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Energy Storage Battery

New Sodium, Aluminum Battery Aims to Integrate Renewables for Grid Resiliency

A new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the nation's electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to …

Electric Vehicle Battery

US Coast Guard Recommends Shippers Avoid Loading EVs With Saltwater-Damaged Li-Ion Batteries Onto Vessels

The US Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Alert (01-23) recommending that shippers avoid loading EVs with Li-ion batteries that have been damaged by saltwat…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Cenntro Begins Production of LFP Battery Packs in Us and Germany

Cenntro Electric Group has begun to assemble and produce battery packs using lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells and Cenntro’s proprietary battery manag…

Thermal Plant

Coal and Gas-Fired Power Plants Make Up Nearly All Planned 2023 Retirements

Data source: EIA, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, December 2022Operators plan to retire 15.6 GW of electric-generating capacity in the United …

Hydropower Plant

Statkraft Reports Dams in Turkey Safe After Earthquake, Donates to Relief Work

In the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, Statkraft reported its two hydropower plants in the cou…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Rolls-Royce Awarded £82.8M for 3 Projects Advancing Liquid Hydrogen Jet Engines

As part of a £113-million (US$136-million) investment from the UK, three projects led by Rolls-Royce will receive £82.8 million (US$100 million) to …

Hydropower Plant

Gilkes Energy Proposes to Develop 900 MW Earba Storage Project

Gilkes Energy has begun work on its first pumped storage hydro project, the 900 MW Earba Storage Project in the UK.The proposal is to use Loch a’ Bhealaic…

Carbon Emissions

Study Documents a Halt to Deforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest After Indigenous Communities Gain Title to Their Territories

Land rights granted by the government make a difference, allowing forests to slowly begin healing, researchers find.

Carbon Emissions

Heavy Electric Vehicles Jeopardize Climate Action and Public Safety, Experts Warn

President Joe Biden waves as before test driving an electric Hummer as he tours the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Mich…

Net Zero Emission

Twice as Much Land in Developing Nations Will Be Swamped by Rising Seas Than Previously Projected, New Research Shows

More Accurate Mapping of Terrain in Coastal Regions Will Allow Countries to Better Assess Flood Risk.

Energy Technology

Argonne National Lab Supports Advanced Nuclear Concepts

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is supporting three companies developing a range of new advanced reactor and…

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA Reports Enhanced Safety at Czech Research Reactor

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactor (INSARR) team says the Czech Republic has enhanced safety at its m…

Floating Offshore Wind

France’s Only Floating Wind Turbine Hits Near 60 per Cent Continuous Capacity Factor

The 2 MW Floatgen demonstrator floating wind turbine has shown a capacity factor of nearly 60 per cent over the last three months and a production of 25 GWh sin…

Oil & Gas Trade

What Would War-End Mean for Global Oil and Gas?

The end of the war in Ukraine would reduce pressure on Western governments to continue expanding sanctions on Russia’s oil and gas sector.That’s acc…

Offshore Wind Power

Deutsche Windtechnik Has Won a New Tender for the Installation of an Aircraft Detection Light System (Adls) On an Offshore Wind Farm in Germany. After Equipping the Nordergründe Offshore Wind Farm Wit

The contract for Butendiek was signed at the end of last year, says Deutsche Windtechnik, which already started preparing for the work.The ADLS installation wil…