You may know TCL for consumer electronics products such as its Palm and Blackberry smartphones, China Star LCD displays, TCL televisions, and also TCL home appliances. However, in TCL’s home country China, the technology conglomerate group also has a renewable energy subsidiary providing sustainable electricity power generation in the region.

Earlier this week, TCL-owned renewable energy subsidiary company, the “TianJin ZhongHuan Semiconductor Company Ltd.”, abbreviated as “TJSEMI”, has gone through a rebranding exercise by its parent company, TCL. And as of today onwards, the company has been renamed the “TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy Technology Co. Ltd”, abbreviated as “TZE”, which stands for TCL Zhonghuan Energy.

In the media announcement statement, TCL clarifies that the decision to rebrand the company to TZE was in line to further improve clarity, and accurately portray the subsidiary company’s operations and functions to the general public. The rebranding decision was made upon approval in the 24th Internal Meeting with the 6th Committee Board of Directors in the company and with approval from the 2021 TCL Investors Annual General Meeting as well.

The announcement also states that the securities identification code for the TZE subsidiary still remains the same as TJSEMI, which is “002129”. 

As TCL is looking to expand more of its business operations beyond China, the company is currently assessing and undergoing a rebranding and restructuring exercise not only in the parent company but in subsidiaries as well. And the decision to rename several of its subsidiaries to include TCL was to strengthen the brand’s presence in the market as a leader.

However, we cannot deny that TCL’s new subsidiary brand “TZE” does not ring confusion for readers as it sounds very similar to ZTE, which makes telecommunication products like WiFi routers, WiFi cards, 5G modems and even innovative smartphones as well, like the world’s most advanced under-display camera on a smartphone – the ZTE Axon 40 Ultra.

The ZTE Axon 40 Ultra features a 6.81-inch 120Hz bezel-less curved OLED display on the front that is clean of any obstructions like the punch hole or the notch, as it features an industry-leading under-display camera to provide you with an uninterrupted multimedia experience. The device also comes with Dolby Atmos stereo speakers, a large 5,000 mAh battery, up to 16GB of fast LPDDR5 RAM, and up to 1 TB of UFS 3.1 storage.

To experience the truly uninterrupted OLED experience, you can grab yourself a ZTE Axon 40 Ultra from GizTop for as low as US$ 849 today.

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Facebook has just signed a new deal in India. This deal will have the company buy renewable energy from local firm’s wind project, marking the social media giant’s first such deal in the South Asian region.

According to a Reuters report, the company is striking a deal with CleanMax. This deal is related to the latter’s 32 megawatt wind power project, which is located in Karnataka, India. This location is also a part of a larger portfolio of wind and solar projects from the social media giant and the Mumbai based CleanMax. Both firms are working together on supplying renewable power power into India’s electrical grid, as per a joint statement from the companies.

CleanMax will own and operate the projects, meanwhile, Facebook will buy the power off the grid off the grid using using environmental attribute certificates, or carbon credits. Urvi Parekh, Facebook’s head of renewable energy, stated that the company doesn’t own power plants, but has signed long term electricity purchasing agreements with renewable power based firms. She added that the deal would “enables the project to seek out the financing that it would need.”

Similarly, Facebook has also announced a similar partnership deals with energy providers like Sunseap Group, Terrenus Energy and Sembcorp Industries in Singapore for projects that can produce 160 MW of solar power. Notably, Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s CEO, had also announced that Facebook’s global operations are now wholly supported by renewable energy and that it has reached net zero emissions.

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Remember GravityLight, the weight-powered dynamo lamp from a few years ago? The company behind it, Deciwatt, has a new lamp called nowlight. The new lamp brings newer features and improves on the design of the GravityLight.

Unlike GravityLight which is powered by an electric generator which is in turn powered by a bag filled with rocks or sand, nowlight comes with a pull cord that charges the lamp’s built-in battery.

According to Deciwatt, pulling the cord for a minute provides 1 hour of light. Compare that to the GravityLight lamp that only provides illumination for 25 minutes before you have to reset the weight. If you don’t want to use the pull cord, nowlight also charges via a 3W solar panel or even a DC outlet. The time it takes to charge the 3200mAh built-in battery for each method is listed below:

1. Manual charging (pull cord) – 24 minutes
2. Mains (DC Outlet) – approx. 4 hours
3. Solar panel – approx. 5 hours

The nowlight lamp has five brightness levels (10, 20, 40, 80, and 160 lumesn). It also has a display that shows the hours of light remaining depending on the brightness level you choose. Apart from illumination, the lamp can also charge your USB-powered device as it has a 5V/1.5A USB output port.

If you want to illuminate more rooms with nowlight, there is a smaller lamp called SatLight that can be connected to the main lamp.

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The lamp is listed on Indiegogo and has met its crowdfunding goal but you can still go on and purchase one. For $90, you can get the lamp with a solar panel and a SatLight. $8 more will get you an additional SatLight. If you don’t need the solar panel or SatLight, the price is $74.

For $140, you can buy one lamp and give one to a refugee family. There are also packages in case you only want to donate to refugee families. Deciwatt says it is partnering with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to distribute to refugee families.

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For areas where there is no electricity, Deciwatt plans to create a pay-as-you-go plan that will allow people to purchase and pay over a period of time.

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