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Hydropower Plant

Building Lay Dam, Alabama’s First Hydroelectric Powerhouse

(photo courtesy Alabama Power)The Lay Dam hydroelectric project was the first dam and hydropower plant built in the U.S. state of Alabama and helped fuel its de…

Biofuel

Cepsa Teams up With Apical to Build €1 Billion Biofuel Plant

Apical has established a joint venture with Cepsa to produce second generation (2G) biofuels by constructing the largest plant in southern Europe.This will be d…

Biofuel

Cepsa Teams up With Apical to Build €1 Billion Biofuel Plant

Apical has established a joint venture with Cepsa to produce second generation (2G) biofuels by constructing the largest plant in southern Europe.This will be d…

Carbon Emissions

Companies’ Zero-Deforestation Commitments Have Potential to Halve Cattle-Driven Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon

Cattle-rearing is the biggest cause of tropical deforestation in the Amazon—and the world.A study has found that some of the world's largest slaughterhouse…

Biofuel

Neste Welcomes Italian Government’s Ambition to Increase Use of Unblended Biofuels

Renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer Neste Corp. said April 19 it welcomes the Italian government’s decision to introduce a manda…

Renewable Diesel

Neste, Q8 Make Renewable Diesel Available in the Danish Market

Thanks to a strategic cooperation between Q8 and Neste, the heavy transport sector operators can buy Neste MY Renewable Diesel, at nine Q8 stations in Denmark f…

Biofuel

Peninsula’s New Vessel to Supply Biofuels at Hub Ports in Strait of Gibraltar

Maritime fuel supplier Peninsula has welcomed into the fleet Hercules Sky, a modern oil chemical tanker.image credit: Peninsula ShippingWith a tank capacity of …

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Cuts U.S. Prices Again Ahead of 1Q Earnings Release

Tesla dropped the starting prices for its two top-selling models overnight, the company's fourth price cut in the U.S. this year.The company lopped $3,000, …

Electric Vehicles

Volkswagen Group Investing ~€1B in Vehicles and Components, Purchasing Center in Hefei; Shortening Development Time by 30%

The Volkswagen Group is investing around €1 billion in a new development, innovation, and procurement center for fully connected intelligent electric vehic…

Solar Materials

Daqo Rolls Out Polysilicon From Pi Project Base in Inner Mongolia of China

Daqo New Energy announced on 17 April 2023 that the first phase of its high efficiency polysilicon project is operational and has successfully rolled out the fi…

Solar Materials

Ascent Solar Technologies Acquires 15-Mw Thin-Film Mfg. Assets

The U.S.-based thin-film solar cell manufacturer, Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI), announced the completion of a transaction to acquire the 15-MW thin-film cel…

Carbon Emissions

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Live In Communities With Harmful Air Quality, Study Shows

The view of downtown Los Angeles skyline is obscured by wildfire smoke, ash and smog as seen from the Griffith Observatory Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 in Los Angeles…

Rooftop Solar

Lowe’s Installing Solar at 174 Stores and Distribution Centers

Rooftop solar panels installed at the Lowe's in Lumberton, NJ. (Courtesy: Lowe's)Lowe's has announced plans to install solar panel systems at 174 of…

Spent Fuel (Used Fuel)

Second Tranche of Funding for Atucha Investment Raised

The fresh fundraising round for the operating extension of Atucha I and construction of a second dry storage facility for used fuel at the nuclear power plant s…

Solid-State Batteries

US DOE Offers Funding for Flow Battery Scale-up While Providers Make Inroads in California Market

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has opened a funding opportunity for work to address gaps or weaknesses in manufacturing of solid-state and flow battery techn…