Taiwan Cement Corp. (TCC) formally launched its Europe listing plan, Project Arcadia, on July 27 after holding a video meeting with its first group of international investment banks and advisers. The company said the move marked a major step in its effort to build a capital markets presence in Europe.

Inner Mongolia HyperStrong Technology is a major production subsidiary established by Beijing HyperStrong Technology in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. Its development offers a useful case study as competition intensifies among China's battery energy storage system integrators.

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA) on the 23rd released the 15th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development, setting out renewable energy targets for 2030 and, for the first time, requiring new data centers to be planned together with renewable power projects to raise the share of green electricity use.

As generative AI adoption accelerates, AI data centers are becoming one of the fastest-growing sources of electricity demand worldwide. Unlike conventional data centers, however, AI facilities exhibit highly variable power consumption driven by intensive GPU workloads, creating new challenges for grid operators while raising the bar for the reliability of on-site power systems.

South Korea has finalized plans to bring climate-related information under statutory disclosure requirements beginning in 2028, advancing the timetable and widening the scope compared with a draft released in February 2026.

South Korea's EcoPro BM said it aims to begin mass production of sulfide-based solid electrolytes, a core material for all-solid-state batteries, as early as 2027, laying out a roadmap to supply the full slate of materials the next-generation cells will require. The plan was disclosed at a corporate briefing in Yeouido, Seoul, on July 16 and formalized in a roadmap announcement on July 19.

Taiwan's electric vehicle market is moving more slowly than expected as long-stagnant subsidies leave buyers with a difficult choice between internal combustion engine, hybrid electric, and battery electric vehicle models. According to PG Union, the delay reflects both a softer economy and a broader shift in consumer decision-making as purchase options become more complex.

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and United Renewable Energy (URECO) announced that they will jointly invest in establishing a solar module manufacturing company in the US, with plans to build a solar module plant with an annual capacity of 1 gigawatt (GW) to meet the surging power demand from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.

Ainos said its AI Nose platform has collected more than 613 million industrial odor data points, with most of the readings coming from semiconductor manufacturing sites. The AI odor-sensing startup, backed by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), said the expanding rollout is accelerating real-world data collection and strengthening its Smell Language Model as it builds a long-term Smell Intelligence Network.

Taiwan's Ministry of Environment has proposed changes to its carbon fee regulations that would give first-time regulated high emitters more time to prepare compliance plans and allow some firms to use early project credits against carbon fees. The revisions come as the island's carbon pricing system begins taking effect and businesses adjust to new reporting, verification and payment requirements.

As AI computing drives surging electricity demand and heat generation, Taiwan's government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) brought together government officials and industry executives on July 21 for its "Semiconductor and AI Computing Sustainable Competitiveness Forum" to explore energy-saving solutions for AI infrastructure and semiconductor manufacturing.