EV

EPFL-Developed Geothermal Panels Reach International Finals

EPFL researchers have developed a geothermal system for recovering the heat captured in basements, subway tunnels and underground parking garages.

Ormat Targets Addition of Around 100 MW in Geothermal Capacity by End of 2021

11 Nov 2019With 6 geothermal projects, Ormat Technologies is planning to add around 100 MW in geothermal power generation capacity in Nevada, California and Gua…

Bangladeshi Government Will Renegotiate Solar Tariffs for Projects Which Miss Deadlines

Officials in Dhaka frustrated by the lack of progress on several PV projects have decided to punish tardy developers by setting new power prices which reflect t…

Hydrogen Fuel Technology Could Help Combat Dangerous India Air Pollution Levels

The Indian government wants to use hydrogen to help alleviate the crisis.

Study Proposes Agenda for US Decarbonisation

Achieving net-zero emissions in the USA by 2050 will require action across society, a new report from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) has con…

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Developing Hydrogen Production Technology

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has been working on the development of hydrogen and energy storage technologies for some time.

Nuclear Power Plant

One Nuclear Power Project Delayed; Three Leap Forward

The long-overdue Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant (NPP) in Finland has been delayed again, but nuclear projects in Russia, Canada, and Iran achieved important mi…

A Global Power & Energy Elite Project: Canada’s First P3 Hydropower Project

The first public-private partnership (P3) project in the hydropower sector in Canada houses a brand new underground powerhouse built to minimize the environment…

Energy storage technology

NREL Awarded $2.8 Million to Develop a Long-Duration Thermal Energy Storage Technology

ARPA-E has challenged researchers to innovate a storage technology that can be deployed in almost any location and charge and discharge electricity, at a low fi…

EV Market

Volkswagen Breaks Ground on $800M Expansion for MEB-based EV Production in US

This is a big, big moment for this company. Expanding local production sets the foundation for our sustainable growth in the US. Electric vehicles are the futur…

Energy storage technology

In Search for Cheaper, Longer Energy Storage, Mountain Gravity could Eventually Top Lithium-Ion

Mountain gravity energy storage could be a viable way to store electricity for longer durations and at larger scales than lithium-ion battery storage can, accor…

Market Analysis

Solar to Cover a Quarter of Global Power by 2050

Global solar power capacity will grow by 9% every year between 2018 and 2050, according to a new study released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IR…

Crude

China Oct Refinery Output Rises 9.2% from Year Ago to Second-Highest Ever

China’s crude oil throughput in October rose 9.2% from a year earlier to the second-highest on record, as refineries in the world’s second-biggest oil consume…

Electric Vehicle Battery

FlixBus to Develop Long-Distance Fuel Cell Buses for Europe

FlixMobility, Europe’s largest long-distance bus provider, is partnering with technology specialist Freudenberg to introduce hydrogen fuel cell technologies to…

Convert Sewage Sludge And Restaurant Grease into Methane

North Carolina State University researchers have developed what is, to date, the most efficient means of converting sewage sludge and restaurant grease into met…