EV

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tiny Ultrasound Sensors Could Monitor EV Batteries

Continuous ultrasound scans can help electric vehicles keep track of battery charge, health, and safety.

Nuclear Fusion

Tokamak Energy Achieves Triple Product With ST40 Spherical Tokamak

UK-based private fusion energy developer Tokamak Energy has announced that its ST40 spherical tokamak has achieved a triple product result of 6×1018 keV.s.m-3.…

Wind Farm

Ørsted to Sell 50% Stake in US Renewables Portfolio

Global wind project developer Ørsted has announced that it is selling a 50% ownership stake in a US portfolio to the investment group Energy Capital Partners. …

Energy Storage Battery

AGL, ARENA to Study Thermal Battery Development in Australia

AGL energy and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have partnered to conduct a feasibility study on the viability of thermal energy storage to power …

Egypt

Egypt COP27 Climate Summit Activists Concerned Voices Will Be Curtailed

The decision to hold next month's COP27 climate summit in a highly secured tourist resort in Egypt, along with restrictions on access, is curbing civil society'…

Paris Climate Agreement

‘Oil and Gas Investments Could Finance Renewables Needed for 1.5°C’

The Paris Agreement could be achieved if money intended for new oil and gas fields was redirected into wind and solar, a study claims.

Electric Car

GM Looks To Take On Tesla In New EV Energy Venture

GM Executive Travis Hester: “We’re getting into the entire ecosystem of energy management.”

Electric Car

Smart Thermostats and EVs Connected in US Demand Response Partnership

A new partnership in the US has concocted a DERMS-powered programme to coordinate demand response via smart thermostats and electric vehicles (EVs).

Natural Gas

Germany Evaluating if Consumer Gas Price Brake Can Be Brought Forward

German finance minister Christian Lindner said on Sunday it was not yet clear whether a gas price brake for consumers and small businesses planned from March co…

Oil Price

Goldman: U.S. SPR Crude Releases to Have Modest Price Influence

The Biden administration's plan to continue releasing the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) "as appropriate" to bring down retail rates poses limited downside …

Electric Car

Vehicle Manufacturers to Double Spending on EVs, Batteries to $1.2 Trillion by 2030

Car makers have forecast plans to build 54 million battery electric vehicles in 2030, representing more than 50% of total vehicle production.

Wind Farm

Ørsted Partners with ECP in the Company’s First-Ever Farm-down of Onshore Assets

Ørsted closed a transaction with Energy Capital Partners (ECP), a leading energy transition-focused investor, to divest a 50 % ownership stake in a portfolio c…

Offshore Wind Power

Vena Energy to Develop 2,000MW Offshore Wind Project in Australia

The project will be located off the Victorian Coast in the Gippsland Basin.

Nuclear Reactor

Key Milestone Achieved in Development of Molten Chloride Fast Reactors

Georgia-based utility Southern Company and nuclear reactor design firm TerraPower have installed a test facility at TerraPower’s laboratory in Everett, Washing…

Net Zero Emission

Zero-Emission Transport a Step Closer Thanks to New UCL-HORIBA Partnership at UCL East

A new HORIBA Chair will work with industry and academia to champion and develop new propulsion technologies, creating the next generation of battery and fuel ce…