant rebound in prices.
Wednesday 13 August 2025
STSP welcomes three new companies spanning aerospace, PSCs, and water treatment equipment
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) Bureau has recently approved investment applications from three companies: Yalixin, Mega Sunergy, and Nalco Water.
Thursday 7 August 2025
HDRE partners with TTE to tap into SEA's solar PV market
Smart energy brand HD Renewable Energy's (HDRE) business footprint covers Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines, with an overseas total target capacity reaching 6GW. As the group rapidly expanded its scale, HDRE announced an organizational upgrade on August 5, 2025.