Energy

Electric Vehicles

Performance a la Carte: Mercedes-Benz Offers Paywalled Speed Upgrade to Its EV Lineup

North American drivers of Mercedes-Benz’s line of EQE and EQS sedans and SUVs now have access to a pay-to-play performance upgrade called Acceleration Inc…

LNG

Eni Launches $5BN LNG Project in Congo

Italian energy group Eni and Congo Republic's government launched a $5 billion gas liquefaction project expected to reach a production capacity of 3 million…

Power Cable

Taqa, Octopus Energy Invest in Uk-Morocco Power Cable Project

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) and Britain's Octopus Energy Group have invested 30 million pounds ($37.36 million0 into a subsea power cable proje…

Electric Vehicles

Pony.AI Permitted to Expand Robotaxi Rides in China Without a Safety Monitor Present

Autonomous robotaxi startup Pony.ai has garnered its latest permit in China – this time allowing rides in the city of Guangzhou without a safety officer p…

Solar Panel

GEM Adds Solar Panel Option to Its Popular Low Speed Electric Vehicles

WAEV, the maker of the popular GEM neighborhood electric vehicle, has just announced a new solar panel option that turns the roof of its EVs into a convenient e…

Electric Vehicles

Korea Offers Tesla ‘Active Support’ to Build Gigafactory There

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Washington, D.C., today during a six-day visit to the US. The meeting was at Musk’s r…

Natural Gas

Russia to Diversify China Gas Supply Routes Away From Gazprom

Russia is considering supplying natural gas to China by a pipeline from companies other than Kremlin-controlled Gazprom, which currently has the monopoly for Ru…

Solar Power Plant

Clir Renewables Releases New Product to Improve Renewable Technology Selection

Clir Renewables, the market intelligence platform for wind and solar, has announced the launch of Clir Insight for Asset Development, a new product that leverag…

Hydrogen Project

‘Impossible to Keep Track’: Spain’s Gamble on Green Hydrogen

Major green energy projects are sprouting up across Spain as it seeks to position itself as a future green energy leader—but experts have urged caution over co…

Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy PPA Prices Jumped in the U.S. To Kick off 2023

FILE - An employee of NY State Solar, a residential and commercial photovoltaic systems company, installs an array of solar panels on a roof, Aug. 11, 2022, in …

Energy Storage Technology

Air-Breathing Cathode Enhances Conversion Efficiency, Durability of Alkaline Nickel-Zinc Batteries

Nickel-zinc (Ni-Zn) batteries are a promising technology due to their high output voltage, high theoretical specific energy, high safety and low cost. However, …

Energy Storage Project

Gravitricity and Energy Vault Move Forward With Commercialising Gravity Energy Storage

Gravitricity has partnered with firms in the US and Germany to deploy its gravity energy storage solution while Energy Vault has provided an update on its China…

Solar Panel

Quinbrook breaks ground on ‘largest’ solar and storage project in the UK

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has started construction on Cleve Hill Solar Park, the largest solar and energy storage project in the UK, it claimed.The spec…

Solar Technology

Ameresco and Sunel Partner on Solar and Storage Epc Bids Across Europe

Renewable energy developer Ameresco and EPC contractor Sunel Group will together bid on 1.5GWp of solar and energy storage projects across Europe.The firms have…

Solar Technology

Iowa Regulator Approves Solar-Plus-Storage Project With 50MW Bess

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has given the green light to a solar and storage project from National Grid Renewables, with a 50MW battery energy storage system…