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Solar Power Plant

Next-Generation Concentrated Solar Power Particle Receivers Enable Inexpensive Electricity Generation With Energy Storage

To help propel new forms of renewable energy, the Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office has been encouraging development of next generat…

Solar Power Plant

How Much Land Would It Take To Get Most of Our Electricity From Solar and Wind Power?

Critics of wind and solar routinely raise concerns about how much land would be required to decarbonize the US power sector. Fortunately, the answer is relative…

Energy Storage Battery

Bill Signed for West Virginia Renewable Energy Battery Plant

West Virginia's governor on Friday signed a bill that gives $105 million in state funding for a renewable energy battery plant in a former steel town.Gov. J…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

China’s First Integrated Methanol-To-Hydrogen and Hydrogen Refueling Service Station Now in Operation

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) officially launched China’s first methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling service station in Dalian, …

Electric Car

Nissan Using Nikola and Kenworth Electric Class 8 Trucks for New Vehicle Deliveries From POLA

Nissan is now using two battery electric vehicle (BEV) heavy-duty, Class 8 trucks to deliver new vehicles from the Port of Los Angeles (POLA)to dealerships in t…

Energy Storage Battery

IIT, Argonne Team Designs li2o-Based Li-Air Battery With Solid Electrolyte; Four-Electron Reaction for Higher Energy Density

Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air bat…

Solar Technology

Thailand’s CP Foods Turning on Solar to Attain 'Net Zero' Target

Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited works combination of agro-industrial and food business, containing livestock and aquatic culture.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Namibia’s Exploration Multi-Well Drilling Campaign Begins Amidst High Expectation

TotalEnergies’ move to direct $300 million – half of its 2023 budget – in exploring Namibian basins this yearAfrica-focused independent explor…

EV Technology

Small-Series All-Electric Mini Cooper SE Convertible to Feature Alloy Wheels From 100% Recycled Aluminum

The new MINI Cooper SE Convertible (combined power consumption: 17.2kWh/100 km according to WLTP) (earlier post) will be the first series model to be produced w…

Energy Storage Battery

Valmet Automotive Starts Series Production at Kirchardt Battery Plant

Valmet Automotive has started the series production of battery systems in Kirchardt, the Finnish company’s first battery plant in Germany. The plant near …

Electric Car

SEAT to Invest €3B in Conversion of Martorell Plant for the Production of Small EVs

SEAT S.A. is leading the development of the Small BEV family for the Volkswagen Group and will start producing fully electric vehicles by 2025 for different bra…

Climate Policy

Bill signed for West Virginia renewable energy battery plant

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, right, hands a pen used to sign House Bill 2882 to Weirton Mayor Harold "Bubba" Miller, while Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo wa…

Hydrogen Project

ORNL Spallation Neutron Source Achieves 1.55MW Record Power to Enable More Discoveries

The Spallation Neutron Source (earlier post) at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory set a world record when its linear accelerator reac…

Power Construction

The Uk’s Ofgem Approves Eligibility of 7 Interconnector Projects

The UK market regulator Ofgem has approved eligibility of seven power interconnector projects, which will connect the United Kingdom and several European countr…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Did Hydrogen Cars Miss Their Chance Now That Tesla Has California’s Top-Selling Vehicle?

The Model 3 outsold every other passenger car in California in 2022, for a real electric vehicle win.Last year, the Tesla Model 3 was the top-selling passenger …