EV

Researchers Find Evidence of How Hydrogen Causes Embrittlement of Steels

University of Sydney researchers have found evidence of how hydrogen causes embrittlement of steels. When hydrogen moves into steel, it makes the metal become b…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Flash-charge Technology: Charging of The Battery Within Seconds

The technology helps avoid the need to pull the e-vehicle out of service for recharging every few hours.

World's First System Using Solar Energy to Split Water into Hydrogen

Technion researchers have developed the world’s first system using solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen at two separate sites.

Energy storage technology

U.S. Department of Energy Launches Energy Storage Grand Challenge

U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette announced the launch of the Energy Storage Grand Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commerc…

Energy Storage Project

Google Inks Huge Corporate Solar-Plus-Storage Deal in Nevada

NV Energy will provide 350 megawatts of solar and as much as 280 megawatts of battery storage for a new Google data center.

Nuclear Fuel

Scientists Exploring How Nuclear Waste from Berkeley will be Safely Stored

Work has begun on removing nuclear waste from Berkeley power station, 30 years after it was decommissioned. The disused Magnox generator, situated on the banks …

Nuclear Power Plant

Construction at India’s Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Takes Step Forward

Kudankulam is one of the largest nuclear power projects in India and is eventually scheduled to have six Russian VVER-1000 reactors

CCS

US Leads New Wave of Carbon Capture and Storage Deployment

As we ring in the new decade, it has become ever more apparent that the next ten years will be crucial to leaping on decarbonization efforts. Time is not on our…

EV Market

Tesla Becomes The Most Valuable U.S. Automaker Ever with An $84bn Valuation

Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla delivered more cars than investors expected in the last quarter of 2019, raising its market capitalisation to more than $84 …

Oil&Gas Drilling

Woodside Gets Green Light for $6 Billion Senegal Oil Project

Australian oil and gas producer Woodside has won approval from the Senegalese government to develop the nation's first oil project, clearing the way for final i…

McGowan Government Allocates $1.68m for Western Australian Hydrogen Studies

The McGowan Government today said it is allocating $1.68m to fund seven renewable hydrogen feasibility studies across Western Australia.

Coal Mine

India Environment Ministry Clears 10 Coal Mining Projects

These include Coal India’s projects for seven mines and two washeries with an annual capacities of 141 million tonnes and 15 million tonnes respectively.

Oil Price

Oil Prices Plunge after Trump Downplays Iran Attack

Oil prices plunged on Wednesday, reversing the spike in overnight trading after U.S. President Donald Trump downplayed Iran's missile attack against U.S. forces…

New Technology

Purdue Scientists Developed A Method of Hydrogen from Food Waste

The Purdue scientists developed a method to improve the production of hydrogen from food waste using yeast.

Danish Technological Institute Developing Air-to-Water Heat Pumps with R290

The objectives of the project is to create heat pumps with an energy efficiency 5-10% higher than that of current HFC heat pumps. This result would have the bes…