A new disease of affluence, range anxiety, had been created by electric vehicles in the past few years, and now the portable charging solution proposed by an American startup Spark Charge has made its debut in California, where a minute of charge provides an additional mile of driving distance, which resolves the predicament when your electric vehicle is out of juice and towing is the only option. ...  more
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Tesla’s First V3 Super Charging Station Confirmed for Official Use in June at NTU |
published: 2020-05-20 18:30 |
The long-rumored new generation of super charging stations from Tesla has finally been confirmed by Tesla Taiwan’s Instagram page that it will be established at the National Taiwan University and put into formal use in June at the latest. ...  more
CS Energy Completes Construction of New Jersey's Largest Solar Plant |
published: 2020-05-20 13:30 |
CS Energy, LLC, a leading integrated energy firm that designs and builds optimized projects in the solar, storage and emerging energy industries, has successfully completed the largest solar project in New Jersey.
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Nuclear Engineering Company X-energy Awarded $6 million from US Department of Energy |
published: 2020-05-20 10:45 |
X-energy announced it was awarded a $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The funding will be used to support the development of the Xe-100 reactor, emphasizing th...  more
Japanese Shipping Company Will Build the World’s First Battery-Electric Tankers |
published: 2020-05-19 18:30 |
Asahi Shipping, a major Japanese provider of marine transportation services, announced on March 27 that it will be operating the world’s first zero-emission tanker in the first quarter of 2022. The company has ordered two battery-powered tankers from its joint venture e5 Lab, which was established with Exeno Yamamizu, MOL, and Mitsubishi. In terms of specifications, these tankers feature a lithium-ion battery with a base capacity of 3,500 kilowatt-hours for powering the propulsion system. ...  more
Wind Farm in Northwest Missouri Begins Commercial Operation |
published: 2020-05-19 14:00 |
Tenaska Clear Creek Energy Center, a 242-megawatt (MW) wind farm in northwest Missouri, is now fully operational. The facility achieved commercial operation on Monday, May 4.
Located north of Maryville in Nodaway County, Tenaska Clear Creek is comprised of 111 Vestas turbines across approximately 31,000 acres.
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US Naval Research Lab Conducts First Test of Solar Power Satellite Hardware in Orbit |
published: 2020-05-19 10:30 |
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on May 17 as part of a comprehensive investigation into prospective terrestrial use of solar energy captured in space.
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Your Monday Briefings: All the Solar News (Week 21) |
published: 2020-05-18 18:00 |
Welcome back to another busy week! This time, we are covering how COVID-19 caused the new orders of some Italian PV companies to decrease by 75% YoY, Israel’s billion-dollar-plan of investing in clean energy and water infrastructure, Jinko Solar’s groundbreaking 580W modules, and many more!
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NTT: Conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement with ITER |
published: 2020-05-18 14:00 |
First private Japanese company to have a Long Term Non-Commercial Cooperation Agreement with the ITER Organization. NTT Corporation (NTT, President & CEO: Jun Sawada) concluded a Cooperation Agreement on the ITER Project with ...  more
The Global Smart Grid Market Size Is Expected to Grow to USD 28.8 Billion by 2021 (CAGR 7.1%) |
published: 2020-05-18 4:00 |
Growing investments for modernization of the aging grid infrastructure are expected to accelerate the growth of the smart grid market. The global smart grid market size is estimated to grow from an estimated value of USD 26.9 bill...  more