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Clean Energy Transition

G7 Commits to Big New Targets for Solar and Offshore Wind, Moves Toward Quicker Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

In their communique, the members pledged to collectively increase offshore wind capacity by 150 GW by 2030 and solar capacity to more than 1 TW.The Group of Sev…

Natural Gas

India’s Nse to Begin Crude, Gas Futures Trading in May

India's National Stock Exchange (NSE) is set to begin trading of rupee-denominated Nymex WTI crude oil and Henry Hub natural gas futures contracts in its co…

Electric Vehicles

BMW Unveils Its Fastest, Most Powerful Electric Vehicle Yet in the I7 M70 Sedan

BMW’s i7 electric sedan is getting a performance upgrade from the masterminds at BMW M. The up- to-660-horsepower BMW i7 M70 xDrive is setting new interna…

Netherlands

Is This On-Street Overhead EV Charging Arm Hot or Not?

Dutch company ChargeArm has developed an overhead charging arm that keeps your EV charging cable off the sidewalk – is it a good on-street home charging s…

Electric Vehicles

First Toyota Electric Sedan Powered by Byd Earns 5,000 Orders on First Sales Day

Toyota’s first electric sedan, the bZ3, powered by BYD technology, received a warm welcome on its first day on the market. The bZ3 secured 5,000 orders on…

Electric Vehicles

Norway to Subsidize Electric Construction Vehicles

The Norwegian business development agency Enova has launched two programmes to contribute to reduced emissions in the construction industry. The aim is to suppo…

Solid-State Batteries

Research Provides New Insight Into Quantum Effects in Lithium Sulfur Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries power our lives.Because they are lightweight, have high energy density and are rechargeable, the batteries power many products, from lapto…

Offshore Wind Power

G7 Ministers Vow to Accelerate Offshore Wind Deployment to Reach 150 GW by 2030

The G7 (Group of Seven) Ministers of Climate, Energy and the Environment have pledged to speed up the buildout of renewable energy projects, including offshore …

Wind Power Project

Iberdrola Builds the First Hybrid Wind and Solar Plant in Spain

Two photovoltaic plants of 41 and 33 MW are being installed to hybridise the existing 69 MW BaCa – Ballestas and Casetona – wind power complex in Bu…

Geothermal Power Project

Polish Government Supports Geothermal as Part of Heating Strategy

In an event in Torun, Poland, the Minister of Climate and Environment reiterated the state's support for geothermal energy and efforts to derisk projects.

Electric Vehicles

XPeng Presents Sepa 2.0 Modular EV Architecture That Will Debut in Its G6 SUV This Week

This morning, Chinese EV automaker XPeng Motors unveiled its next-generation EV architecture that will be the backbone to future models going forward. XPeng sta…

Hydrogen Production

Wärtsilä, Höegh LNG and Partners Receive Funding of €5.9M to Develop Ammonia as Hydrogen Carrier

Technology group Wärtsilä, along with Norway-based Höegh LNG and other partners, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), University of South-East Norway, Sust…

Coal Mine

Coal Phase-Out Not Happening Fast Enough to Avoid Rising Global Temperatures

A stockpile of coal maintained by the base power plant at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. (Reference image by The U.S. National Archives, Picryl.)A recent stu…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Giant Finnish Nuclear Power Plant Starts Production

This chart from the EIA shows sources of uranium for U.S. nuclear power plants, 1950-2021. In 2020, according to the chart, 39.60 million pounds of uranium oxid…

Nuclear Fuel

“On the Verge of a Crisis”: The U.S. Nuclear Fuel Gordian Knot

This chart from the EIA shows sources of uranium for U.S. nuclear power plants, 1950-2021. In 2020, according to the chart, 39.60 million pounds of uranium oxid…