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Solar Technology

New Battery Tech Could Make Solar Energy Storage Even Cheaper

US-based engineers have joined forces to develop high-voltage reference batteries for behind-the-meter energy storage applications, based on a bipolar technolog…

United States

Trump: Biden’s Policies To Bring ‘Energy Disaster’ To The U.S.

In his first public speech since leaving office in January, former President Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden’s energy policies and said they would bri…

Rooftop PV System

IKEA Completes First MW-Scale Solar Carport in US Market

Distributed Solar Development­­ has built a solar carport for IKEA in Baltimore.

Solar Cell

Spacewalking Astronauts Prepare International Space Station for New Solar Arrays

Two spacewalking astronauts began preparing the International Space Station for new solar arrays on Sunday, battling tough bolts to kick off a major power upgra…

Tidal Energy

North America’s Oldest Tidal Power Plant Set for Closing

Nova Scotia Power, the owner of the Annapolis Tidal Generating Station, has decided to retire the 37-year-old power plant following a failure related to its ele…

Solar Power Plant

Goldman Sachs Partners for US Solar Spree

Bank's renewables arm to initially acquire 55MW of community PV in New York state from SMT Energy.

United States

US to Review Reliance on Critical Minerals Supply from Overseas

The order will also start yearlong reviews into the six sectors: energy, food production, information technology, defence, public health, and transport, to dete…

Electricity Transmission

New York Begins Construction on $854m Transmission Project

The New York State government has started construction of the $854m Marcy to New Scotland Transmission Upgrade Project in the US.

Personnel Appointment

Jennifer M. Granholm Sworn in as 16th Secretary of Energy

Jennifer M. Granholm was sworn in today as the 16th Secretary of Energy by Vice President Kamala Harris, following a broad bipartisan confirmation vote of 64-35…

Coal Mine

Plans for UK Coal Mine Suspended After Criticism of Net Zero Commitment

Plans to build the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years have been suspended after the UK government was accused of “rank hypocrisy” for greenlighting the pr…

Electric Car

Fisker and Foxconn to Collaborate on EV Project; Start of Production of Project PEAR in Q4 2023

Fisker Inc. has entered into a MOU with Hon Hai Technology Group supporting a project to develop a breakthrough electric vehicle.

Market Analysis

Rejoining Paris Pact Signals U.S. Ready To Jump Aboard Hydrogen Express

The decision by the Biden administration to rejoin the Paris agreement will likely provide a boost to the creation of a robust hydrogen fuel industry in the U.S…

Nuclear Reactor

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Advances Efforts to License BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy today announced that it continues to make significant progress in its efforts to license the BWRX-300 small modular reactor in the U.S…

Hydropower Plant

SNC-Lavalin Hired to Turn Old Dams in Pennsylvania Into Hydropower Stations

It has 14 similar projects in other states in its pipeline.

Net Zero Emission

Biden says U.S., Canada to Work Toward Achieving Net Zero Emissions by 2050

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to work toward achieving net zero emissions by 2050.