This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
BloombergNEF has issued a research note highlighting some of the likely effects of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak over the next year on the transition to a cleaneconomy: including renewable power, energystorage, electric vehicles, heating, cooling and the circular economy.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the US National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap , a framework for accelerating the production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen. Source: DOE. It also complements the massive $9.5-billion It also complements the massive $9.5-billion
BDS produces and commercializes MOLECULAR REBAR, a proprietary technology of modified carbon nanotubes that offers potential for enhancing the performance of energystorage applications using lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries. BDS was founded in 2014 as a joint venture between SABIC Ventures US LLC and Molecular Rebar Design.
Groupe Renault is creating the REFACTORY in Flins, the first European circular economy site dedicated to mobility. It will be based on a wide network of partners from all sectors and will revolve around 4 poles of activity, putting into practice the principles of the circular economy at each stage of the vehicle life cycle and mobility.
Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energystorage. Hydrogen and its derivatives could be that fuel, argues a commentary by four energy researchers in the journal Joule.
The eGen Flex system—comprising the drive unit, inverter and rechargeable energystorage system—includes full electric drive capability for up to 10 miles, depending upon duty cycle and accessory load demands. —Rohan Barua, Vice President of Sales, North America at Allison Transmission.
A new World Bank Group report finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by 2050, to meet the growing demand for cleanenergy technologies. Source: “Minerals for Climate Action: The Mineral Intensity of the CleanEnergy Transition”.
Through meaningful engagement with the local community, building out the value chain downstream and around Lithium Valley can drive a just transition for the region, while catapulting the US into a leadership position in the 21 st Century economy. —Danny Kennedy, CEO of New Energy Nexus. Source: New Energy Nexus.
Significant cost reductions can be achieved by front-loading the deployment of renewables, mainly wind and solar photovoltaic, and by utilizing the technologies needed to balance their inherent intermittency, such as energystorage and thermal balancing power plants. As utilities do this, the mindset of energy leaders will change.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a set of reports— Pathways to Commercial Liftoff —that provide guidance for bringing advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen and long-duration energystorage into the commercial mainstream. An investment gap of $85–215 billion remains through 2030.
The truck manufacturers that operate in Brazil are ‘locked in’ to diesel, and FNM thinks differently, with a real ambition for electric vehicles, breaking barriers, changing the rules, and delivering clean, safe, silent connected logistics, signifying our client’s real green economy.
Advanced batteries are vital to the entire cleanenergyeconomy, but the US currently does not produce enough of the critical minerals and battery materials needed to power cleanenergy technologies. MW-Scale Swappable and Reusable Second-Use EV Battery EnergyStorage Unit for Maximum Cost-Effectiveness.
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been selected to lead an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) focused on polymer electrolytes for next-generation energystorage devices such as fuel cells and solid-state electric vehicle batteries.
Department of Energy (DOE) announced $125 million in funding for two Energy Innovation Hub teams to provide the scientific foundation needed to seed and accelerate next. continued] The post $125 Million for Research to Enable Next-Generation Batteries & EnergyStorage appeared first on CleanTechnica.
The increased use of second-life battery technology is an exciting development, keeping fast charging of clean electric vehicles affordable and insulating the grid from spikes in electricity demand. —Austin Brown, Executive Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.
The European Commission is proposing modernizing EU legislation on batteries; this would be the first initiative delivered among the actions announced in the new Circular Economy Action Plan. They promote competitive sustainability and are necessary for green transport, cleanenergy and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
With that in mind, we acquired Saft, a major battery maker, in 2016, primarily to develop energystorage to support the growth of intermittent renewable energies such as solar and wind. Our purpose is to offer citizens mobility options that are clean, safe and affordable.
These practices will create an extensive database network to enable energystorage breakthroughs using artificial intelligence (AI). The electrochemical science that is urgently needed for a zero-carbon economy requires state-of-the-art data science. —Noah Paulson. —George Crabtree. battery-data-toolkit ”.
The Chemours Company is planning a $200-million investment to increase capacity and advance technology for its Nafion ion exchange materials to support the hydrogen economy. Accelerated climate ambitions and energy challenges have fast-tracked demand for hydrogen power and fuel cell technology.
in addition to Opus 12, they are: WILDCOAST (Imperial Beach, California) is working to secure a resilient coastline to help protect communities, economies and ecosystems from climate change impacts in the Gulf of California. CleanEnergy Works (Washington, D.C.) CleanEnergy Works (Washington, D.C.)
