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Coating could lead to commercial lithium-metal batteries
A new coating developed by scientists at Stanford promises to bring lithium metal batteries ‘closer to reality’, by significantly extending their operational lifetime and limiting the occurrence of dendrites at the anode, which can cause short circuiting and fires.
Sep 3, 2019 // Technology, California, USA, battery, North America, Stanford University, SLAC, Lithium metal, Zhiao Yu, Yi Cui
Hydrogen powered mining trucks are coming
The building-sized trucks run on diesel and prompt logistical complications as large amounts of diesel must be shipped to remote mining sites. Attempts to decarbonize the mining sector will have to consider the heavy-duty vehicles.
Oct 15, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Transport, America, France, UK, Australia, Engie, Europe, hydrogen, Oceania, Michèle Azalbert, Anglo American
IIT Guwahati Working With Cost-efficient Solar-run H2 generators
IIT-G researchers are developing unique materials that can make use of sunlight to split water into hydrogen and also oxygen. " These materials are much cheaper than the 'noble metals' presently used and also might lead to cost-effective solar-powered hydrogen generators", mentioned the institute.
Oct 26, 2021 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, hydrogen, 'Photo Electro Chemical’, PEC, Department of Chemistry, IIT-G, Dr Mohammad Qureshi, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Suhaib Alam
Europe's Metal Sector Asks EU to Help it Deliver Energy Transition
Market association Eurometaux has asked EU policy-makers to enable participant states to support domestic manufacturers of aluminium, zinc and also silicon with state help to make sure products of the metals critical for the transition to reduced carbon energy.
Jan 18, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, silicon, EU, Zinc, aluminium, Cillian O'Donoghue, Eurometaux, metals industry, Ursula von der Leyen
Trump steel tariffs stay essentially forever
Former President Donald Trump provided an order in March 2018 to enforce a 25% worldwide tariff on imported steel and also 10% on aluminum, and also after virtually 4 years, there is no end in sight for these import taxes. The Section 232 order aimed to enhance domestic steel manufacturing and address excess steel capacity that has been "dumped" right into the United States from global resources.
Jan 25, 2022 // Tariffs, USA, Donald Trump, North America
BHE Renewables to Spend $500m in RE-Powered Site in West Virginia
BHE Renewables will purchase greater than 2,000 acres of land in Ravenswood, as well as create it as a renewable energy microgrid-powered commercial site. Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) will be the initial firm to find on the site to develop a titanium melt manufacturing facility that will make use of 100% renewable resource to produce titanium items for the aerospace and also other industries.
Sep 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, aerospace, Alicia Knapp, BHE Renewables, PCC, Precision Castparts Corp., Ravenswood, Steve Wright, Timet
Voltalia inks South Africa solar PPA with Rio Tinto
Developer is constructing a 148MW project in Limpopo province to provide output for the agreement
Oct 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, PPA, Voltalia, Africa, South Africa
Large Solar Panel Manufacturers Boost Manufacturing as Costs Fall
3 Chinese firms raise targets on greater orders: SMM report Polysilicon and also wafer costs are falling as a result of new capacity
Jan 6, 2023 // Manufacturing News, China, polysilicon, Asia, wafer
Westbridge Obtains Approval To Construct 270 MWac Solar PV, 200 MWh BESS
The project is called Sunnynook Solar + Energy Storage Project. This is the second approval that Westbridge has actually gotten after the Red Willow Project in February 2023.
Jun 7, 2023 // Plants, Storage, BESS, Solar Power Plant, Battery Energy Storage System, Maggie McKenna, Westbridge Renewable Energy Corporation, Alberta Utilities Commission, Sunnynook
Organic, Cobalt-Free Batteries: The Future of Long-Lasting Power
Researchers have discovered a carbon-based cathode material that could replace cobalt in lithium-ion batteries, offering higher energy density and faster charging times.
Jan 19, 2024 // Technology, Storage, lithium-ion battery, American Chemical Society
Cero, Enso Secure £200M for UK Solar-Storage Projects
Cero Generation and Enso Energy secure £200M for UK solar projects, powering 245 MW with green loans. Construction begins this autumn at Bramley solar park.
Jul 15, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, Enso Energy, cero generation
As China Starts Giant Solar Park, Four Giant Parks For the Future Beckon
The globe's biggest solitary area solar plant, of 2.2 GW capacity was inaugurated in China's Quinghai district this month.
Oct 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, China, Asia, Sun Cable, solar projects, Kutch solar park, Ladakh solar project
Solar Diesel Mini Grids
Little lattices address a fascinating and significant halfway point between independent and significant network power frameworks. They commonly serve far off networks that are not conservative to associate with huge matrices because of their seclusion, however that have an adequate thickness and variety of end clients so it bodes well to interface them together instead of supply them all with independent frameworks.
Feb 26, 2021 // Grids, IEA, frameworks, Mini Grid
Google’s Suncatcher Puts AI Compute Into Orbit
Google’s Project Suncatcher turns solar LEO swarms into AI datacenters: TPUs linked by free-space optics at 1.6 Tbps; 2027 prototypes, radiation-tolerant chips, but heat and ground links loom.
Nov 6, 2025 // Technology, Google, Suncatcher
What is Potential of PV?
Annually, the atmosphere of Earth, land and water masses absorb around 3,850 thousand exajoules of solar energy. In 2002, there was more energy obtained from
Sep 13, 2023