America extends biofuel blends in fuel, but leaves ethanol makers disgruntled

Most gasoline or petrol sold in the US contains 10 percent ethanol blended in. Image: Pexels

America has increased the amount of biofuels that oil companies must blend into fuels over the next three years, as part of the country's renewable fuel standard (RFS) program. The...

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Chinese EV makers could storm West amid domestic slowdown

The price war in electric vehicles, currently underway in the West, could see powerful new entrants soon: Chinese firms. Saddled with capacity and slowing domestic demand, Chinese ...

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US govt proposes 80 percent cut in solar, wind project fees on federal land

The US land agency is currently processing 74 renewable energy and transmission applications with a combined potential of over 37 GW. Image: Pexels

The US government is proposing to make wind and solar installations cheaper as part of its plans to boost renewable energy and fight climate change. The Biden administration has pr...

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Is Tesla's charging port set to be new standard?

Tesla's NACS port is seamlessly integrated with the company's vehicles and charging infrastructure, but it's not clear how interoperability will play out for other carmakers. Image: Tesla

Tesla's charging connector for electric vehicles – dubbed North American Charging Standard (NACS) – is set to be the new industry standard, it looks. On Monday in USA, three EV cha...

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New York power grid under strain due to slow addition of renewables capacity, warns operator

New York's power grid is straining from the state's rapid electrification and slow transition to renewables, its grid operator New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) warned i...

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US DoE announces $46 million funding for nuclear fusion innovators

The US Department of Energy has announced $46 million in funding to eight companies involved in developing fusion power plants, as part of a government attempt to hold a pilot-scal...

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Tesla's Model Y becomes best-selling car globally, first EV to bag crown

Tesla had the top-selling vehicle globally in the first quarter of this year, data from Jato Dynamics shows. The company's Model Y beat Toyota's Corolla sedan and RAV4 compact SUV ...

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Eversource puts wind assets on block, exits Orsted JV for $625 million

Eversource Energy announced it will sell its 50 percent stake in a wind farm development site in Massachusetts to Danish joint venture partner Ørsted for $625 million. This transac...

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JPMorgan Chase announces $200 million in CDR deals

JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday announced it will spend $200 million to help scale the growth and development of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies. The US banking behemoth aims t...

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GM, Samsung SDI to expand battery cell manufacturing capacity 30 GWh

General Motors Co. and Samsung SDI have announced a plan to invest more than $3 billion to build a new battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States that is targeted to beg...

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Tesla to expand gigafactory in Nevada, increase battery production

The year 2022 is touted to be the one in which Tesla exceeds sale of one million EV units. However, expectations are that it will soon double those numbers. Tesla now nee...

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Global Progress in 'Green' transition: USA

Energy storage solutions, whether applied to the power grid or EVs, make systems more flexible and are suitable for meeting low cost, low carbon electricity demands. Following is a...

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Fisker and Wallbox partner globally for home EV charging solutions

Fisker and Wallbox are partnering to offer Fisker EV owners Wallbox home EV chargers for purchase through the Fisker website in the U.S., Canada, and European launch markets. The P...

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SSAB partners with McNeilus, Oshkosh to build the first fossil-free steel commercial vehicles in the U.S

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company has announced a partnership with SSAB in fossil-free steel applications for severe-duty commercial vehicles. ...

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Xcel Energy and Bloom Energy to produce zero-carbon H2 at nuclear facility

Bloom Energy has announced plans to install an electrolyzer at the Xcel Energy Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Welch, Minnesota. The installation is designed to aug...

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E.ON and Nikola collaborate to decarbonize heavy-duty trucking

E.ON and Nikola Corporation, combining their respective expertise form a joint venture to decarbonize heavy-duty trucking. Nikola is a global leader in zero-emissions transportatio...

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Habitat Energy launches US Battery Storage Optimization Platform

Habitat Energy Limited, the UK-based algorithmic optimization and trading platform for grid-scale battery storage and renewables assets announces a major expansion into the US powe...

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ABB E-mobility expands US mfg. footprint, invests in a new EV charger facility in South Carolina

ABB E-mobility has announced the continued expansion of its global and US manufacturing footprint with new manufacturing operations in Columbia, South Carolina. The multi-million-d...

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Fujifilm capitalizes $20 million in 24M Technologies, developer of semisolid batteries

Japan's Fujifilm Holdings has announced that it will invest an additional $20 million into 24M Technologies, a U.S. developer of next-generation "semisolid" lithium-ion batteries. ...

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US-based startup Adden Energy innovate EV battery that charges in 3 mins and lasts 20 years

US-based startup Adden Energy has announced that it has accomplished solid-state battery charge rates as fast as three minutes with over 10,000 cycles in a lifetime in lab settings...

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Paired Power unveils new solar canopy for fast, modular EV charging without grid interconnection delay

With recent reports indicating the United States needs 20 times more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations than what's available today, Paired Power has announced the launch of i...

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ONE reveals 1007 Wh/L anode-free cell that enables 600-mile Gemini battery architecture

Michigan-based energy storage company Our Next Energy (ONE) has announced that it has unveiled a 240-Ah prismatic anode-free cell after a successful 12-month R&D effort. The co...

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Ohmium to supply 343 MW of green H2 for ammonia to Tarafert

Ohmium International, Inc. has announced that it has signed an agreement to provide 343 megawatts of green hydrogen electrolyzers to Tarafert, the developer of large-scale ure...

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Energy Vault, Wellhead Electric, and W Power ink pact for 275 MWh ES project in California

Energy Vault Holdings Inc. has announced the signing of the Stanton Energy Storage System (SESS) EPC contract with Wellhead Electric Company, Inc. and W Power, LLC. The project wil...

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LGES and Honda establishes JV for EV LiB production worth $4.4 billion in the US

LG Energy Solution and Honda Motor have announced an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) company to produce lithium-ion batteries in the U.S. to power Honda and Acura EV mo...

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Plug Power Inc. signs pact with Amazon for green H2 supply

Plug Power Inc. has announced that it has signed a hydrogen supply deal with Amazon to provide liquid green hydrogen starting in 2025 to help decarbonize Amazon's operations as par...

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Syzygy partners with LOTTE Chemical, LOTTE Fine Chemical, and SCOA for clean H2 production

Syzygy Plasmonics, LOTTE Chemical and LOTTE Fine Chemical (LOTTE Chemical HQ), and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) have announced a joint development agreement to test a fu...

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Tritium commissions its first global EV fast charger mfg. facility in the US

Tritium DCFC has announced that it has celebrated the opening of its new EV fast charger manufacturing facility, and its first US-based EV fast charger manufacturing facility, loca...

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Genpact and Climate Vault partner for accelerating carbon-neutral future

Genpact and Climate Vault have announced they are combining Genpact's technology and digital transformation expertise with Climate Vault's quantifiable, integrated approach to carb...

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FREYR Battery establishes Technology Center in Boston

FREYR Battery has announced that it has opened its first U.S.-based technology center in Boston by the company's expansion strategy. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, FREYR is...

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