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Electric Vehicle Battery

NIO Unveils Power Charger 4.0 and Powerswap Station 4.0

NIO unveiled the Power Charger 4.0 and PowerSwap Station 4.0 (PSS4.0); deployment starts in April 2024. NIO plans to add 1,000 more Power Swap Stations and 20,0…

Renewable Energy

Michigan Legislates Plan For 100% Clean Energy by 2040, but Current Grid Makes Goal Unlikely

Michigan aims to use 100% clean energy by 2040, but there’s one problem – the current grid is designed for fossil fuels that give baseline energy, n…

Solar Power Plant

Zimbabwe to Install 100MW Solar Plant in Lake Kariba

THE Government will next year float solar panels in Lake Kariba to produce an initial 100 megawatts (MW) to boost the Kariba South Hydropower Station's elec…

Oil & Gas Trade

Will US LNG Exports Reroute to Avoid Both the Panama and Suez Canals?

An LNG carrier docked at Freeport LNG Ship Terminal Texas - Image via LNG Development, L.P.By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) Liquefied natural gas cargoes recen…

Renewable Energy

IEA Working to Cut Renewable Energy Costs in Developing World

A view of the logo of the International Energy Agency in Paris, France, December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsThe Inte…

Oil & Gas Trade

Saudi Arabia, Japan Seek Stable Global Oil Markets, Energy Supply

Saudi Arabia and Japan underlined the need to support stable global oil markets and secure stable global energy supply by promoting dialogue between oil produce…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Brazil's Petrobras Starts Drilling 'Equatorial Margin' Well

A logo of Brazil's state-run Petrobras oil company is seen at their headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/File Phot…

Solar Power Plant

Chile, 17 Hours of Storage With Concentrated Solar Power

In the Atacama Desert, the driest in the world located in northern Chile, the only Concentrated Solar Power tower in Latin America operates, a symbol of an ener…

Oil&Gas Drilling

U.S. Shatters Oil Production Records in 2023

The U.S. produced over 4.49 billion barrels of crude oil in 2019, and this record has been exceeded in 2023.The Energy Information Administration's data ind…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tesla 4680 Battery Production Is Trapped in Production Hell

Tesla has been working on 4680 battery cells that are taller and wider than the cells many companies are using. But it’s not just the format that is diffe…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Launches Project to Build New Megafactory in China

Tesla has officially launched its Megafactory project in Shanghai, China.The Megafactory in Lathrop, California, was Tesla’s first dedicated factory to pr…

Electric Vehicles

BYD Looks to Further Electrify Europe, Selecting Hungary for Its First EV Production Facility

As Chinese EV automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) closes in on current global sales leader Tesla, a massive factor in its strategy includes expansions in the EU. …

Floating Solar

Florida's First Floating Solar Farm Is Now Online

Duke Energy is piloting a floating solar farm in Florida – the state’s first – on an existing cooling pond in Polk County.The almost 1-megawat…

Electric Vehicles

This Startup Wants to Turn Your Classic Car Into an EV Using Scrapped Tesla Batteries

Want to enjoy the silent, emissions-free ride of an EV with your 1974 Ford Bronco? Arc Motor Company, an Ontario-based green tech startup, aims to turn your cla…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Belarus 'Could Be a World Leader in Nuclear Energy Share'

Belarus is considering building a second nuclear power plant, or a third unit at its existing one, and could become one of the leading countries in terms of the…