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Electric Vehicles

Volvo Begins Autonomous Operations for DHL Supply Chain in Texas

Volvo Autonomous Solutions (VAS) and DHL Supply Chain have launched autonomous operations in the United States. The operations will be enabled by the purpose-bu…

Solar Module

Unimacts to Expand Houston Facility for Steel Solar Frame Production

Origami Solar sees an opportunity to supply module manufacturers in the US market who are switching from imported aluminum frames to domestically made steel fra…

Electric Vehicles

EPA awarding $735M to assist in purchase of 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 70 applicants across 27 states, three Tribal Nations, and one territory have been tentatively select…

Solar Panel

US Doubles Solar Polysilicon and Wafer Tariffs on China

The US government has doubled Section 301 tariffs on imported solar polysilicon and wafers from China to 50%. The materials are vital for manufacturing solar pa…

EV Technology

ZF in Serial Production of SMotion Active Chassis Dampers

ZF is an industry leader with 25 years of experience in electronically controlled chassis damping system development. A new era of damping technology has begun …

Solar Technology

Expandable Solar Roof Rack Adds 1 KW of Off-Grid Charging for EVs

US startup DartSolar says its new roof rack attachment for electric vehicles adds up to 20 miles (32 km) of additional range per day.Los Angeles-based DartSolar…

Germany

Seasonal Geothermal Cold Storage Pilot Implemented in Bochum, Germany

Fraunhofer IEG will be implementing an industrial cooling pilot using geothermal storage at the site of industry partner Voltavision in Bochum, Germany.A pilot …

Geothermal Heating Project

Geothermal Heating System in Smith College, MA Starts Operations

The first phase of a USD 220 million geothermal heating project in the Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts has now started operations. The system is now…

Geothermal Heating Project

US DOE to Support Geothermal Heating and Cooling in Five Communities

The US Department of Energy, through the Geothermal Technologies Office‘s (GTO) Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Initiative is supporting five com…

Oil Price

US Agency Expects Oil Production to Grow in 2025 Despite Opec+ Decision

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects global oil production to increase next year, with the bulk coming from countries outside the Opec+ group.…

Natural Gas

US Natgas Output to Decline as Demand Hits Record High in 2024, EIA Says

U.S. natural gas production will decline in 2024 while demand will rise to a record high, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short Ter…

France

European Firms Launch H2Med Alliance to Build Bloc’s Hydrogen Single Market

Almost 20 European companies across France, Germany, Portugal and Spain have formed the H2Med Southwestern Hydrogen Corridor alliance, aiming to create a Europe…

Hydrogen Project

HydrogenOne Sells Investment Adviser Business to Cordiant

HydrogenOne is selling its investment adviser business to infrastructure and assets manager Cordiant.Founded in 2020 as an alternative investment firm focused o…

Solar project

Volta Energy Unveils New Solar Generator for Construction Sites, Pumps

Netherlands-based Volta Energy has launched a 15 kVA portable solar generator to provide offgrid power equipment for use on construction sites. The system inclu…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Solar Uptake Driving Ireland’s Retrofitting Scheme Progress, Says SEAI

The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland’s (SEAI) statistics from the first nine months of 2024 show new applications for the Solar PV retrofit scheme are…