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Electric Vehicles

Greenpower Rolls Out Its First Electric School Buses in West Virginia

GreenPower Motor Company is rolling out the first electric school buses manufactured at its new factory in West Virginia to school districts.Four Type A Nano BE…

Coal Production

Vale Mulls Briquette Plants in Gulf of Mexico, Middle East

Iron ore briquettes. Image: Vale.Brazilian miner Vale is considering implementing new iron ore briquette plants in Brazil, the Middle East and the Gulf of Mexic…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Komatsu, GM to Co-develop Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Electric Trucks

The companies intend to test the first prototype HYDROTEC-powered mining vehicle in the mid-2020s at Komatsu’s Arizona Proving Grounds. (Image courtesy of…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Akkuyu Unit 1 Gets Commissioning Permit

Turkey's Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NDK) has issued permission to the Akkuyu nuclear power plant to commission the first power unit.Akkuyu is Turkey's f…

Nuclear Technology

ENEC, NPPA to Explore Cooperation Opportunities

The company responsible for implementing the UAE's civil nuclear power programme and the owner of Egypt's first nuclear power plant are to explore poten…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Decommissioning of Grohnde Set to Begin

The Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection has issued the first decommissioning and dismantling permit to PreussenElektra for …

Wind Turbine

Nordex Installs the First Wind Turbines With 168-Meter Hybrid Towers of Its Own Development

Nordex Group is currently installing the first N163/5.X turbines at the Karahka wind farm in the Northern Ostrobothnia region of Finland, commissioned by a cons…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

EIA Expects Combined U.S. Solar and Wind Power Generation to Surpass Coal-Fired Generation in 2024

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects, for the first year on record, combined electricity generation from wind and solar to surpass generatio…

Electric Vehicles

Volvo Opens 50 DC Fast Chargers at 15 Starbucks Stores

Volvo Car USA and ChargePoint have now opened Starbucks’ first public DC fast charging network at 15 of its stores.Volvo DC fast chargers at StarbucksThe …

Wind Farm

The World's Largest Wheeled Crane Installs a Wind Turbine in China [Video]

The world’s largest wheeled crane has completed its first assignment on a wind farm in Yingkou, Liaoning Province, China.At the Dashiqiao Xintai New Energ…

Offshore Substation

First Offshore Substation Soon to Be Installed at Moray West

Work on the installation of the two offshore substations (OSS) at the Moray West offshore wind farm site has started, with Boskalis’s DP installation vess…

Oil & Gas Trade

Gunvor to Acquire BP's 75% Stake in Spanish Gas Power Plant

Energy trader Gunvor has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in 785 megawatt (MW) power plant in Bilbao, Spain, from BP (BP.L) gas marketing, a joint statement said o…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Frontera, CGX to See First Oil in Guyana by 2030, Seek Partners

Frontera Energy (FEC.TO) and CGX Energy (OYL.V) expect to make a final investment decision by 2026 on developing a promising Guyana offshore block, with first o…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Starts Telling Some Cybertruck Orders to 'Prepare for Delivery'

A number of Cybertruck order holders have started getting prepare for delivery emails today, suggesting that Tesla might be getting Cybertrucks out to the publi…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Model Y Is Electrek's Vehicle of the Year

For 2023, Electrek has decided to make the Tesla Model Y its vehicle of the year. Well, it’s not as much us who decided, car buyers did.With Model Y becom…