Energy

Electric Vehicle Battery

Volkswagen Veers to CATL and Northvolt

Volkswagen announced on March 15 that it would use prismatic batteries instead of pouch batteries in its future electric vehicles.

Electric Car

Mini to go All Electric from 2030, Last Fossil Fuel Car Release in 2025

German car manufacturer BMW wants to make subsidiary brand Mini all-electric group by 2030, and will target 50% all-electric sales by 2027.

Electric Car

GM Is Betting Big On Electric Vehicles

GM Ventures was an early investor in lithium metal battery innovator SolidEnergy Systems in 2015 when GM and SES began a close working relationship.

Hydropower Plant

Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Sign Roadmap for Implementing Hydropower Project

Minister of Energy and Industry of Kyrgyzstan Kubanychbek Turdubayev met with an Uzbek delegation headed by Uzbek Minister of Energy Alisher Sultanov.

LNG

Repsol Hits Milestone with Fure Vinga LNG Bunkering

Spanish oil company Repsol has reached a milestone as it bunkered Furetank Rederi’s chemical tanker Fure Vinga at Cartagena.

Wind Power Company

China Takes up 7 Spots Among the World’s Top 10 Wind Turbine Manufacturers for Wind Power

In Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) 2020 ranking of global wind turbine manufacturers, 7 of the top 10 wind turbine manufacturers are Chinese companies, with…

Carbon Neutral

Xinjiang Sets Record High Wind Energy, Solar Power Generation

Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is taking the lead in China’s renewable energy push, with new energy installed capacity reaching a record h…

Market Analysis

National Nuclear Energy Plans for Clean Power, Heat and Hydrogen Showcased at IAEA-IEA Event

Nuclear power remains the world’s second largest source of low carbon electricity after hydro, producing more than solar and wind combined.

Hydrogen Project

Bill Gates-Backed 'Water-Splitter' Targets World's Cheapest Green Hydrogen

raeli group H2Pro's technology financed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures as it eyes $1/kg renewable H2

Nuclear Power Plant

Ohio Senate Strips Subsidies from Nuclear Power Plant Bailout Law

Ohio Senators have unanimously approved a bill that strips out a key provision of the sweeping energy law that’s at the center of a federal corruption scandal.…

Market Analysis

Solar & Wind In South Africa Contributed More Than Nuclear For 1st Time Ever In 2020

The rest was met by other sources, including diesel, hydro, and pumped storage plants.

Carbon Neutral

5-Year Blueprint Paves Way for 2060 Carbon Neutrality

Over the next five years and beyond, China will take more measures to restructure its industry and energy mix in a greener way, and this will lay a solid founda…

Electric Car

Hyundai Electric Vehicles in China Likely to Come with BYD Batteries

Hyundai Motor Co. is predicted to use BYD batteries in its electric vehicles to be sold in China. Earlier, the company decided last year to equip its electric v…

Oil Refinery

Oil Refining Companies Discuss Carbon Neutrality

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, SK innovation, GS Caltex, S-Oil and Hyundai Oilbank discussed carbon neutrality strategies on March 11.

Blockchain

Blockchain in Power Sector Gets a Boost with Hitachi Backing

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is to collaborate with Energy Web in advancing the implementation of blockchain in its solutions.