Chinese e-truck maker Windrose plans US factory, will challenge Tesla on home turf

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Electric truck company Windrose is planning to set up a US assembly plant for its semi-trucks in a move that would directly challenge Tesla, the Chinese company's founder and CEO H...

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Energy Vault's B-Vault battery powers Jupiter's 100 MW / 200 MWh St. Gall BESS in Texas

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Battery company Energy Vault announced it had deployed its proprietary B-Vault AC block batteries to support the St. Gall Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Texas, USA...

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Clearway Energy closes $700 mn in construction finance for solar + storage projects in California

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Leading US clean energy developer Clearway Energy Group announced it had closed $700 million in construction financing for a portfolio of solar and battery storage projects located...

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SRP, Aypa Power annouce 250 MW / 1,000 MWh battery in Arizona to serve Phoenix area

Arizona-based utility Salt River Project (SRP) has entered into an agreement with Aypa Power to set up a 250 MW / 1,000 MWh battery energy storage system that will connect to the A...

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Gemini, US's largest solar + storage project, goes live in Nevada

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The 690 MW project, with a 380 MW / 1,400 MWh co-located BESS, can meet up to 10 percent of the state's peak power demand The largest solar + battery energy storage system (BESS) p...

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3M invests in PEM electrolyzer maker Ohmium, will leverage materials know-how to back '111'

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US conglomerate 3M has completed a strategic investment in electrolyzer maker Ohmium International as part of efforts to expand into emerging climate technologies, the company anno...

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GCube launches specialized consortium to offer insurance for BESS worldwide

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GCube Insurance, a leading insurance company for renewable energy projects, announced the launch of a new consortium to provide cover for battery energy storage systems (BESS) worl...

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US DOE offers $1.7 bn to retool closed auto plants into EV and component units

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1.7 billion in funding support for auto companies to convert 11 closed or at-risk auto units to manufacture electric vehicles and their...

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BYD to set up $1 bn EV plant in Turkey, ensuring access to European markets

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BYD, the world's largest electric car maker, has agreed to invest $1 billion to set up a manufacturing plant in Turkey, with a deal signed in Istanbul between Fatih Kacır Mehmet, T...

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American Airlines announces order for 100 H2-electric engines from ZeroAvia

American Airlines announced it will purchase 100 hydrogen-electric engines to power its regional jet fleet while ensuring zero inflight emissions. The conditional order, placed las...

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US DoE announces $100 million funding for non-lithium batteries

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The US Department of Energy (DoE) has floated a notice of intent aimed at projects and developers of non-lithium batteries. In the notice, the agency has offered to fund pilot-scal...

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Architectural powerhouse designs buildings with built-in gravity energy storage

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill --- the firm that designed the Burj Khalifa in Dubai --- has signed an exclusive partnership with Energy Vault and deve...

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GM sticks to EV transition plan, all-electric lineup by 2035 likely

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General Motors is sticking to its plan for an all-electric vehicle lineup by 2035, a company spokesperson told reporters after news that the Detroit-based automaker might attempt a...

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LG Energy Solution inks estimated $1 bn deal for ESS batteries with Hanwha QCells

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LG Energy Solution Ltd, the world's third-largest battery maker, disclosed it had signed a contract with to supply 4.8 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy storage system (ESS) batteries...

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US alleges Chinese dumping, levies stiff tariffs on EVs, Li-ion batteries

The US announced new levies on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports, largely in the clean energy space, including a 100 percent tax on Chinese electric vehicles imported into the c...

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US considering higher tariffs on clean energy goods from China; 100 percent levy on EVs

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The US is considering a 100 percent levy on Chinese electric vehicles --- four times as much as the 25 percent tariff levied at present --- news reports quoting unidentified govern...

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Fortescue breaks ground on $550 million green hydrogen hub in Arizona, USA

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Australian miner Fortescue has broken ground on the company's $550 million US venture to produce green hydrogen, the first of its planned green energy investments in North America....

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Microsoft AI designs batteries with 70 percent less lithium, identifies 18 new battery materials

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Microsoft has used artificial intelligence to identify promising new battery materials for the US Department of Energy using (DoE). This use of AI enabled the company to come up wi...

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Understanding the US’s massive hydrogen 'battery', coming up in Utah

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Power companies in the USA, including oil major Chevron, are readying a massive hydrogen battery in the state of Utah. Two large salt caverns are being emptied – their salt dissolv...

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US offers $750 mn for 52 green hydrogen projects to boost fuel cell, electrolyzer output and cut costs

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced $750 million in assistance for 52 clean (also called green) hydrogen projects across 24 mainland states to help reduce cos...

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Tata Group invests in Boston-based non-lithium battery startup Alsym Energy

The Tata group has invested in non-lithium battery start-up Alsym Energy. Tata Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, led investment in the Boston-based company's Series C fu...

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Quinbrook closes $600 million solar+storage focused fund

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Clean power-focused fund company Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners announced it had successful closed the Quinbrook Valley of Fire (VOF) Fund with $600 million in capital commitmen...

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GM in talks with CATL to licence LFP battery tech, explore joint manufacturing

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Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) is reportedly in discussions with US automaker General Motors for a deal that would licence the Chinese company'...

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US offers $475 million for five clean power projects on mining lands

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The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced up to $475 million in funding for five locally-driven clean energy projects in current and former mining lands.The projects are loca...

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Ohio approves largest US agrivoltiac project: 800 MW solar + 300 MW BESS, crops and livestock grazing

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Authorities in the US state Ohio have approved the Oak Run Solar project, an 800 MW solar power project with a 300 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) that is also claimed as&n...

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US unveils strictest car emission norms to boost EV offtake

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US President Joe Biden announced the country's strictest vehicle exhaust emissions regulations as part of attempts to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. The new norms ...

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Ballard Power plans $160 million Texas giga factory with 3 GW fuel cell capacity

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Hydrogen fuel cell company Ballard Power Systems announced it planned to invest $160 million to set up a new giga factory in Rockwell, Texas, to manufacture fuel cell components an...

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US eyes second wind auction in Gulf of Mexico, but costs are 30% higher than Europe, says chief of RWE

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Offshore wind development costs in the US are 30 percent higher than what they are in Europe, the CEO of Germany's biggest utility revealed, even as the US government considered la...

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Western Australia begins construction on 500 MW Collie BESS project

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Synergy, the government-owned utility of Australia's Western Australia state, announced it had begun construction of its third grid-scale battery as part of efforts to move away fr...

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US DoE lends Lithum Americas $2.26 bn to get Nevada mine up and running

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Mining company Lithium Americas announced it will get up to $2.26 billion in loans from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to build its Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada, USA. ...

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