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

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... Read More

China's Geely launches 11 satellites to aid driverless cars

ZeekChinese automaker Geely Holding announced the company launched 11 low-earth orbit satellites last week to support navigation for driverless cars. The launch, from Xichang Satel... Read More

From clean energy to clean cooking, Modi outlines vision for rooftop solar + battery installations

The Government of India will announce a package to make the country atmanirbhar in the battery domain, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced. Speaking at the Bharat Mobility event... Read More

Battery recycling in India: Unlocking the value in used EV batteries

The electric vehicle industry in India has reached an inflection point. In FY 2023, over a million EVs were sold in India accounting for 6.38 percent of the total auto sales in the... Read More

Egypt launches 55% tax credit to boost green hydrogen production

The country has 32 projects that could supply ~3.2 mn tonnes of GH2 annually by 2030, but many are stuck in final investment stages or yet to begin construction... Read More

China's RE capacity to overtake coal, industry body asks for battery incentives to speed up additions

China's installed wind and solar capacity will overtake its coal generation capacity this year, according to forecasts from the China Electricity Council (CEC). The industry body's... Read More

Electric carmaker Rimac expands into stationary energy storage biz

Croatian electric carmaker Rimac Technology on Wednesday announced it is expanding into producing stationary energy storage systems through its new subdivision, Rimac Ene... Read More

Tesla plans LFP battery supply chain in Nevada gigafactory

Tesla is bringing its supply chain for lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP) to the US, media reports suggest. The electric vehicle maker is looking to expand its battery facility... Read More

NGEL signs MoU with Maharashtra Govt. for development of RE, pumped storage, and GH2 projects

NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC on Tuesday (Jan. 30) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Maharashtra for developin... Read More

Indonesia allows storage of foreign CO2 to boost carbon capture sector

Indonesia has issued new regulations on carbon capture and storage (CCS), under which CCS operators can earmark 30 percent of their total storage capacity for imported carbon dioxi... Read More

Iveco selects BASF as a recycling partner for its electric vehicle batteries

Italian multinational transport vehicle manufacturing company, Iveco Group announced it has selected the world's leading chemical company, BASF as its partner to provide recycling ... Read More

BASF bags German funding approval for 54 MW electrolyzer

German chemical company BASF has received funding approval for a 54 MW proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer that will have produce up to 8,000 metric tons of hydrogen per ye... Read More

Archer Aviation, NASA join forces for mission-critical eVTOL aircraft technologies

Archer Aviation, a Santa Clara-based leading developer of electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for use in urban air mobility, has signed a Space Act Agreement... Read More

THDC inaugurates India's largest green hydrogen pilot based on PEM fuel cell

Indian public sector power company THDC India Ltd has inauguration the country's largest green hydrogen pilot project at its office complex in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. THDC Chairman... Read More

US’s largest solar + battery project comes online in Kern County, California

Edwards & Sanborn (E&S), the largest solar + battery storage project in the US, has come online in California, the project's operator and contractor announced. The project,... Read More

Origin picks Fluence for 300 MW battery at Mortlake project in Australia

Origin Energy has selected Fluence to deliver a 300 MW / 650 MWh battery at its Mortlake Power Station in southwest Victoria. The energy storage system is anticipated to be commiss... Read More

Govt. invites bids for 10GWh Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) battery manufacturing

India's Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) on Wednesday (Jan. 24) opened the re-bidding process for the remaining 10GWh capacity under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI)&nb... Read More

Hyundai Motor signs four-year battery material supply deal with Ganfeng Lithium

Korean auto giant, Hyundai Motor Group has signed a four-year supply agreement with China-based, Ganfeng Lithium, to acquire battery-grade lithium hydroxide -- a key electric vehic... Read More

Sion Power, which uses compression on EV batteries, gets funding from LG Energy, others

US battery technology startup Sion Power announced the company has raised $75 million in Series A funding. The round was led by South Korean battery manufacturing giant LG Energy S... Read More

ACME Group signs pact with Japanese heavy industry major, IHI for the supply of green ammonia

ACME Group, a leading renewable energy company in India on Tuesday (Jan. 23) signed an offtake term sheet for the supply of green ammonia to Japanese heavy-industry manufacturer, I... Read More

TotalEnergies acquires German battery storage developer, Kyon Energy

Leading multi-energy producer and marketer, TotalEnergies announced it has acquired Kyon Energy, a leading battery energy storage developer in Germany. The latest acquisition is in... Read More

H2 Green Steel sews up €4.2 billion in financing for green steel plant

Swedish steelmaker H2 Green Steel announced the company had signed definitive debt financing agreements for up to €4.2 billion in project financing for the company's upcoming green... Read More

India could easily surpass 150GWh ACC battery manufacturing target

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) on Tuesday kicked off its third annual battery manufacturing and supply chain convention in Hyderabad city on Tuesday (Jan. 23) to deliber... Read More

Amara Raja giga factory will start operations next year

Leading automotive battery maker Amara Raja will have the first giga factory up and running before the end of next year, President Vijayanand Samudrala told the India Battery Manuf... Read More

IESA summit on ways to boost Indian battery manufacturing, support giga factories

The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) inaugurated its third annual India Battery Manufacturing and Supply Chain Summit (IBMSCS) in Hyderabad today, kickstarting a two-day fest d... Read More

Expert’s Note: COP28 breakthroughs and India’s green hydrogen ambitions

COP28 this year was a good experience, with the event witnessing many breakthrough announcements, starting with the global community's announcement of tripling renewable capacity a... Read More

Fluence milestone: crosses 20 GWh of energy storage systems globally

Fluence Energy last week announced that the company had surpassed 20 GWh of deployed and contracted energy storage systems globally.  In a release, the company called this an ... Read More

SK On, Solid Power partner to speed up development of all-solid-state batteries

SK On, a leading electric vehicle manufacturer has signed an agreement with a US-based developer of solid-state batteries, Solid Power, to speed up the development of all-soli... Read More

Panasonic eyes productivity boost before third battery plant in North America

Panasonic might put its third battery plant in North America on hold and focus on boosting productivity instead, Group CEO Yuki Kusumi said in an interview. "I keep telling people ... Read More

Cleantech Startups in the MENA Region

Cleantech startups in the MENA region are helping their countries transition towards a sustainable and low-carbon future. Backed by government-led initiatives, venture capital fund... Read More
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