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Electric Vehicles

BYD Produced Its 5 Millionth New Energy Vehicle

BYD has produced its 5 millionth new energy vehicle (NEV), a DENZA N7. BYD spent 13 years reaching the milestone of one million NEVs, another 18 months to reach…

Electricity Transmission

ACP Statement on Department of Energy Proposal to Establish Federal Permitting of Electric Transmission

Today, American Clean Power Association (ACP) Vice President of Markets & Transmission Carrie Zalewski released a statement on the U.S. Department of Energy&rsq…

Hydropower Plant

Consumers Energy Exploring Possible Sale of 13 Hydroelectric Dams Across Michigan

(Source: Consumers Energy.)JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — Consumers Energy wants to explore the possible sale of its 13 hydroelectric dams as the Michigan utility evalu…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Nikkei Analysis Finds Tesla Relies on China for 40% Of Battery Supply Chain

An analysis by Nikkei in Japan concludes that nearly 40% of the suppliers for materials used in Tesla’s electric vehicle batteries are Chinese companies. …

Hydropower Plant

Consumers Energy Exploring Potential Sale of Hydro Portfolio

Consumers Energy has announced its intention to delve into the possibility of selling its portfolio of 13 hydroelectric facilities in Michigan, US, marking a st…

Wind Farm

Statkraft and Astrazeneca Sign Agreement on Wind Power Delivery

Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy producer, and the biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have entered into an agreement on wind power deliveri…

Hydropower Plant

Filling of the Alto Tâmega Reservoir to Begin

The construction of the Alto Tâmega Hydroelectric Power Plant continues to progress at a good pace. The civil works are practically finished and the elect…

Electric Vehicles

Motiv Introduces Argo, a New Kind of Medium-Duty Electric Truck

Motiv Power Systems, a 14-year veteran of the electric truck industry, has just announced Argo, a new medium-duty Class 4-6 truck designed from the ground up to…

Electric Vehicles

Volkswagen Edges Past Tesla in Tight German EV Race Through July With an Unsung Hero

Germany’s top automaker just took the top EV position after squeaking by Tesla in electric car registrations through July. Volkswagen leads the German EV …

Electric Vehicles

Will Tesla Cybertruck Have a Solar Roof?

A solar roof is a feature that Tesla said would be available on the Cybertruck, but with the electric pickup truck being closer to production, it’s not cl…

Electric Vehicles

Brightdrop Electric Vans Headed to Mexico

BrightDrop is adding Mexico as the next country to receive its electric vans. BrightDrop Zevos will be available for customers to order in Mexico starting later…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Ukraine Nuclear Plants Fully Operational for Winter: Operator

Ukrainian nuclear power plants located in territory held by Kyiv will be fully operational by winter to provide electricity for the country, Ukraine's atomi…

Hydropower Plant

Climate Change Is Making Hydropower Less Reliable

As drought settled in over the Pacific Northwest this year, some electric utility managers did something unusual: They looked to California for hydropower.While…

Offshore Wind Power

Deutsche Bahn Buys Electricity From TWB

Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG (TWB) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Deutsche Bahn for electricity generated at the Trianel Windpar…

Wind Farm

Developers Added 3,2 GW of u.s. Wind Energy Capacity in First-Half 2023

In the first half of 2023, developers added 16.8 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric generating capacity to the U.S. power grid, according to our lates…