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Electric Car

The Mobility rEVolution: New Lithium-Ion Battery Material for Faster Charging Times

In other news, Volkswagen’s electric vehicles are sold out in Europe and the US. for 2022, Porsche invests in silicon anode specialist, and Tesla is reportedly…

Solar Inverter

Chinese PV Industry Brief: Huawei Shipped 51 GW of PV Inverters in 2021

In other news, Longi reported increased revenue and a slight drop in profits for the full fiscal year 2021, and heterojunction (HJT) photovoltaics manufacturer …

Energy Transition

UN-Energy Plan of Action to Support Energy Transition Launched

The plan committed to supporting providing electricity access to 500 million people.

Marsh Plants in Wetlands Facilitate Carbon Capture

Human activities are progressively depleting freshwater and saltwater wetlands that cover just 1% of the surface of the Earth but store over 20% of all the clim…

Natural Gas

Why are U.S. Natural Gas Prices Soaring?

U.S. natural gas prices are surging, with the benchmark futures contract rising to a 13-year high of $8.74 per million British thermal units, at a time when tha…

Nuclear Reactor

Vattenfall Secures Long-Term Nuclear Fuel Supply

Vattenfall has signed agreements with Westinghouse and Framatome for the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to the nuclear reactors at Forsmark and Ringhals in Sw…

Nuclear Power Plant

Reactor Vessel Installed at Kudankulam NPP Unit 3

The reactor vessel has been installed in design position at Kudankulam NPP Unit 3 (Republic of India, general designer and general contractor is Rosatom State C…

Nuclear Reactor

EDF Hopes to Seal EPR Nuclear Reactor Deal in India in Coming Months

French power group EDF hopes to seal a deal to equip six next-generation EPR nuclear reactors in India "in the coming months", a group spokesperson said on Thur…

Solar Cell

Self-Healing Perovskites Can Withstand Fierce Cosmic Radiation

The development of a set of testing protocols for perovskite solar cells intended for use outside Earth’s atmosphere could lead to the devices being installed …

Solar Cell

Chinese and Turkish Contractors Build Largest PV Park in RO for Israeli Econergy

Turkish INTEC Energy Solutions and the Chinese CHINT Solar announced that they would work together to develop a 154 MWp photovoltaic plant.

Electric Vehicle Battery

The Salton Sea Could Produce the World’s Greenest Lithium, if New Extraction Technologies Work

About 40 miles north of the California-Mexico border lies the shrinking, landlocked lake known as the Salton Sea. The California Energy Commission estimates tha…

SMR

Small Modular Reactors Provide Opportunity to Rethink Automation for Nuclear Generation

An emerging generation of small modular reactors is encouraging suppliers and regulators alike to consider new digital instrumentation and control approaches.

Nuclear Reactor

UK Leans Heavily on Nuclear in Bold New Energy Strategy

A long-awaited energy strategy published by the UK government on April 6 lays out bold commitments that tackle Great Britain’s multi-pronged challenges, includ…

Coal Price

China State Planner Sets out Irregular Price-Pushing Behaviours for Coal

China's state planner warned domestic thermal coal producers and traders on Saturday not to hoard stock or engage in a list of other practices that it said amou…

Electric Car

Batteries Included, Thanks to Tesla

In a recent Ted talk that took place at the Tesla Gigafactory Texas, Elon stated that the world would need 300 TWh of battery capacity to be fully sustainable.