Electric

Carbon Emissions

Biden Power Plant Plan Gives Industry Time, Options for Cutting Climate Pollution

The long-awaited proposed rules, which rely heavily on carbon capture and hydrogen, are only part of the policy needed to get the U.S. to 100 percent clean elec…

Rooftop Solar

Rooftop Solar Could Power One-Third of U.S. Manufacturing Sector

The technology currently supplies less than 0.1% of industrial electricity.Mounted on the rooftops of industrial buildings, solar panels could meet the entire e…

Nuclear Fusion

Microsoft Agrees to Buy Power From a Sam Altman-Backed Nuclear Fusion Startup That’s Yet to Produce Any Electricity

David Paul Morris—Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMicrosoft is making a bold bet that it can get power from nuclear fusion in half a decade’s time.More from Fo…

Offshore Wind Power

Dutch Government Expands Offshore Wind and Hydrogen Production Plans

The Netherlands is looking to the future and is set to expand its offshore wind energy sector with the development of energy hubs in the North Sea.These hubs wi…

Hydropower Plant

Iberdrola Partners With Volue to Digitalise Hydropower Production Planning

Image: 123rfSpain’s Iberdrola signed a framework agreement with Volue for the short-term production planning and optimisation of its power plant portfolio…

Solar Panel

Rooftop Solar Panels Could Power One Third of Us Manufacturing Sector, Claims Study

Mounted on the rooftops of industrial buildings, solar panels could meet the entire electricity demand of up to 35% of U.S. manufacturers. A new study, publishe…

Floating Solar

Researchers Pilot Carbon Capture Using Sunlight and Mirrors

Image credit: SvalinResearchers at the independent research organisation SINTEF are constructing a pilot floating solar power plant that will produce electricit…

Offshore Wind Power

500 MW for Statkraft and Cip in First Irish Offshore Wind Auction

Statkraft and its partner Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have been selected in Ireland’s first auction for offshore wind under the Renewable Ele…

Offshore Wind Power

Ireland Awards 3.1 GW Offshore Wind Capacity in First Oress 1 Auction

Ireland has selected four projects with a combined capacity of nearly 3,100 MW in the first offshore wind auction under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme…

Geothermal Heating Project

Kyushu and Renova to Explore for Geothermal in Unzen, Japan

Kyushu Electric and RENOVA have received permission from the city council for a geothermal exploration survey in Unzen City in Nagasaki, Japan.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Panasonic Delays Tesla 4680 Battery Cell Production

Panasonic announced that it is delaying volume production of the Tesla 4680 battery cell in order to introduce performance improvement measures.Back in 2020, Te…

Electric Vehicles

Mercedes-Benz Vans Launching Ecitan Electric Small Van

Mercedes-Benz Vans is launching its electric small van for inner-city delivery and service operations—the eCitan—as a Panel Van with a choice of two lengths: …

Battery Recycling

Glencore and Li-Cycle to Study Developing Recycling Hub to Be Largest Source of Recycled Battery-Grade Lithium, Nickel and Cobalt in Europe

Glencore International AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore plc, a leading producer, recycler, and marketer of nickel and cobalt for the production of elec…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Hylane Adds Iveco as Fcev Supplier With €25 MN Funding Boost

Hylane, a hydrogen truck leasing company, has secured €25 million in funding from the German government to expand its fuel cell electric vehicles fleet and…

Nuclear Fusion

Microsoft Has Deal to Buy Fusion Power from Helion

Software giant Microsoft on May 10 announced it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy to buy electricity from He…