Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Wind and solar grow from 7% of generation today to 48% by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Battery maker Octillion Power Systems will supply advanced lithium-ion batteries to Brazilian manufacturer FNM (Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades) for the production of 1,000 electric trucks for beverage maker Ambev. It features Octillion’s 650-volt battery and and Danfoss Editron’s drivetrains. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

JUNE 5, 2024

Photo: Cypress Creek Renewables In Q1 2024, the US saw the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in its history, bringing its total installed capacity to 200 GW. The report also contains new data showing that the US added over 40 GW of new solar capacity in 2023 – more than initially reported. A record-setting 11.8

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Baua Electric

APRIL 10, 2024

Photo courtesy of Tom Brewster/BLM California Avangrid (NYSE: AGR), one of the US’s largest clean energy operators, has begun construction on its first solar farm in California. GW of installed capacity of renewables in the US, is building the 57-megawatt (MW) Camino Solar Project in Kern County, California. Get started here. –ad*

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The average cost of a Li-ion battery cell—used to power electric vehicles and to provide flexibility in the power grid as more renewables, such as solar and wind, are added will fall below $100 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the next three years, according to a new analysis by IHS Markit. Cost is the name of the game.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2023

In case of a power outage, Quasar 2’s Power Recovery Mode automatically switches the user’s power source from the grid to their vehicle to allow a homeowner to use their EV battery as an emergency generator. Across the US, unforeseen power outages cost the US economy $150 billion annually.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2023

million through the USGS to advance scientific innovation and map critical minerals vital to the nation’s supply chains, national defense and economy. Overall, this act invests $510.7 The Earth MRI investments will enable airborne geophysical surveys of the poorly mapped Kuskokwim River region of western Alaska.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

Stardust Power , a lithium refiner supplying the EV sector, is going to build the US’s largest battery-grade lithium refinery in Oklahoma. The refinery will be in Southside Industrial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma, southeast of Tulsa, and is expected to be capable of producing up to 50,000 metric tonnes of battery-grade lithium annually.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

BloombergNEF has issued a research note highlighting some of the likely effects of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak over the next year on the transition to a clean economy: including renewable power, energy storage, electric vehicles, heating, cooling and the circular economy. Chart: BloombergNEF.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2020

Energy major Total, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Saft, and Groupe PSA with Opel, intend to establish a joint venture named Automotive Cell Company (ACC) to develop EV battery manufacturing in Europe. The project will leverage cutting-edge R&D, notably provided by Saft, in order to produce EV batteries starting in 2023.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a massive new deal, Solar giant Qcells will supply Microsoft with 12 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels over eight years. Qcells’ largest agreement ever will supply Microsoft with enough solar panels to power the equivalent of more than 1.8 Qcells expects to bring its total solar panel production capacity in Georgia to 8.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. Low- and zero-carbon alternatives to greenhouse-gas emitting peaker plants are in development, such as arrays of lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen power generation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2023

Aluminum, the report says, is caught in the middle of the clean energy transition—it is a crucial component enabling economy-wide decarbonization, but at the same time is one of the highest emitting industrial materials.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

rooftop) solar increased by 16.1% Small-scale solar alone grew by 20.1% – faster than any other energy source. In December alone, small-scale solar increased by 21.4% while total solar grew by 30.7%. As a result, by the end of 2023, solar was 5.6% Small-scale solar accounted for 30.9% compared to 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2017

million to bring 10 battery-electric buses and supportive infrastructure to serve disadvantaged communities in the south San Joaquin Valley city of Porterville. In addition to the buses, the project will include installation of charging stations and solar panels. California will award $9.5

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

French automaker Renault is exploring a lucrative business prospect by partnering with companies to extract and recycle lithium and other metals in EV batteries, creating a circular economy that can bring in billions of dollars and reduce reliance on China. Renault is targeting sales of 2.3 billion euros ($2.49

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity in 2023, according to a new report, but 2024 will bring challenges to the industry. Every solar market segment saw year-over-year growth in 2023, bringing total installed solar capacity in the US to 177 GW. GW of new capacity, while nearly 800,000 Americans added solar to their homes.

