UK Infrastructure Bank commits £62.5 million to boost battery storage capacity across the UK

The UK Infrastructure Bank on Tuesday announced that it has committed £62.5 million to support the development of battery storage capacity in the UK.  With the Bank's first de... Read More

In Europe, a turbine maker's appeal for direct cash transfer

The chief operating officer of Siemens Gamesa has pitched for direct financial assistance to turbine manufactures to support their investments, pointing out that they are a critica... Read More

New York grid records highest output from solar power

The grid operator of New York state said on Tuesday that the grid recorded its highest output from solar energy last week. New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) announced th... Read More

Northvolt completes construction of Europe's largest factory for energy storage solutions

Swedish battery manufacturer, Northvolt has completed the construction of Northvolt Dwa in Gdańsk, Poland -- Europe's largest factory for energy storage solutio... Read More

HyET, ENPRO sign deal on hydrogen-processing technology

HyET Hydrogen of Netherlands has signed an MoU with ENPRO Industries of India to collaborate on hydrogen-processing technologies. Under the agreement, ENPRO will serve as the engin... Read More

SK ecoplant invests in green hydrogen project in Canada: Project Nujio'qonik

SK ecoplant, the energy and environment arm of South Korea's second-largest conglomerate, SK Group, has signed an investment agreement with World Energy GH2 to harness wind energy ... Read More

Renewable energy startup Accelergen Energy secures $30 million in financing

Greenfield renewable energy startup, Accelergen Energy, LLC ("Accelergen") on Wednesday announced the closure of $30 million in growth capital from Leyline Renewable Capital. Accel... Read More

Glencore and Li-Cycle to develop Europe’s largest battery recycling hub

Leading lithium-ion battery recycler, Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (Li-Cycle) and Swiss mining and commodity trading behemoth, Glencore International AG (a wholly owned s... Read More

TotalEnergies launches 25MW/75MWh battery farm in Belgium

French energy major, TotalEnergies on Monday launched a battery farm at its Antwerp refinery in Belgium. The 25 MW/75 MWh capacity energy storage project is the largest batter... Read More

Europe bags €10 billion in giga factory investments

Europe has bagged around 10 billion euros in investment for two giga factories that will supply batteries to car manufacturers from 2026. The deals come after the bloc loosened rul... Read More

ADNOC launches Decarbonization Technology Challenge; winners to get up to $1 million to pilot technology

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on Thursday announced $1 million (AED3,670,000) Decarbonisation Technology Challenge in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWB), bp,... Read More

‘The world needs to add 1,000 GW of renewables capacity annually, against 295 GW last year’

Francesco La Camera, Director General of IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency), talks to ETN Editor-in-Chief Ashok Thakur on barriers limiting the off-take of renewable ene... Read More

Allkem, Livent merge to create world's third largest lithium miner

US-based Livent and Australia-based Allkem are combining in a $10.6 billion all-stock deal that will create the world's third-largest producer of lithium, a metal pivotal to making... Read More

China risks idle factories unless it shifts to EVs faster

Automakers in China risk sitting with idle factories unless they speed up transition to new energy vehicles such as fully electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, Reuters reports, ci... Read More

Microsoft deal puts fusion power in spotlight

Is this the watershed moment for nuclear fusion? Or have two companies jumped the gun? Microsoft has signed a deal for electricity generated from nuclear fusion, in the first such ... Read More

UAE Climate Tech forum calls for supercharging climate finance, policies, and breakthroughs in tech

It is time to supercharge climate finance, formulate smart policies, and encourage breakthroughs in new energy -- this was the resounding message that emer... Read More

UAE bats in favor of fossil fuels, suggests cutting emissions instead

The United Arab Emirates has pushed back in favour of conventional sources of energy, suggesting countries agree to phase out emissions rather than fossil fuels. Countries should a... Read More

Amara Raja begins construction of Telangana’s first giga factory

Industrial and automotive battery major, Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. (ARBL) on Saturday held the ground-breaking ceremony of one of India's largest and Telangana's first giga factory... Read More

Will e-bikes cannibalize their ICE makers?

As TVS, Hero and Bajaj prepare to do battle in the electric domain, they risk reducing their own profits because the margin on sales of e-bikes is lower than the margin on sales of... Read More

IESW 2023: Green hydrogen - Fuelling the net-zero carbon future

In order to limit global warming to 1.5°C,  global carbon emissions should reach net zero around mid-century. What this means is that with renewable energy and energy sto... Read More

IESW 2023: Deepening the handshake between ESS and C&I users

The post lunch session on Day 2 of IESW 2023 sought perspectives from the government and private players on energy storage for commercial and industrial sectors. Moderated by Harsh... Read More

IESW 2023: Another Renewables wave coming, Storage industry primed for take-off!

The first session on Day 2 of the India Energy Storage Week – IESW 2023 – launched on a positive note with panelists in agreement not just over the importance and criticality of en... Read More

IESW 2023: Battery Swapping is viable and scalable, it’s here to stay

The final Track 2 session on the inaugural day focused on battery swapping and was moderated by Gurusharan Dhillon, Director of e-Mobility at CES. The panel consisted of Randheer S... Read More

IESW 2023: Microgrids find favor across the world

The 9th IESW has two technical sessions running in parallel, the Track 2 session on Global Microgrid Collaboration started off with presentations in which speakers outlined the imp... Read More

Global EV Outlook 2023 projects yet another record-break year for global electric car sales

Electric cars have finally made inroads into the global auto industry. Constituting nearly one-fifth of the global car market, the share of electric cars will reach 18% in 2023 fro... Read More

Ohmium raises $250 million in Series C funding round; looks to scale manufacturing capacity to 2 GW annually

Green Hydrogen company, Ohmium International (Ohmium) on Wednesday announced that it has closed a $250 million Series C funding round led by TPG Rise Climate. Along with TPG Rise C... Read More

Inside Europe's hydrogen game plan: 10 MT production + 10 MT imports by 2030

Europe is firming up ambitious plans to build scale in the Hydrogen economy as part of the continent's attempts to decarbonise energy supply and move away from Russian oil and gas.... Read More

Honda prepones new EV platform to 2025, eyes 2 mn EVs annually by 2030

Japanese automaker Honda is looking at a bigger EV with a new platform in 2025, a year earlier than initially announced. Tokyo-based Honda is also gearing up for an electrification... Read More

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... Read More

Chile releases National Strategy For Lithium; plans to nationalize the industry

Chile's President, Gabriel Boric recently announced the government's National Lithium Strategy asserting that the State will be present throughout the lithium produc... Read More
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