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Electric Vehicle Battery

Glencore to Build Pilot Battery Recycling Plant Outside of Italy

Glencore’s facility in Portovesme. (Image by Portovesme.)Glencore has decided to build a pilot project for an electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling plan…

LNG

LNG-Fuelled Panamax Coal Carrier Commences Operation

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kyuden) have announced that a Panamax coal carrier, which uses low environmental impact LNG…

Solar Power Plant

Lodestone Energy Starts Generating Power at New Zealand's First Utility-Scale Solar Farm

Lodestone’s Kaitaia solar farm is now operationalA major renewable energy milestone was reached yesterday, when Lodestone Energy, New Zealand’s lead…

Coal Trade

Coal Import for Power Plants Grew 65% In October

Rising consumption of electricity has stretched coal supplies at power plants | Photo Credit: RAJESH NThermal power plants (TPPs) imported 65 per cent more coal…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Volkswagen Is Getting Closer to Cell-To-Pack (c2p) EV Batteries

Volkswagen Group China has begun producing battery systems at a new factory in Hefei, China for its MEB platform EVs in the country. The initial capacity of the…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Fast Charge With Frites: McDonald's in France Gets 150-200KW EV Chargers

McDonald’s, or McDo as the French say, is installing 2,000 new fast charging points across 700 car parks in France by 2025. Each McDonald’s charging…

Electric Vehicles

Pony.ai Nabs Another License to Test L4 Autonomous Trucks on China's Open Roads

After years of expanding autonomous robotaxi rides throughout China, self-driving specialist Pony.ai continues to scale its technology in another segment &ndash…

Power Construction

Report: Upgrading Global Grids Could Cut Clean Energy Transition Costs by $3TR by 2040

Image: Credit: iStockResearch estimates investing in grid upgrades to prepare for influx of renewable energy capacity would in many cases be cheaper than failin…

Energy Storage Project

Stellantis and CATL Sign Strategic MoU for the Local Supply of LFP Batteries for European Market; Possible JV

Stellantis N.V. and CATL signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the local supply of LFP battery cells and modules to power Stellantis’…

Hydropower Plant

Capacity of Hydropower Plants in Central Asia Set for 8900MW Increase by 2035, Suggests Edb's Nikolai Podguzov

Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) Management Board, has suggested that the capacity of hydroelectric power plants in Central Asi…

Power Construction

Italy's Enel Sets Targets for Next Three Years

A logo of Italian multinational energy company Enel is seen at the Milan's headquarter, Italy, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo/File Photo Acquire…

Microgrid

Britain to Speed up Grid Connection for New Power Projects

Electricity pylons and a cooling tower from Eggborough power station are seen above a farmers' field in Kellingley, Britain August 1, 2018. Picture taken Au…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Sri Lankan Government Has Plans for Nuclear, Minister Says

Sri Lanka's government intends to include nuclear energy in its long-term plans, the country's Minister of Power and Energy said as the country's ca…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Romania's Electrica Confirms Plans for 500 MW Gas-Fired Power Plant

Romania’s electricity supply and distribution group Electrica (BVB: EL), with the state as the main shareholder, confirmed plans to build a state-of-the-a…

Nuclear Reactor

Finland Extends Nuclear Reactor Outage, Sees Power Prices Soar

Finnish power company TVO said on Monday it had extended an outage at Olkiluoto 3, Europe's largest nuclear power generator, while it undertakes repairs, re…