California

Energy Storage Battery

LS Power Energizes World’s Biggest Battery, Just in Time for California’s Heat Wave

Gateway Energy Storage heralds the arrival of a new era of mega-batteries on the U.S. grid.

Electric Vehicle Charging

FreeWire Installs First Battery-Integrated Ultrafast EV Charger at Ampm in California

Boost Charger is the first battery-integrated ultrafast electric vehicle (EV) charger deployed in the US.

Energy Storage Project

Tesla Begins Construction Of World’s Largest Energy Storage Facility

Tesla and PG&E recently broke ground on a record-setting energy storage system in Moss Landing California that, once complete, will be the largest such installa…

Crude Oil

California Oil Production Limits Stall in Legislature, Leaving the Issue to Newsom

In his first year in office, Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to protect Californians against hazards and pollutants from oil and gas production.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

RONN Motor to Launch Hydrogen SUV in 2022

RONN Motor Group’s new hydrogen fuel cell SUV, known as the Myst, is set for limited release in California and China markets in 2022.

Solar Power Plant

CFE in Mexico Will Build up to 350 MW in Solar PV at Cerro Prieto Geothermal Plant

The state-owned utility of Mexico, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) confirmed its plans for a large-scale solar PV plant to be built at the Cerro Prieto …

Energy Storage Battery

Scientists Discover New “Glassy” Lithium

Scientists from the University of California San Diego and the Idaho National Laboratory got a first-time-ever glimpse at the non-crystalline “glassy” lithium…

Energy Storage System

MHPS Will Supply Battery Energy Storage Systems to Help Balance the California Grid

Hecate Grid Awards 20 Megawatt Storage Contract for Southern California Project.

CCS

ExxonMobil Discovers New Material to Enhance Carbon Capture Technology

Scientists from ExxonMobil, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered a new material.

Solar Power Panel

Chevron is Installing Solar Panels — to Produce Oil more Cheaply

In California’s sun-drenched Kern Valley, Chevron Corp. has found a way to use one of the state’s clean-energy programs to cut the cost of pumping oil, to the…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

SoCalGas Begins Using Fuel Cells for Microgrid Power

Southern California Gas has started powering two of its facilities with solid oxide fuel cells made.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Bloom Energy Soars After Launch into Green Hydrogen Market

California-based Bloom will begin offering electrolyzers alongside hydrogen-powered fuel cells to tap the green hydrogen market.

Chevron Partners with Clean Energy On Adopt-A-Port Initiative to Supply Renewable Natural Gas for Port Trucks

Chevron is working with Clean-Energy Fuels, a California-based natural gas retailer, on the Truck-A-Port project.

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

California’s largest capacity hydrogen station opens for business

California’s first hydrogen station with four fuelling positions has opened in Fountain Valley.

Energy Technology

Waste-to-Hydrogen Project Set for California

A California company that produces renewable hydrogen has joined with a Louisiana construction group on a project to build a modular waste-to-hydrogen productio…