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Carbon Emissions

‘Green Steel’ Would Curb Carbon Emissions, Spur Economic Revival in Southwest Pennsylvania, Study Says

The region is well positioned to lead the industry’s move away from coal-fired production—if it chooses to.

Electric Vehicles

Norway to Subsidize Electric Construction Vehicles

The Norwegian business development agency Enova has launched two programmes to contribute to reduced emissions in the construction industry. The aim is to suppo…

Hydrogen Production

HyVelocity Hub Seeks to Rapidly Scale Clean Hydrogen Supply With DOE Funding

The HyVelocity Hub team has applied for funding from the US Department of Energy’s $8 billion Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program, with its focus on the …

Energy Storage Project

Dutch Bess Developer Giga Storage Buys Closed Distribution Grid to Deploy Large-Scale Projects

Developer Giga Storage has acquired a closed distribution grid in Groningen, the Netherlands, with the aim of deploying large-scale battery storage projects at …

Energy Storage Project

Israel Adds Energy Storage-Friendly Tariffs to Maximise Renewable Energy Potential

The Electricity Authority of Israel (PUA) has introduced a supplementary tariff for distributed solar PV facilities that use energy storage to manage demand on …

Energy Storage System

Berkshire Hathaway-Owned Us Utility Pacificorp Targets 7.4GW Energy Storage by 2029

Western US electricity utility Pacificorp has released its 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) outlining significant solar, wind and storage capacity expansions…

Energy Storage Technology

European Union’s Mandatory Battery Passport Sustainability Effort Starts to Take Shape

The first publicly available guidance on the European Union’s Battery Passport has been released by the consortium tasked with supporting the flagship sus…

Solar Cell

Researchers Realize 13.8% Certified Efficiency of Kesterite Solar Cells

A research group led by Prof. Meng Qingbo from the Institute of Physics (IOP) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and Prof. Xin Hao from Nanjing University …

Solar Technology

A Solar Hydrogen System That Co-generates Heat and Oxygen

EPFL researchers have built a pilot-scale solar reactor that produces usable heat and oxygen, in addition to generating hydrogen with unprecedented efficiency f…

Solid-State Batteries

Research Provides New Insight Into Quantum Effects in Lithium Sulfur Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries power our lives.Because they are lightweight, have high energy density and are rechargeable, the batteries power many products, from lapto…

Battery

BATTERY PASS Individual Quotes From Leaders in the Consortium Team

E: The battery passport will bring transparency to the battery value chain and thus form a basis for the recycling of battery raw materials. Together with the G…

Offshore Wind Power

Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Biden Plan for Offshore Wind Sites

The Pentagon is sounding alarms over Biden administration plans to advance offshore wind projects along the central Atlantic US coast, warning that almost all o…

Offshore Wind Power

First Turbine Stands at Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Farm

The offshore wind farm, located some 18.5 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands, is developed by CrossWind, a joint venture between Shel…

Wind Farm

Siemens Gamesa Contracts Cadeler for Danish Offshore Wind Turbine Installation

Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler A/S has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa for the transportation and installation of 26 Siem…

Offshore Wind Power

G7 Ministers Vow to Accelerate Offshore Wind Deployment to Reach 150 GW by 2030

The G7 (Group of Seven) Ministers of Climate, Energy and the Environment have pledged to speed up the buildout of renewable energy projects, including offshore …