Category: Energy

November 28, 2023

To what extent does the digitalization of industrial and manufacturing processes (Industry 4.0) improve energy efficiency and thus reduce energy intensity? A team from the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) analyzed developments across 10 industrial manufacturing sectors in China between […]

November 27, 2023

Ahead of the delayed OPEC+ meeting on Nov. 30, there are indications oil supply is running ahead of demand, highlighting the thorny challenge facing the cartel as it prepares to set output policy for 2024. With futures well down from […]

November 21, 2023

At an upmarket restaurant in the hotpot-loving Chinese city of Chengdu, diners plunge sliced meat and vegetables into cauldrons of spicy, oily broth, largely unaware that their leftovers are set to take on a second life as jet fuel. With […]

November 15, 2023

ExxonMobil recently selected southwest Arkansas for its first phase of North American lithium production—a move the company said demonstrates its “leadership in energy transition.” “Lithium is essential to the energy transition, and ExxonMobil has a leading role to play in […]

November 14, 2023

President Biden is slated to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in San Francisco on Wednesday during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. There is a lot for the two to discuss, from Taiwan to to fentanyl to artificial […]

November 8, 2023

The battery cell supply chain is primarily led by Asian players: China accounting for 57%, with South Korea at 25% and Japan at 7% following. In the coming years, there will be a growing need to recycle tons of end-of-life […]

November 7, 2023

Lithos Energy Inc. has opened a state-of-the-art manufacturing and pilot line facility in California’s Silicon Valley for its latest generation of battery systems. Lithos manufactures high-performance lithium-ion battery systems for demanding environments. The 65,000-square-foot engineering facility located in Hayward, CA […]

November 1, 2023

Canadian Solar Inc. will invest a projected $800 million to establish new solar photovoltaic (PV) cell production facility at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The new plant will produce an annual output of 5GW – equivalent to […]

October 26, 2023

An Australia-based company plans to build a campus in New Mexico to expand its research into hydrogen fuel as a heat source for industry, touting a proprietary chemical process without greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen-technology research and developer Star Scientific Limited, […]

October 23, 2023

TeraWatt Infrastructure acquired two sites in California’s Inland Empire region to build heavy-duty electric truck charging sites, the company said. Terms were not disclosed. With the largest concentration of warehouses and distribution centers in the United States, the Inland Empire […]

October 20, 2023

Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in the Middle East has the potential to disrupt global oil supplies and push prices higher. But don’t expect a repeat of the catastrophic price hikes and long lines […]

October 19, 2023

High-capacity and reliable rechargeable batteries are a critical component of many devices and even modes of transport. They play a key role in the shift to a greener world. A wide variety of elements are used in their production, including […]

October 16, 2023

President Biden announced on Friday the selection of seven regional clean energy hydrogen hubs that will collectively receive $7 billion from Infrastructure Reduction Act (IRA) funds. In his speech at the Tioga Marine Terminal in Philadelphia, the president underscored the […]

October 13, 2023

The Biden administration’s ambitious goal of achieving a 50-52% reduction of economy-wide carbon emissions by 2030 and its substantial investments in clean energy projects have stimulated more than $110 billion in clean energy private investment, according to the White House. […]

October 11, 2023

Things looked pretty dire for Suniva back in 2017. That was the year that the solar cell manufacturer filed for bankruptcy, citing illegal dumping of cheap solar panels in the U.S. by Chinese manufacturers. Suniva wasn’t the only American solar […]

October 5, 2023

It already works: there are several approaches to using solar energy to split water and produce hydrogen. Unfortunately, this “green” hydrogen has so far been more expensive than “gray” hydrogen from natural gas. A study by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) […]

September 27, 2023

Oslo, Norway-based Nel Hydrogen will invest $400 million to build a new automated gigafactory in Plymouth Charter Township, Michigan. The facility will create 517 jobs to produce green hydrogen using electrolyzer technology. The company announced the project in May, at […]

September 20, 2023

By mining data from X-ray images, researchers at MIT, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator, and the Toyota Research Institute have made significant new discoveries about the reactivity of lithium iron phosphate, a material used in batteries for electric cars and […]

September 19, 2023

As corporates eye their upcoming 2030 sustainability targets and re-assess their post-Covid workplace strategy, focus is sharpening on low carbon buildings. Energy efficient, electrified space powered by clean energy is in growing demand, not only because it’s resilient to changing […]

September 19, 2023

Three major international solar panel companies this year have announced plans to build manufacturing facilities in the United States. Two will be in Texas and one in Ohio. They aren’t the only ones building in the States, of course; solar […]