Can Renewables Become As Profitable As Oil And Gas?
Here’s the question for oil industry investors. Can oil companies scale up clean energy enterprises to replace business lost from a decline in fossil fuel revenues? Some of the oil Continue Reading
The Beginning Of A New Megatrend In Solar Energy
The solar sector has enjoyed a jaw-dropping run-up in the current year. The sector’s sole pure-play solar fund, Invesco Solar Portfolio ETF (TAN), is up 234% over the past 52 Continue Reading
DOE to invest $6.4M to develop hydrogen-fueled turbines
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced $6.4 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) FE-FOA Continue Reading
Texas support for massive transmission boost for renewables in question
Highlights $3 billion/year in savings possible 21 GW of coal and gas retirements seen Houston — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas must massively expand its transmission capacity to move Continue Reading
EV Battery Prices Plunge 89% In Ten Years
The price of a lithium-ion battery pack used to power an electric vehicle has plunged 89% in the last decade. It could drop even further in the next couple of Continue Reading
The Middle East Needs To Wake Up To Renewables
The oil and gas reserves of the Middle East are unmatched. It has been the region’s most important source of revenue and wealth for the past decades. Although it is Continue Reading
€12M Current Direct project seeks to support marine electrification with swappable containerized battery system
Current Direct , a new €12-million research and innovation project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, is proposing an innovative lithium-ion cell optimized for waterborne transport, using novel Continue Reading
Japanese, Russian companies partner on feasibility study of blue ammonia value chain between eastern Siberia & Japan
Toyo Engineering Corporation and Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), and Itochu Corporation are partnering on a joint feasibility study of a blue ammonia Continue Reading
Robots Are Creating The Super Batteries Of The Future
Artificial intelligence and robots are a hot topic of discussion, especially in the context of automation and job loss for humans. But they are also helping humans with a lot Continue Reading
The Hot Battery Startup That Could Zap Tesla
One of the wildest plotlines in the great 2020 electric-vehicle rally was the late-year rise of QuantumScape, QS -14.08% a battery startup that has yet to report any revenue. If investors are even close Continue Reading