Teslarati

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Aptera has announced today that it has begun producing solar cells for its upcoming hyper-efficient EV. A critical part of Aptera’s hyper-efficient vehicle design is the implementation of solar cells that cover the vehicle. The video also highlights some of the design goals Aptera set for its solar design.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In a past article, I went through some of the interesting projects people were pursuing for solar cars. While functional, and even useful in some cases, some solar experiments were rather unelegant. In this article, I want to let readers know about a cool project that is making it easier for anyone to have an […].

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is attempting to power its EV charging stations with solar power facilities along the highway. EV charging suppliers are torn between energy costs, expansion needs, and remaining price competitive (to name a few factors). The Turnpike has already constructed its first solar facility in Jeanette, capable of 1.3

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 11, 2022

A recent article at Bloomberg points out some of the big advantages of the recent Inflation Reduction Act for people considering home solar. When it comes to the recently passed law, EV tax credits have gotten much of the attention, largely due to controversies in how they’re structured.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2022

A recent article at Slash Gear attempted to tackle the problem of solar-powered cars. The topic did hit the news last month with cars like the Vision EQXX concept and Hyundai’s hybrid Sonata sporting solar panels, and if those cars were all we had to go on, the science mentioned in the article would be […].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a proof-of-principle photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) capable of capturing excess photon energy normally lost to generating heat. The research is outlined in a paper in Nature Energy. —Matthew Beard.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 28, 2022

Earlier this month, we ran an article about the Formula Sun Grand Prix, a track race that also serves as the qualifier for the American Solar Challenge, an overland race for college solar car teams. One of the cool things about this year’s race is that they added classes for slightly more practical cars to […].

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As dealerships embrace electrification to maintain competitiveness , it’s crucial to also explore the benefits of integrating battery energy storage systems (BESS). Discover key insights into incorporating battery storage for your dealership’s sustainable energy storage. What are battery energy storage systems?

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Electricity from solar is cheaper than sourcing it from coal-fired power plants, according to a new article published in the journal Energy and Environmental Materials. a year if it switched from coal to solar – study appeared first on Electrek. more… The post The US could save $5.6B

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EV Box

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A typical home solar setup comprising of ten 300W panels that receive on average 6.02 hours of peak sunlight per day, produce about 13.5kWh of energy a day. To replenish this charge using an average solar array in a country that receives 6.02 hours of solar EV charging. hours of solar charging a day is pretty fast!

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In a previous article, I covered the story of Joe Kliewer, a man on a mission to set an automotive record. While most people aim for speed in a Cannonball attempt, Joe is instead aiming to be the first to go from New York City to the Los Angeles Metro powered by nothing but the […]

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As electric vehicles gain traction and renewable energy rises in prominence, an increasing number of drivers are contemplating the shift to solar power for charging their vehicles. Solar energy is not just a clean power source; it represents a self-sufficient lifestyle. Kia Soul EV 64 243 26.3 Chevrolet Bolt EV 60 238 25.3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2017

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recaptured the record for highest efficiency in solar hydrogen production via a photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting process. A paper in Nature Energy outlines how NREL’s new record was achieved. Young, Myles A. 2017.28.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

The alliance, including India, aims to secure 5 GW of battery energy storage by 2024, aligning with the long-term goal of developing 90 GW of storage capacity worldwide. However, beyond celebrating this achievement lies a broader recognition of the crucial role batteries play in driving clean energy transitions worldwide.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C In the past two years, the U.S. C in this century.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

As reported in an open-access paper in Nature Communications, the wafer-level photochemical diode arrays exhibited solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of ~3.3% Previous direct solar water splitters have achieved a little more than 1 percent stable solar-to-hydrogen efficiency in fresh or saltwater. in neutral (pH?~?7.0)

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A couple of years ago, I wrote an article about a big problem electric pickups face: towing. Towing itself isn’t an issue, as electric motors have plenty of torque and can pull around heavy things. Today’s electric pickups are only half-ton, but that means a lot more than it used to back in the day. […]

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Energy storage and nuclear fusion—two reliable crowd pleasers when the crowd you’re talking about is readers of IEEE Spectrum —are well represented among our most widely read energy stories of 2023. Here are the 10 most popular AI articles that Spectrum published in 2023, ranked by the amount of time people spent reading them.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Department of Energy has announced that products like the Tesla Megapack will radically alter the country’s energy generation system in the coming years. The Energy Information Administration (EIA), a part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has released a report stating that U.S.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 9, 2023

