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Flow battery companies look beyond vanadium to compete with lithium-ion

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We hear from XL Batteries and Quino Energy, 'organic' chemistry flow battery technology companies, about how they plan to scale up and reduce costs to compete with lithium-ion.

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Cybersecurity vulnerabilities in solar power could be used to attack the grid and cause blackouts

Envirotec Magazine

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities in solar power systems pose potential risks to grid security, stability and availability, according to a new study The SUN:DOWN research – conducted by Forescout Research, a specialist in cybersecurity – investigated different implementations of solar power generation. “Our findings show an insecure ecosystem with dangerous energy and national security implications,” says the group’s blog, which presents these more concerning ramificat

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California investor-owned utility PG&E picks community microgrids for US$43 million funding

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Utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has announced intent to award up to US$43 million in grant funding for nine new community-driven microgrids in California, US. The funding comes through the Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP). MIP was created through 2018s Senate Bill 1339 (SB 1339).

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Magnesium-doped quantum dots boost perovskite/organic tandem solar cell stability

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Photovoltaic (PV) solutions, which are designed to convert sunlight into electrical energy, are becoming increasingly widespread worldwide. Over the past decades, engineers specialized in energy solutions have been trying to identify new solar cell designs and PV materials that could achieve even better power conversion efficiencies, while also retaining their stability and reliably operating for long periods of time.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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What Bosch’s 100MW Electrolyser Pre-Orders Mean for Clean Energy’s Future

Hydrogen Fuel News

Bosch’s Bold Hydrogen Move: Pre-Orders for 100MW Hybrion Electrolyser Stack Spark Industry Buzz Bosch has made waves in the hydrogen sector by securing pre-orders for 100MW of its Hybrion PEM electrolyser stacks, even before the official product launch in April. For a company with its sights set on achieving billions in hydrogen-related revenue by 2030, this is a strong opening act.

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re/cell launches lithium-ion blocks using recycled cells from Tesla battery packs

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US-based supplier of remanufactured battery packs for EVs, re/cell has introduced lithium-ion blocks using recycled cells from Tesla battery packs. Smart battery features built on re/cell’s block architecture include an LED fuel gauge, current detection, charge warning and safety protection, built-in cell balancing with real-time pack status using CAN/SMBus communication and integrated crossflow cooling.

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Improving steel pipelines for safe transport of hydrogen: Synchrotron light captures 3D images of cracks formed inside

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Hydrogen is increasingly gaining attention as a promising energy source for a cleaner, more sustainable future. Using hydrogen to meet the energy demands for large-scale applications such as utility infrastructure will require transporting large volumes via existing pipelines designed for natural gas.

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Doosan Fuel Cell Revolutionizes Hydrogen with Carbon Capture Technology

Hydrogen Fuel News

Introduction to Doosan’s Carbon Capture Innovation Imagine a future where producing clean hydrogen doesnt come with a side of carbon emissions. Doosan Fuel Cell is making that a reality with their groundbreaking hydrogen fuel cell carbon capture technology. Developed in collaboration with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and other partners, this innovation captures over 90% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated during hydrogen production from natural gas.

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Trova introduces new electric terminal truck

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Trova Commercial Vehicles has launched a battery-electric terminal truck, the companys first product to reach the market. Terminal trucks are semi-tractor vehicles designed to move semi-trailers within a warehouse facility, cargo yard or intermodal facility. One of the unique sides of Trova is its leadership team, Collignon told Charged , explaining that the team includes several former senior executives of Volvo, owner of Mack Trucksamong them the former President of Mack Trucks and an Executiv

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New York State large-scale energy storage support scheme approved by regulators

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Regulators earlier this month approved a scheme to support grid-scale energy storage facilities, aligned with New Yorks 6GW by 2030 policy target.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Smart motor innovation could be game-changer for energy saving

Envirotec Magazine

An intelligent motor developed in Nottingham appears to offer a game-changing combination of energy savings, performance and small size, providing an industrial motor with advanced variable frequency technology in a package that is 60% smaller than current market offerings. The group behind the technology at the heart of the approach suggests it has the potential to revolutionise the energy efficiency of industrial processes in harsh environments.

