Energy

Electric Vehicles

Updates on Coming Tesla Rental Car Program

What is actually going on with a coming Tesla rental car program? Following my report from earlier today (technically, yesterday on the US East Coast), I Google…

Pumped Storage

Scottish Energy Minister Urges UK Government to Support New Pumped Storage Hydro Plants

Neil Gray MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy in the Scottish Government, has urged the UK Government to provide developers with the necessary assurance to su…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

2 California Hydrogen Fueling Station Projects Awarded $6 Million Grant

The California Energy Commission has given its approval to bring the state closer to its 200 locations goal.The California Energy Commission has awarded grants …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kazakhstan Regions to Hold Public Hearings on Nuclear Plans

The Ministry of Energy has issued an update on progress towards the construction of Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant, confirming the selection of Ulke…

SMR

Nuclear Is 'Bedrock' of Duke's Energy Roadmap

Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress have recommended extending the lives of their existing nuclear power plants as well as building two new small mod…

Energy Storage Project

Thicker, Denser, Better: New Electrodes May Hold Key to Advanced Batteries

The demand for high-performance batteries, especially for use in electric vehicles, is surging as the world shifts its energy consumption to a more electric-pow…

Energy Storage Project

Solid-State Batteries Could Soon Make Electric Cars Safer and Better

Today's electric cars use large lithium-ion batteries, which work fairly well. They can store a fairly high amount of energy in relation to their weight. Th…

Geothermal Power Project

RFP – Geothermal Development Strategy in Lakeview, Oregon

Lakeview, Oregon (source: Ken Lund / flickr, Creative Commons)The Town of Lakeview in Oregon, U.S. has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the project: LAK…

Hydrogen Production

200 MW Plant to Produce Synthetic Natural Gas

MAN Energy Solutions is designing a 200 MW plant in Finland that will produce 55,000 tonnes of synthetic natural gas annually to decarbonize heavy-duty transpor…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

1.2 GW Power Plant Now in Operation

Illinois facility powered by GE’s HA combined cycle equipmentThe 1.2 GW Three Rivers Energy Center has begun commercial operation in Grundy County, Illino…

Liquid Hydrogen

CCS Greenlights Weishi Energy's Liquid H2 Fuel Supply System

China Classification Society (CCS) has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for a marine liquid hydrogen fuel supply system which is developed by Weishi Energy…

LNG

Totalenergies Equips LNG Carrier With Everlong's Carbon Capture System

A ship-based carbon capture (SBCC) prototype developed under the EverLoNG project was installed on an LNG-powered LNG carrier owned by energy major TotalEnergie…

Solar project

20-MW Solar Project Supporting University of Pittsburgh Completed

The University of Pittsburgh and Vesper Energy, a renewable energy developer from Dallas, cut the ribbon on the Gaucho Solar project. Built on 68 acres on the b…

Solar Power Plant

Leeward Renewable Energy Completes 100-MW Solar Project for Verizon

Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) announced that has completed construction of its 100-MW Oak Trail Solar project near Moyock, North Carolina, and the facility has…

Renewable Energy

AEP Finalizes $1.5 Billion Sale of Renewables Portfolio

American Electric Power has finalized the sale of its 1,365 MW renewables portfolio to IRG Acquisition Holdings, a partnership owned by Invenergy, CDPQ and fund…