Agility Fuel Solutions (Agility), a leading global provider of clean fuel solutions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, introduced the new fifth-generation ProRail CNG fuel system. BlueiQ’s Eco Mode and Driver Feedback help drivers manage fuel economy and avoid unplanned stops. Gen5 ProRail installed on a Peterbilt 567.
Such reasons include advantages to the electrical grid such as load balancing and energystorage, increased jobs and economic development, reduced stormwater pollution and consumer savings.
Electric drivetrain power and control systems, as well as batteries and accessories, will be supplied by TransPower, a California-based manufacturer of integrated drive systems, full-electric truck solutions and energy-storage subsystems.
The challenge, now, is in establishing a renewable energy mix that can effectively and economically balance supply and demand season-by-season, week-by-week, hour-by-hour and second-by-second. Grid balancing and resilience is not a challenge borne out of our transition to a net-zero carbon economy. Earlier post.).
This project includes the development of improved pressurized stack module designs, critical to supporting the configuration of very high-efficiency power generation systems, while also enhancing the efficiency of solid oxide-based electrolysis and energystorage systems. —Jason Few, President and CEO of FuelCell Energy.
The post Lithium-Air EV Batteries Tapped For Net Zero Economy Of The Future appeared first on CleanTechnica. Lithium-air EV batteries could help decarbonize aviation, shipping, and railways if only some key technology hurdles can be leaped.
Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s EnergyStorage Grand Challenge. Clean Fuels Ohio. Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition.
Reintroducing airships into the world’s transportation mix could contribute to lowering the transport sector’s carbon emissions and can play a role in establishing a sustainable hydrogen based economy, according to a new IIASA-led study. The open-access paper is published in the journal Energy Conversion and Management: X.
Tesla is increasingly focusing on renewable energy as a whole, rather than just electric vehicles, offering a broad range of solar and energystorage products for cleanenergy purposes.
It’s been just over a year since the California Air Resources Board unanimously adopted the Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) Rule, which requires the largest commercial and public fleets operating in the state to gradually transition to zero-emission trucks and buses over the next two decades. By accelerating the adoption of zero-emission.
continued] The post Power Stations & Solar Generators Are Proving The Versatility, Resilience, & Economy Of Electric Power appeared first on CleanTechnica. Between a 1200 watt solar array, a slew of power stations he had been sent to review on his YouTube channel, 12-volt deep cycle batteries, extension cords, portable.
Department of Energy (DOE) announced awards for the Fiscal Year 2024 Phase I Release 2 of the Small Businesses Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. Across DOE, 229 projects in 39 states received $52 million to pursue cleanenergy research and development (R&D), and eventual demonstration.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent to issue a funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0002823) that will support research on the extraction and conversion of lithium from geothermal brines for use of lithium batteries in electric vehicles and cleanenergystorage.
The Vehicle Technologies Office funds a broad portfolio of early-stage research to develop new affordable, efficient and clean transportation options to enable industry to accelerate the development and widespread use of a variety of innovative transportation technologies. Transportation and Energy Analysis (Up to $1.2
In a hydrogen economy with hydrogen gas as a clean and sustainable energy carrier, hydrogen sensors will play a critical role due to hydrogen’s wide flammability range in air. The sensor simply changes color when the amount of hydrogen in the environment changes.
Other areas of energy transition investment also showed strength. Domestic installation of energy-efficient heat pumps came to $50.8 billion, up 12%, while investment in stationary energystorage technologies such as batteries was $3.6 billion, level with 2019 despite falling unit prices. The biggest deals included $2.8
billion), will deliver electric mobility and renewable energystorage solutions for customers in UK and Europe. The battery gigafactory will produce high-quality, high-performance, sustainable battery cells and packs for a variety of applications within the mobility and energy sectors.
The US Department of Energy’ (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is awarding $100 million to eight cleanenergy technology projects through the Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. Quidnet Energy, Inc. municipal utility.
Construction has begun on expansions to a battery energystorage system (BESS) using Tesla Megapacks in Queensland, Australia, set to become one of the largest battery projects in the state. We want to ensure we maintain downward pressure on power bills for all Queenslanders by building more renewable energy and storage.”
continued] The post Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests Not Climate Change or Economy appeared first on CleanTechnica. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually.
Another Tesla Megapack project in Australia has broken ground, set to replace a former coal plant as part of a sustainable energy hub in Queensland. The project will be funded by the Queensland Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Jobs Fund, costing around $330 million.
Stellantis adds another institution to its list of next-generation energystorage partners searching for the sustainable EV battery of the future. The post Stellantis Seeks New EV Battery, Free From Sketchy Materials appeared first on CleanTechnica.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 5,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content