Over $3 Billion to Support America’s Battery Manufacturing Sector, Create Over 12,000 Jobs, & Enhance National Security

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:35:58 +0000

Investing in America Agenda Will Generate $16 Billion in Total Investment to Onshore Critical Materials Like Lithium, Support Good-Paying Union Jobs Across the Battery Sector, and Enhance the Nation’s Economic Competitiveness WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of the Biden–Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today … [continued]

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Eonix Awarded Air Force Phase II STTR to Unlock Next-Gen e-VTOL Systems with Scalable Ultra-High-Power Batteries

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:41:30 +0000

Leveraging the ATLAS platform, Eonix will accelerate battery materials discovery focused on powering Directed Energy, C-sUAS, and e-VTOL systems Knoxville, TN — Eonix, a pioneer in next-generation battery technology, has been selected by AFWERX for a PHASE II STTR contract with the University of Tennessee Tickle College of Engineering in … [continued]

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2023 Was Another Big Year for Newly Installed & Proposed Hybrid Power Plants, Even with PPA Price Increases

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:57:57 +0000

Newly released data compilation from Berkeley Lab tracks operational and proposed plants Improving battery technology and the growth of variable renewable generation are driving a surge of interest in “hybrid” power plants that combine, for example, utility-scale wind and/or solar generating capacity with co-located batteries. A newly released briefing from … [continued]

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One Simple Trick To Send The Cost Of An EV Battery Rocketing Downwards

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:45:33 +0000

The UK firm Zircotec is adapting a high tech ceramic coating to reduce the weight and cost of an EV battery pack, leveraging its experience in Formula One racing and other motorsports.

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Ship Owners Confused About Decarbonization

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:30:13 +0000

For three years, the International Chamber of Shipping has been running a survey of ship owners, covering multiple domains, including biggest risks to shipping, changes in shipping patterns with initiatives like friendshoring and most relevantly for this discussion, decarbonization. Recently they dropped their 2023-2024 survey, and the results indicate ongoing … [continued]

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OSCAL’s 6000W Power Station PowerMax 6000 Launched for Home Power Systems

Credit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 02:46:02 +0000

Expandable Capacity from 3.6kWh to 57.6kWh, Up to 6000W Output with 120/240V Dual Voltage, and 24/7 UPS in 5-8ms Switchover Earlier this year, OSCAL, one of the fastest growing energy technology startups, introduced its PowerMax 3600 as the world’s first rugged power station, with huge success in the market. The … [continued]

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New EV Battery Has 15-Year, 930,000-Mile Expected Service Life

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:57:31 +0000

We’re already at the point where, if you buy a new electric car, you probably never have to worry about the car’s battery wearing out. However long you plan to own the car, it’s unlikely the battery drops even close to 70% of its original capacity. Nonetheless, some people still … [continued]

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Yotta Energy’s New 1kWh Rooftop Battery Pulls Double Duty As Ballast

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:34:19 +0000

Rooftop solar storage and micro inverter company Yotta Energy is back at RE+ this year with a new version of its rooftop battery that much more elegantly provides storage and allows installers to use it as ballast for the system at the same time. When we talked to Yotta Energy … [continued]

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16 Rural Electric Cooperatives Will Leverage $7.3 Billion in Federal Funding to Deliver More Affordable, Reliable Electricity to Their Members

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 14:50:52 +0000

Projects represent historic investments of $29 billion in clean energy that will benefit 1 in 5 rural Americans The first wave of 16 rural electric cooperatives (co-ops) selected to receive the USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) funding plan to leverage their awards to deploy carbon-free energy to help power … [continued]

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Present & Future of EV Manufacturing in Latin America: A Brief Overview

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 14:54:23 +0000

Any of our readers who have been following my reports know that Latin America’s EV sales are rising. In some countries, they may not be growing as fast as we would wish; in others, they’re faster than we ever expected; but the trend remains clear regardless. Latin America’s* market amounts … [continued]

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