The Megafactory is planned to initially produce up to 10,000 units of commercial energy storage batteries per year, with an energy storage scale of nearly 40 GWh, and the product will be available to the global markets. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 13, 2023

The company's business scope includes energy st Ora ge technology services and solar power technology services, and may be the operating entity for Tesla 's energy storage business in China. The information hints that the company may be the operating entity for Tesla's energy storage business in China.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 28, 2023

The partnership leverages CATL's strengths in battery technology and HGP's strengths in energy infrastructure and storage resource development and will provide a more convenient solution for the market, the release said. HGP is based in Dallas, Texas, and has decades of market experience deploying grid investment-grade energy storage assets.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The basic concept of the integrated solar battery is to use the contribution of the photovoltage to reduce greatly the charging overpotential caused by the difficulty in efficiently electrochemically decomposing lithium peroxide (Li 2 O 2 ), the discharge product formed on the oxygen electrode. Earlier post.). —Yu et al.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and the use of energy storage is becoming more widespread. And with the popularity of electric vehicles, the grid is under more and more pressure, so the demand for energy storage is growing. So what exactly is energy storage?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

Despite the much-vaunted megatrend involving the global electrification drive and shift to renewable energy , the most ambitious pledges by Big Oil to pursue net-zero agendas remain weak at best. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. 1 Equinor. 2 Total SA.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 20, 2023

(Image credit: Gotion High-tech) Chinese battery giant Gotion High-tech and Japan's Edison Power Co Ltd have reached a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly tap the energy storage market in Japan. The energy storage battery business is Gotion's second-largest business after power batteries. In China, Gotion installed 0.78

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2023

A new Tesla Megapack project has broken ground in Arizona, and when it comes online in 2024, it will be the state’s largest energy storage system. For utilities, battery energy storage is one of the most helpful new technologies they can employ to reduce fossil fuel dependence and increase the reliability of their associated grid.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

With this, the company is gearing up to meet the growing demand for clean energy storage solutions, according to a company statement. RCRS Innovations manufactures Li-Ion battery packs and solar panels in two separate plants in Delhi NCR with primary applications in clean (renewable) energy storage and solar lighting.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2013

Researchers in South Korea have developed a simple, low-cost and eco-friendly method of creating nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (NGnPs) with excellent catalytic performance in both dye-sensitized solar cells and fuel cells to replace conventional platinum (Pt)-based catalysts for energy conversion. —Jeon et al. 1116897109.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you’ve been following my articles or my social media, you’ve probably seen me struggle to find the perfect RV. On the one hand, having a large RV with room for the whole family, pets, bikes, and everything would be great, but it comes at a cost. Getting 5-10 MPG on a 1000-mile trip means […].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2012

Analysts at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed harmonized meta-analyses of lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions from coal, wind, solar and other energy technologies. Each article describes the details of the calculations for each step of harmonization.

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Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

How much energy can we dedicate to all this computing? We can already spy one face of this future in the nearly demonic coupling of energy consumption and private profit that provides the proof-of-work mechanism for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. This article appears in the August 2021 print issue as “Cloud Computing's Dark Cloud.".

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2022

Aptera has announced that they will be using EVE Energy batteries in their upcoming production car, and the batteries will be produced in San Diego. Today, they have announced yet another partnership, this time with EVE Energy, a Chinese battery manufacturer who will be supplying Aptera with batteries made in a San Diego production facility.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 1, 2022

In a previous article, we covered the Stella Vita experimental camper van. Unlike nearly every other camper on the face of the planet (this is the other exception I know of), the Stella Vita runs on sunlight. It doesn’t need to charge from the electrical grid, which still uses fossil fuels. It doesn’t need anything […].

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

However, the production of electricity for EV charging can result in carbon emissions, depending on the energy source. The carbon pollution from electricity varies based on local energy production methods. The shift towards renewable energy sources further enhances the environmental benefits of EVs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2021

This avoids traditional but costly liquid separation methods that require significant energy. The findings offer one way to alleviate a growing demand for minor metals such as cobalt, lithium, and rare earth elements that are used in “clean” energy products such as electric cars, solar cells, and electricity-generating windmills.

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