Energy

A Global Power & Energy Elite Project: Canada’s First P3 Hydropower Project

The first public-private partnership (P3) project in the hydropower sector in Canada houses a brand new underground powerhouse built to minimize the environment…

Wind Turbine

Crazy Wind Turbine That Transmits Energy Using A Superconductor

A team of scientists from around Europe has tested a wind turbine that transmits energy using a superconductor. The team, named the EcoSwing Consortium, publish…

Power Construction

Prysmian Concludes DolWin3 Grid Connection Project in Germany

Cable systems provider for energy and telecom sectors Prysmian Group has completed the commissioning of the high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore grid con…

Asia Pacific Leads Global Electricity Procurement Market in Q3

The Asia Pacific dominated the market for electricity procurement tenders after it took up 35.4% of the total mix with 17 tenders in July-September 2019, accord…

Storing Energy in Hydrogen 20 Times More Effective Using Platinum-Nickel Catalyst

Catalysts accelerate chemical reactions, but the widely used metal platinum is scarce and expensive.

Microgrid

Sunverge Distributed Energy Resource Control and Aggregation Platform

Sunverge distributed energy resource control and aggregation platform supports LG’s home energy storage solution.

Energy storage technology

NREL Awarded $2.8 Million to Develop a Long-Duration Thermal Energy Storage Technology

ARPA-E has challenged researchers to innovate a storage technology that can be deployed in almost any location and charge and discharge electricity, at a low fi…

EV Market

Volkswagen Breaks Ground on $800M Expansion for MEB-based EV Production in US

This is a big, big moment for this company. Expanding local production sets the foundation for our sustainable growth in the US. Electric vehicles are the futur…

Energy storage technology

In Search for Cheaper, Longer Energy Storage, Mountain Gravity could Eventually Top Lithium-Ion

Mountain gravity energy storage could be a viable way to store electricity for longer durations and at larger scales than lithium-ion battery storage can, accor…

Market Analysis

Solar to Cover a Quarter of Global Power by 2050

Global solar power capacity will grow by 9% every year between 2018 and 2050, according to a new study released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IR…

Energy Storage Battery

All The Energy Storage The Grid Needs Will Soon Be Under Our Noses

If energy and transportation planners stop seeing their sectors as separate markets for batteries—a World Resources Institute researcher argued last week—ther…

China New Research: Bacterial Synergy Boosts Bio-Battery Performance

Using two bacteria species instead of one, a team of scientists in China have found a way to create a living energy production system that efficiently converts …

Electric Vehicle Battery

FlixBus to Develop Long-Distance Fuel Cell Buses for Europe

FlixMobility, Europe’s largest long-distance bus provider, is partnering with technology specialist Freudenberg to introduce hydrogen fuel cell technologies to…

Convert Sewage Sludge And Restaurant Grease into Methane

North Carolina State University researchers have developed what is, to date, the most efficient means of converting sewage sludge and restaurant grease into met…

Energy storage technology

Using Mountains for Long-Term Energy Storage

The storage of energy for long periods of time is subject to special challenges. A researcher proposes using a combination of Mountain Gravity Energy Storage (M…