Technology

Hydrogen Project

Hidroelectrica Eyes Hydrogen Project with Verbund

Romanian state-owned hydropower generator Hidroelectrica will seek approval from shareholders this month to sign an initial agreement with Austrian utility Verb…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

US Consortium to Develop Next-Generation Fuel Cell Technology

A US-based consortium is working to develop breakthrough materials to help strengthen manufacturing in the fuel cell sector and bring high-temperature proton ex…

Nuclear Technology

Rosatom Develops Fast Reactor Fuel, Launches Tender for Pyrochemical Processing Study

The Bochvar Institute has developed a fuel rod design based on nitride uranium-plutonium fuel for the BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor.

Electric Car

Volvo Says It will be ‘Fully Electric’ by 2030 and Move Car Sales Online

Henrik Green, Volvo Cars’ chief technology officer, says there’s “no long-term future for cars with an internal combustion engine.”

Siemens Acquires Indian Grid Technology Firm C&S Electric for $285m

Siemens has completed a previously announced acquisition of Indian grid technology manufacturer C&S Electric for $285m.

Geothermal Power Plant

Chevron Invests in Geothermal Development Company

Swedish investment and development firm Baseload Capital, has successfully closed a $25 million funding round with Chevron Technology Ventures as a new strategi…

Solar Technology

New Battery Tech Could Make Solar Energy Storage Even Cheaper

US-based engineers have joined forces to develop high-voltage reference batteries for behind-the-meter energy storage applications, based on a bipolar technolog…

Energy Storage System

New Portable Lithium Energy Storage Systems Catered to Utility-Scale Market

Energy storage companies Northern Reliability Inc, and KORE Power have announced the launch of their joint venture company, Nomad Transportable Power Systems to…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Is Toyota’s Fuel Cell Module a Hydrogen Breakthrough?

The largest automaker in the world says the technology will help achieve global carbon neutrality goals

Hydrogen Technology

Auckland Transport Sets the Groundwork for New Zealand’s First Hydrogen Bus

Auckland Transport is getting set to unveil the country’s first hydrogen fuel cell bus this month as it moves towards an emission-free fleet by 2040.

United States

US to Review Reliance on Critical Minerals Supply from Overseas

The order will also start yearlong reviews into the six sectors: energy, food production, information technology, defence, public health, and transport, to dete…

Digitalization

Ethiopia: Collaboration Launches a Digital Centre in Addis Ababa

GIZ, Orange, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, the Ethiopian Investment Commission and the Industrial Parks Development Corporation have launched the A…

Electric Car

Volvo Cars and Geely Auto to Deepen Collaboration; New Combined Powertrain Company

Volvo Cars and Geely Auto have agreed on a wide-ranging collaboration that will maximize the strengths of the Swedish and Chinese automotive groups

Energy Storage Battery

Total Selects AutoGrid to Optimise France’s Largest Battery Storage Project

Global energy company Total has selected technology firm AutoGrid to optimise its battery energy storage plant in France.

Electric Car

Fisker and Foxconn to Collaborate on EV Project; Start of Production of Project PEAR in Q4 2023

Fisker Inc. has entered into a MOU with Hon Hai Technology Group supporting a project to develop a breakthrough electric vehicle.