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Electric Vehicles

Toyota Cuts Prices on 2025 bZ4x Electric SUV

Toyota is lowering its starting Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) on the MY 2025 bZ4x, with a reduction of up-to $6,000. The 2025 bZ4X also add…

Solar Technology

Canadian Scientists Build Micro III-V Solar Cells With Record-Breaking Open Circuit Voltage

The proposed cell is based on indium gallium phosphide (InGaP), indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) and germanium (Ge) and has an active area of 0.25 mm2. It can b…

Solar Cell

Indian Solar Cells Costs More Than Chinese Imports, Says Crisil

India’s domestically manufactured solar cells cost 1.5 to two times more than Chinese imports, even after customs duties, says CRISIL Market Intelligence …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Toyota to Receive $4.5M in ARPA-E Funding to Support Battery Chain Circularity

Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), inclusive of Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) R&D, has been selected to receive $4.5 million in …

Battery

American Battery Technology Company Awarded $144M Grant Contract From DOE for Construction of Second LI-Ion Battery Recycling Facility

American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT), an integrated critical battery materials company that is commercializing its technologies for both primary b…

Oil Price

Oil Prices Mixed; Traders Digest Differing Central Bank Signals

Oil prices traded in a mixed fashion Thursday, with the WTI contract pressured by the strong dollar in the wake of the hawkish note emanating from the Federal R…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Salunda Installing Drillfloor Alerts Service on Transocean Rig

Salunda has won a contract to install its HaloGuard zone monitoring system on the Transocean Endurance semisubmersible drilling rig in Australia.Salunda has won…

Offshore Substation

SLPE to Design Foundations for Two French Offshore Substations

SLPE has been awarded a contract to develop detailed foundation designs for HVDC offshore substations for the Centre Manche 1 and 2 offshore wind projects in Fr…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Seadrill’s Drillship Picks up 1,095-Day Drilling Job Offshore Brazil

Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has won a multimillion-dollar assignment off the coast of Brazil for one of its drillships, which wi…

Nuclear Reactor

Xudabao 4 Installs RPV

(Image credit: Rosatom)The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at unit 4 of China’s Xudabao NPP in Liaoning province under the supervision of Rosat…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Transocean Drillship Gets $111 Million to Stay Longer at Drilling Gig Offshore India

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured a multi-well contract extension for one of its drillships off the coast of India.Reliance …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Ignalina DGR Environmental Impact Study Deal Signed

Ignalina Lithuania – July 17 2021: The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, a decommissioned two-unit RBMK-1500 nuclear power station in Visaginas Municipality.I…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

KHNP, Candu Energy and Ansaldo Nucleare Sign Cernavoda 1 Refurb Deal

Romania's Nuclearelectrica has ceremonially signed the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the estimated EUR1.9 billion (USD1.97 billion) ref…

Nuclear Reactor

Joint Venture Planned for Commercialisation of Newcleo SMR

France-based innovative reactor developer Newcleo is to create a joint venture with Italy's NextChem to develop a new generation commercial-scale power plan…

Solar Cell

Qcells Hits 28.6% Efficiency With Scalable Perovskite-Silicon Solar Cell

South Korea-based solar module manufacturer Qcells has set a new efficiency world record for a commercially scalable perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell, produ…