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Solar Power Panel

SunPower Closing Solar Module Manufacturing Plant in Oregon

SunPower, a solar technology and energy services provider, announced that it will close SunPower Manufacturing Oregon, its solar panel manufacturing plant in Hi…

Solar Power Panel

Quantum Wells Enable Record-Efficiency Two-Junction Solar Cell

Key to the cell’s design is a series of more than 150 ultrathin layers of alternating semiconductors that create quantum wells in the cell’s bottom absorber, …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Albemarle To Double Nevada Lithium Production

Albemarle said on Thursday it will double production at its lithium facility in Silver Peak, Nevada, to boost supply for the electric vehicle (EV) market.

Electricity Transmission

ATXI Completes $1.4bn Power Tansmission Line Project in US

Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI) has energised the final span of a $1.4bn power transmission line project in the US.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

SK Group Invests $1.5bn in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Firm Plug Power

South Korean company SK Group has agreed to invest $1.5bn in US-based hydrogen fuel cell solutions provider Plug Power, forming a new strategic partnership.

Hydropower Plant

Investment for Brookfield’ Sidney A. Murray, Jr. hydro facility

The 192MW run-of-river station located adjacent to the Mississippi River in Concordia Parish, is one of the leading sustainable assets in Louisiana.

Nuclear Power Plant

New Nuclear Plant Could Rise at Site of Former One in NJ

Holtec owns that facility and oversaw its shutdown in 2018.

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Fusion Group Calls for Building a Pilot Plant by the 2040s

The main criticism about nuclear fusion has been that its vast potential as a commercial source of energy has always been just out of reach.

Energy Storage Project

CATL Partners with Integrator FlexGen on 220MWh of Texas Battery Storage Projects

Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) will supply lithium-ion batteries to energy storage system integrator FlexGen for two large-scale energy storage proj…

Energy-Eficient Building

Boston Zoning Change Would Require Net-Zero Emissions from New Buildings

The initiative is among the most aggressive of existing or proposed strategies to cut energy consumption in buildings, which are responsible for 70% of the city…

Solar Power Plant

Clearway Energy Group Completes 192-MW Rosamond Central Solar Project

Clearway Energy Group announced that it completed construction and reached commercial operation on the 192-MW Rosamond Central solar project in Kern County, Cal…

Hybrid Power Plant

Turbines Operational at Skeleton Creek Wind-Solar-Storage Hybrid Project in Oklahoma

NextEra Energy Resources said in December that wind turbines had been successfully installed and became operational at Skeleton Creek, a hybrid renewable energy…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Trump Administration Finalizes Alaska Oil Drilling Plan

The Trump administration has finalized a plan that will open up more land for oil and gas drilling in the Alaska Petroleum Reserve, the Bureau of Land Managemen…

Solar Cell

Stanford Scientists Gain Insight on Polaron Distortion in Perovskite Solar Cells

Polaron formation in perovskite solar cells has been indicated in scientific research as a possible factor for making this kind of cell particularly efficient, …

Energy-Eficient Building

Biden Administration to Focus on Building Efficiency, Clean Energy

hese are just a few of the strategies the president-elect has promised to focus on in his Sustainable Infrastructure and Clean Energy Plan.