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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Slashes Full Self-Driving Monthly Subscription to $99

Tesla has decided to slash its Full Self-Driving monthly subscription price in half to now $99 a month.This comes after Elon Musk said Tesla would keep increasi…

Hydropower Plant

Death Toll Rises to Seven Following Bargi Hydropower Plant Incident, Enel Green Power Issues Statement

Seven workers have been confirmed dead following the explosion at Enel Green Power’s hydroelectric power plant in Bargi, near Bologna, Italy. Rescuers rec…

Germany

German Steel Manufacturers Sign PPA With EnBW for He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm

EnBW and SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 50 MW of generation capacity from the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore…

Electric Vehicles

China's Chery to Set up Shop in Europe

Chinese automaker Chery is planning to make cars in Spain, where the EV market is at just 12%, half that of Portugal and France. This would be Chery’s fir…

Electricity Transmission

Germany's Amprion Boosts Grid Investment Plan by 25%

Germany's Amprion (RWEG.DE), opens new tab on Thursday announced a 25% rise in its rolling five-year investment plan for its power transmission network with…

Hydropower Plant

Enel Workers to Strike After Deadly Italy Power Plant Accident

Rescuers searched on Wednesday for four people still missing after an underground accident at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy, with workers planni…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

French Hydrogen Taxi-Rental Firm Hysetco Raises €200 Million to Expand Refueling Network

HysetCo SAS, a startup that rents hydrogen-powered electric vehicles to hundreds of taxi drivers around Paris, raised nearly €200 million ($218 million) to…

Hydropower Plant

Sydney Set for Giant Pumped Hydro Project to Rival Snowy 2.0

A pumped-hydro scheme large enough to generate electricity for 500,000 homes for eight hours would be built on Sydney’s south-western fringe under a proposal b…

Pumped Storage

Capital Energy and Verbund Green Power to Develop Pumped Storage Hydro in Spain

(photo courtesy VERBUND)Capital Energy and VERBUND Green Power have signed a strategic alliance for the development of pumped storage hydroelectric plants in Sp…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Cybertruck to Get a 20% Charge Speed Increase

Tesla Cybertruck is soon going to get a 20% increase in its fast-charging speed through an over-the-air software update.When Tesla launches a new vehicle progra…

Biofuel

EIA: Biomass Power Capacity to Remain Steady in 2024, 2025

The U.S. Energy Information Administration currently expects renewables to account for 24% of U.S. electricity generation this year, increasing to 25% in 2025, …

Power Construction

US Power Use Forecast to Reach Record Highs in 2024 and 2025

Windmills are seen behind electricity pylons in Palm Springs, California, U.S., November 25, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Purchase Licensing RightsU.S. power co…

Hydropower Plant

At Least Three Killed in Blast at Italian Hydroelectric Plant

Firefighters work at the site after a blast at a hydroelectric power plant in Bargi, Italy, April 9, 2024. Vigili del Fuoco/Handout via REUTERS Purchase Licensi…

Electric Vehicles

US Court Upholds EPA Decision to Approve California Electric-Vehicle Rules

An electric vehicle waits at a stop light as it leaves downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/FILE PHOTO Purchase Licensing…

Oil and Gas Equipment

Mitsubishi Power Receives Order From HK Electric for Natural-Gas-Fired GTCC Power Generation Equipment

-- Core Components of Lamma Power Station Unit 13 --- Latest order follows earlier orders for Units 10, 11 and 12- Unit 13 operations scheduled to commence in e…