As useful as renewable energy sources are, they need to be backed up by storage systems that hold energy for times when the Sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing. Ocean Battery is a new design for an energy storage system that functions a bit like a hydroelectric dam at the bottom of the […]

Wood Mackenzie says average LCOE across region for new solar projects rose by 9% last year Asia-Pacific’s levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for renewable electricity broke historical trends and rose in 2021, but still gained ground against fossil fuel power, according to analysis by Wood Mackenzie. The research said that last year Asia’s power crisis […]

The World Bank on Wednesday approved an International Development Association credit in the amount of US$3.5 million and an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan in the amount of US$ 3.5 million for the Renewable Energy and Improved Utility Performance Project (REIUP) for Cabo Verde in Western Africa. The project will be co-financed by […]

Toyota Motor, the Japanese automaker that until recently had resisted a big investment in electric vehicles, said on Monday that it planned to build a factory to make batteries in North Carolina. The plant, which will employ 1,750 people, will be built outside Greensboro and is expected to be complete by 2025 at a cost […]

Fuel-cell or battery-electric trucks to collect waste? Both types are increasingly finding their way into municipal waste disposal companies. We asked around in Freiburg and Munich where one waste management company is currently testing two fuel cell refuse collection vehicles, the other an all-electric roll-off tipper. Freiburg’s waste management company (ASF) has worked with various […]

Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, fifth from right, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin, centre, and Energy Absolute Plc (EA) chief executive officer Somphote Ahunai, fourth from right, pose for a group photo at the opening ceremony of EA’s battery and energy storage system (ESS) production facility. The SET-listed Energy Absolute Plc (EA) on Sunday opened its battery […]

Canada is threatening a retaliatory barrage of punitive tariffs and to reverse a number of dairy-related trade concessions if the United States goes through with its controversial plan to encourage the development and sale of U.S.-made electric vehicles. In a stern letter dated Friday to key members of the Senate leadership, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia […]

Thailand car makers are ramping up the production of electric vehicles after the Thailand Board of Investment approved new electric vehicle projects. The 24 projects allow car makers to produce electric vehicles of all types, including hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles. BOI data shows that these types of EVs […]

Xiaomi only announced its electric car plans in March, but it already has grand ambitions. According to Reuters, the economic development agency Beijing E-Town has confirmed that Xiaomi will build an EV factory in the city capable of producing up to 300,000 vehicles per year. The plant will be built in two phases and should start mass production in 2024. […]

Think of an electric car and the first name that comes to mind will probably be Tesla. The California company makes the world’s bestselling electric car and was recently valued at $1tn. But behind this US success story is a tale of China’s manufacturing might. Tesla’s factory in Shanghai now produces more cars than its plant in California. […]

High initial costs, and a lack of government financial support means progress has been slow Nashik: Three-and-a-half years since the government asked companies to come forward to set up India’s first offshore wind energy project, in the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat, the project is yet to take off. In offshore plants, wind turbines are installed in the […]

As the world transitions to decarbonized energy systems, emerging long-duration energy storage technologies will be critical for supporting the widescale deployment of renewable energy sources. As the world considers how to establish a path toward limiting the rise in global temperatures by curbing emissions of greenhouse gases, it is widely recognized that the power-generation sector has […]

India’s electric vehicle (EV) market is having a great year. EVs accounted for as much as 2 per cent of all new vehicle sales between January and August 2021. Seven states, including Assam and Odisha, have announced EV policies. While this growing interest in electric mobility bodes well for India, we still have a long way to go to […]