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- EU and Bill Gates make joint push for $1BN to accelerate clean tech Wed, 2 Jun 21, 8:39pmThe European Commission has announced a partnership with Bill Gates’ sustainable energy funding vehicle with the goal of unlocking new investments for clean tech and sustainable energy projects totalling up to $1BN...
- Why is Energy so Difficult to Store? Why is Stored Energy so Difficult to Use? Sat, 29 May 21, 11:00pmOne more point seems pertinent. A decade ago we were all lectured that the environment would be best served as we de-materialized society. That is, we would reduce our environmental footprint as we used less matter; reducing...
- Tesla has installed 200,000 Powerwalls around the world so far Thu, 27 May 21, 7:01amTesla has installed its 200,000th Powerwall, the company’s home battery storage product, the company said in a tweet on Wednesday. Tesla’s CFO Zachary Kirkhorn told investors during a first-quarter earnings call...
- Denmark’s largest battery – one step closer to storing green power in stones Fri, 30 Apr 21, 7:00amThe technology, which stores electrical energy as heat in stones, is called GridScale, and could become a cheap and efficient alternative to storing power from solar and wind in lithium-based batteries...
- Three energy-innovation takeaways from Texas’ deep freeze Wed, 17 Mar 21, 6:58amUnpredictability and complexity are quickening, and technology has its place, but not simply as an individual safeguard or false security blanket.
- Volta Energy Technologies raises over $90M of a targeted $150M fund to back energy storage startups Fri, 19 Feb 21, 4:40amVolta Energy Technologies, the energy investment and advisory services firm backed by some of the biggest names in energy and energy storage materials, has closed on nearly $90 million of a targeted $150 million investment...
- Powering up: UK hills could be used as energy 'batteries' Mon, 8 Feb 21, 5:01pmEngineers explore using gentle slopes rather than steep dams or mountains to store electricity
- Ovo to launch 'half-price' electric vehicle charging tariff Wed, 27 Jan 21, 6:57amNew Drive Anytime rate bids to mirror rivals’ off-peak tariff with savings of 60% a year, supplier claims
- Cold snap forces UK electricity market prices to new high Wed, 6 Jan 21, 4:35amNational Grid issues urgent call for suppliers to generate extra 524MW of electricity capacity
- Residential renewable energy developer Swell is raising $450 million for distributed power projects in three states Fri, 11 Dec 20, 10:01amSwell Energy, an installer and manager of residential renewable energy, energy efficiency and storage technologies, is raising $450 million to finance the construction of four virtual power plants representing a massive amount...
- Australia must stop 'whingeing' and make a decision on national energy market, operator says Mon, 23 Nov 20, 5:42pmAudrey Zibelman says market has reached ‘inflection point’ and decision must be made on whether to have single, national market or five state markets
- A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change Wed, 18 Nov 20, 6:59amEven without a Green New Deal, the sweeping set of climate-related initiatives many Democrats are pushing for, President-elect Joe Biden will have plenty of opportunities to move ahead with much of the ambitious energy transformation...
- ‘Zombie batteries’ causing hundreds of waste fires, experts warn Mon, 26 Oct 20, 5:00pmIndustry urges people not to throw out dead batteries with household rubbish or recycling
- Lithium find in Cornwall spurs hopes of regeneration Thu, 17 Sep 20, 7:41pmDiscovery of high-grade metal used for electric car batteries ‘could be enough to meet total future UK demand’
- AGL bets on electric vehicles subscription service to boost Australia's uptake Wed, 9 Sep 20, 7:32amEnergy company will provide car, charging station as well as insurance and registration for flat fee, as research points to upfront cost as deterrent