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Power Construction

As Extreme Storms Wreck Power Grids, Japan Seeks Home Battery Networks

After recent typhoons ravaged Japan’s grid and disrupted power to almost 1.4 million customers, the government is encouraging homeowners to invest in storage s…

Electric Car

Volvo Buses Demonstrates Autonomous Electric Bus in Bus Depot

Volvo Buses recently demonstrated the potential of a 12-meter electric and autonomous bus at a bus depot.

Solar Power Panel

Thanks to Sunflowers, Solar Panels Could Harvest 400% More Energy

The SunBOTS bend toward light source and could help solar cells capture more direct sunlight all day long.

Concentrating Solar Power

Storage for Advanced Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants

Ellen B. Stechel, a professor of practice in the School of Molecular Sciences and co director of ASU LightWorks®, received $3.3 million for a project to develo…

Innovate for Efficiency: The Industrial Blueprint for Energy Savings

The Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme launched by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) (Govt. of India, Ministry of Power), which ran its first cycle fro…

Wind Power Project

​Wind Power Vital to Columbia's Long Term Energy Security

In order to take a closer look at the development of wind energy in Columbia, national and international experts from government and industry met recently in Bo…

EPFL-Developed Geothermal Panels Reach International Finals

EPFL researchers have developed a geothermal system for recovering the heat captured in basements, subway tunnels and underground parking garages.

Green Hydrogen to Reach Cost Parity by 2030

Recent analysis from Wood Mackenzie predicts green hydrogen, produced primarily by solar electrolysis, will reach cost parity in Australia, Germany and Japan by…

Electric Car

UCLA Health Center Receives Electric Winnebago as Mobile Instrument Lab

Winnebago Industries, Inc. delivered the first all-electric mobile surgical instrument lab (eMSIL) to University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Health Cent…

Power Construction

Prysmian Concludes DolWin3 Grid Connection Project in Germany

Cable systems provider for energy and telecom sectors Prysmian Group has completed the commissioning of the high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore grid con…

Microgrid

Asia-Pacific Continues to be The Largest Overall Market for Microgrids

This is according to a newly released report from Navigant Research, which analyzes regional microgrid capacity, implementation spending, and business model typ…

Energy storage technology

In Search for Cheaper, Longer Energy Storage, Mountain Gravity could Eventually Top Lithium-Ion

Mountain gravity energy storage could be a viable way to store electricity for longer durations and at larger scales than lithium-ion battery storage can, accor…

Crude

China Oct Refinery Output Rises 9.2% from Year Ago to Second-Highest Ever

China’s crude oil throughput in October rose 9.2% from a year earlier to the second-highest on record, as refineries in the world’s second-biggest oil consume…

Environmentalists may Have to Accept 'Taboo' Nuclear Energy to Decarbonise

That’s the suggestion from Kirsty Gogan, Co-Founder and Global Director of environmental Non-Governmental Organisation Energy for Humanity (EFH), who spoke as …

Biofuel Producers Made Significant Gains in Both Energy Efficiency And Water Conservation

The nation’s biofuel producers have made significant gains in both energy efficiency and water conservation in recent years, according to a report released by …