How To Repurpose Your EV Cargo Rack For Solar Panels: Part 1

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:50:53 +0000

Rooftop solar panels can be installed on a variety of electric vehicles, adding miles to the battery, running electric tools and equipment, or providing power in emergencies.

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Wisconsin School Project Gives Kids A Solar Plus Storage Microgrid Learning Environment

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 15:08:32 +0000

A Wisconsin school is getting a solar plus storage microgrid project that will save the district significant money on energy. Intelligent power management company Eaton will provide the solar plus storage microgrid to support affordable, resilient, and sustainable power in the Wisconsin school district. The system will be the largest … [continued]

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New Lithium-Sulfur EV Battery Could Reverse The Ill Fortunes Of Stellantis

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:31:03 +0000

Despite its current troubles, Stellantis is pushing forward with big EV battery plans including new lithium-sulfur technology and a new lithium-ion battery factory in Indiana.

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Tiny TELO Electric Truck Punches Up At You-Know-Who

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 03:14:25 +0000

The TELO electric truck aims to mark out space for itself among city dwellers and entrepreneurs longing for a stylish, versatile pickup that can parallel park like a champ and take off for weekend adventures, too.

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Superconducting Transmission CEO Talks Grids In Brussels

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 03:02:15 +0000

When I was in Brussels recently speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution, Eddie O’Connor and Kevin O’Sullivan’s handbook for Europe’s renewable power grid of the future, I had the opportunity to sit down with John Fitzgerald, CEO of Supernode, a startup developing superconducting transmission. … [continued]

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Ace Green Recycling Becoming a Public Company, Leading on Sustainable Battery Recycling

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:23:01 +0000

When someone asks me about my EV, they always bring up battery issues. It soon becomes clear that they don’t understand battery recycling. The conversations begin this way and swiftly break down into battery waste: “Well, oil comes out of the ground and so do the minerals for batteries…” or … [continued]

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Lessons For Europe & North America From Northvolt Collapse

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:50:39 +0000

The European Union lost a few things in the past week. The least of them was a couple of billion euros of loans and grants. A big one was a new supply of fresh and shiny Europe-made batteries. The biggest was a belief that anything China could do, they could … [continued]

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Baltic Nation Deploys Solar Power For 100% Energy Independence

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:29:46 +0000

Solar power is featured in the reconstruction of the historic Estonian National Library in Talinn, deploying building-integrated solar panels that match the original roofing material.

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500 Renault 5 Carsharing EVs Used in European First V2G Scheme

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 04:17:02 +0000

13 years ago, Utrecht brightened our day with news of a Traffic Garden — something so basic, so common sense, and yet so amazing. Things are how they should be. Flowing with well-trained bicyclists is just one of the ways Utrecht succeeds with high-efficiency transportation, though. 9 years ago, Utrecht … [continued]

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Hard Sail Power Might Have Niche In Roro Vehicle Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:33:33 +0000

Sails on ships are a romantic and idealized vision of the world. Our history as a species includes innumerable tiny vessels pushed by wind across great expanses of featureless ocean, bold explorers and traders risking all on the science of sextants and the vagaries of the weather. But in recent … [continued]

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