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While China scales high-efficiency solar panel manufacturing, the US is stuck with PERC

Solar Power World

This past year has been the season for intellectual property (IP) battles within the solar panel space. Most global solar panel manufacturers are involved in patent infringement lawsuits in U.S. courts in some way either suing or being sued over tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology. Who has the right to produce advanced n-type… The post While China scales high-efficiency solar panel manufacturing, the US is stuck with PERC appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Hydrogen-Powered and Grid-Free? Coca-Cola Unveils Off-Grid Hydrogen Tech

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Coca-Cola Unveils Hydrogen-Powered Vending Machines, Redefining Sustainability on the Go A New Era for Hydrogen Technology in Everyday Life Coca-Cola has found a surprising new stage to spotlight hydrogen innovation, and its no factory floor or bulky industrial plant. Instead, meet the hydrogen-powered vending machine, a sleek solution that operates without a power outlet.

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A closer look at purpose-built power analyzers for precise EV test and measurement

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Q&A with EV measurement engineering experts Coty Harrison and Cristian Loris of Yokogawa Test&Measurement. When tasked with measuring the electrical power of complex systems like EVs, an inexperienced engineer may first reach for general instrumentation like oscilloscopes, data acquisition (DAQ) systems and digital multimeters (DMMs). While these instruments serve useful roles in electrical testingoscilloscopes analyze time-dependent signals, DAQs handle large-scale data and DMMs focus o

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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BNEF: Australia’s utility-scale BESS uptake to expand eightfold to 18GW in 2035

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BloombergNEF (BNEF) has found that utility-scale BESS uptake in Australia could increase eightfold to 18GW in 2035, up from 2.3GW in 2024.

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Bridging the nature-finance gap

Envirotec Magazine

COP16 talks featured an extended session in Rome in February, where negotiators sought to address a $942 billion shortfall in the funds believed to be required to protect and restore nature. By Samantha Willis, Biodiversity Consultant at Ramboll In a significant step towards global nature recovery, bridging the Nature-Finance gap was at the heart of negotiations during the recent extended COP 16 session, which concluded in Rome on the 27th February.

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Bridging the gap: Reusing wind turbine blades to build bridges

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Jud Ready first visited Beaverbrook Park for an adopt-a-stream event as a graduate student. When he moved to the northwest Atlanta neighborhood, he got involved with improvement efforts at the park.

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Airbus Reveals Hydrogen-Powered Planes That Promise Zero Pollution and Big Impact

Hydrogen Fuel News

Airbus Takes Hydrogen Aviation to New Heights at the 2025 Summit At its highly anticipated annual summit, Airbus reaffirmed its determination to shape the future of aviation with cutting-edge hydrogen technology. The company shared significant updates to its strategic vision, including plans for a revolutionary single-aisle aircraft expected to launch in the latter 2030s, as well as advancements in the ZEROe project, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at driving hydrogen-powered aviation forward.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Faith Technologies’ new above-ground cable routing product streamlines EV charger installation

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Engineering, construction, manufacturing and clean energy company Faith Technologies, headquartered in Wisconsin, has launched its Excellerate eSkid EV charging product for above-ground cable routing. It is designed to reduce site disruption and enable easy relocation in commercial and fleet applications. Each Excellerate eSkid unit can support up to 1 MW of EV charging and can power up to eight DC fast chargers in various orientations.

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Innergex Renewable Energy commences commercial operations for 30MW/120MWh Hawaii BESS

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Independent power producer (IPP) Innergex Renewable Energys 30MW/120MWh Hale Kuawehi battery energy storage system (BESS) project has reached commercial operations.