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Self-Generation Nation – Solar Sales Soar Amid Escalating Energy Costs. This resulted in significant demand placed on supply channels just as energy demand peaked , all while global economies were still bouncing back from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. But why solar? While popular, solar is just one solution.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

A global battery consortium charged with advancing lead battery technology has re-launched as it prepares a new technical roadmap designed to extend both the performance and lifetime of the core battery technology. The push for greater electrification requires a mix of battery technologies capable of delivering at scale.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2021

The Volkswagen Group presented its technology roadmap for batteries and charging up to 2030 today on its first “Power Day”. The goal of the roadmap is to reduce the complexity and cost of the battery significantly in order to make the electric car attractive and viable for as many people as possible. —Thomas Schmall.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2022

million tonnes LCE will be needed by 2050 with energy storage making up two-thirds of battery demand by that date, due to the growth of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. By 2040, all of the lithium mined last year will only meet one month’s demand, even with the supply from recycled batteries. —Simon Moore.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 15, 2024

Solar PV and wind account for 95% of the expansion, with renewables overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity generation by early 2025.” Global solar PV prices declined by nearly 50 percent year over year in 2023, and the IEA expects cost reductions and accelerated deployment to continue. In the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In its International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021), EIA projects that strong economic growth, particularly with developing economies in Asia, will drive global increases in energy consumption despite pandemic-related declines and long-term improvements in energy efficiency. —EIA Acting Administrator Stephen Nalley.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Last Friday, Genex Power announced a supply agreement contract with Tesla for its Bouldercome Battery project (BPP) near Rockhampton in central Queensland, Australia. . Tesla will supply 40 Megapacks under the Genex supply agreement with a capacity of 50MW/100MWh for the Bouldercome battery energy storage system (BESS).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are proposing a new integrated process involving the co-production of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy—a concept they label “hydricity”. —Gençer et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

Minerals and the materials derived from them are at the heart of energy transition strategies, and emerging markets and developing economies are the overwhelming providers. Nickel is critical to battery-powered vehicles; nickel sulfate is a key ingredient in cathode precursors for the lithium-ion batteries they use.

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Drive Electric

APRIL 4, 2023

However, as the number of EVs on our roads continues to grow, so too does the number of old EV batteries requiring responsible disposal. According to estimates from EECA, an EV battery is expected to last 10 to 20 years (and more than 350,000km!) So, what happens to EV batteries once they have done their dash?

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 30, 2024

The good readers and supporters of CleanTechnica support EVs, wind energy, solar power, batteries, and renewables technology, notwithstanding the several industry trolls who sometimes visit our comment section. We understand that the unquestionable primary leader for EVs in this period has been Elon Musk.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? 100% wind and solar is not feasible on its own.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Victoria Big Battery (VBB), which utilizes Tesla Megapacks, recently set a new output record during one of its test runs. The 300 MW/450 MWh battery project resumed testing just last month, after a fire in July. According to Renew Economy , The VBB beat the 150 MW/194 MWh Hornsdale Power Reserve’s record of +150 MW/-120 MW.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

Global demand for critical minerals is increasing to support the transition to a low emissions global economy. The list prioritizes building an industrial base for the low-carbon, digitized economy, and provides greater certainty and predictability to industry, trading partners and investors on what Canada has to offer.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2020

and Iwatani Corporation announced that Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R), which had been under construction in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture since 2018, has been constructed with a solar-energy-powered 10MW-class hydrogen production unit, the largest in the world, at the end of February.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2021

Safety features include two wing-mounted electric motors, each with dual redundant motor windings, quad-redundant battery packs and a full airplane parachute. The airplane’s 8-seat configuration consists of up to seven passengers and one or two pilots. —George E. Bye, Bye Aerospace CEO.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2022

Critical materials, which include rare-earth elements, lithium, nickel, and cobalt, are required for manufacturing many clean energy technologies, including batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels. Global demand for critical materials is expected to increase by 400-600% over the next several decades.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 20, 2021

In this first part of a two-part interview for CleanTech Talk, Rodney Hooper of RK Equity talks lithium and EV battery production and supply forecasts for 2025–2030 in Europe, China, the US, and globally. CleanTech Talk — EVs, Solar, […].

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

As power grids everywhere increasingly rely on intermittent renewable energy, batteries and other forms of energy storage that can even out the bumps in supply and demand are taking on a crucial role. No battery is perfect, however, so engineers keep pushing for new and improved ways to store those electrons.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2021

The Critical Energy Minerals Roadmap shows how the mining and manufacturing sectors can work together to turn critical minerals resources such as lithium and silicon into much needed products for renewable energy, such as electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines. Source: CSIRO Roadmap.

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