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UK solar-to-hydrogen innovation uses organic materials

Envirotec Magazine

Image has conceptual relevance to the article (in our view), but does not depict any actual assembly or equipment. A new approach to generating hydrogen from solar energy represents a significant milestone in sustainable energy technology, say the researchers behind it, from Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London. Published in Nature Energy , the study details a seemingly pioneering approach to harnessing sunlight for efficient and stable hydrogen production using cost-effec

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Large-scale solar market starts shift to 2-kV projects

Solar Power World

In this uncertain time for the large-scale solar industry, with federal incentives up in the air and tariff wars on overdrive, any potential cost savings are welcomed. A change from 1.5-kV to 2-kV solar projects could provide just that to developers. When voltage increases, current decreases, while power output remains the same, per the equation… The post Large-scale solar market starts shift to 2-kV projects appeared first on Solar Power World.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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EV Charging Adoption and Consumer Trends in 2025

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The EV Tipping Point: 64% of Consumers Ready to Go Electric 2025 marks a watershed moment for the electric vehicle (EV) industry. A groundbreaking study by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reveals that 64% of consumers are likely to choose an EV for their next purchase. This surge in interest signals a seismic shift in the. The post EV Charging Adoption and Consumer Trends in 2025 appeared first on green guy, green living, electric vehicle consultants, Companies, Car Expert, Electric Car News, Ne

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Assets from an EV manufacturer available at auction—testing and manufacturing equipment, 3D printers and more

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Auction, appraisal and financing service provider Maynards Group will be holding an auction of assets from a failed EV manufacturer (Maynards isnt naming any names, but we believe the Fantastic Four superhero team could provide a clue). The auction will take place online at 10:00 am Pacific Time on April 10th. The assets are located in Gardena, California, and can be inspected by appointment.

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Energy Vault closes US$28 million financing for California green hydrogen BESS microgrid

Energy Storage News

Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has closed on US$28 million in project financing for the Calistoga Resiliency Centre (CRC) located in California, US.

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Filter-free ultrafine particle removal system deployed in subways in Korea

Envirotec Magazine

The team behind the approach was led by (right) Dr Hak Joon Kim, Principal Researcher, Department of Urban Environment Research at KIMM. A high-capacity filter-free ultrafine particle reduction technology developed by the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials is now being deployed (or is soon to be deployed) at a number of locations in the east Asian country, including subways, schools, department stores, and other large public facilities.

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Heathrow Airport Transformer Fire Prompts Urgent Inquiry, Exposes Cracks in Grid Resilience

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One week after a catastrophic fire at the North Hyde electrical substation plunged the UKs flagship Heathrow Airport into chaos, questions are mounting about what went wrongand what the incident […] The post Heathrow Airport Transformer Fire Prompts Urgent Inquiry, Exposes Cracks in Grid Resilience appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy

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In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi's small workshop hums as a large machine turns olive waste into a valuable energy source in a country heavily reliant on imported fuel.

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Video: A look at high-voltage EV contactor technology

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In a recent interview with Charged , Matt Reynolds from TDK provided a detailed look into the role and design of high-voltage DC contactors used in electric vehicles. These vital safety devices manage the connection and disconnection between the battery and other high-voltage systems like the inverter or charging port. Most EVs use at least four contactors strategically placed within the battery disconnect unit to control current flow during charging and operation.

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Germany Introduces €25/kWh/h Fee for Hydrogen Network, Setting an Ambitious Course for Clean Energy Transition

Hydrogen Fuel News

Introduction to the Fee and Its Purpose Germany has announced a landmark policy designed to accelerate its hydrogen energy revolution. A fixed annual fee of 25 per kilowatt-hour per hour (kWh/h) will be applied to all entry and exit points of the nations hydrogen core network until 2055. But whats the story behind the numbers? This fee, according to Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), is a crucial ramp-up mechanism.

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Initiative hopes to deliver industry transition to sustainable polymers

Envirotec Magazine

A new initiative that seeks to reduce the environmental impact of millions of household and industrial chemicals was announced on 26 March, bringing together experts from some of the worlds biggest companies including Unilever and the worlds biggest chemicals company BASF as well as leading academics, trade associations, research institutes and policymakers.

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Ontario IESO: ‘Considerable amount’ of battery storage will help meet Canadian province’s rising energy demand

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Ontario's electricity system will be able to handle rising demand, thanks in part to new battery energy storage systems (BESS).

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