EV Battery Material Shortages by 2030? Which Ones?
Electric vehicle sales keep growing, and quite fast. Year over year, gas car sales have been going down and electric car sales have been going up. The transition is underway. But there are periods of faster growth and periods of
China Developing World’s Largest Compressed Air Energy Storage System
China is leading the development of compressed air energy storage with many new techniques it has recently perfected.
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US DOE SOLVE IT Prize Awards $1.5 Million To Communities Driving Clean Energy Projects
DOE announced 10 Phase 2 winners of the Solutions for Lasting, Viable Energy Infrastructure Technologies (SOLVE IT) Prize, awarding winning teams $150,000 each for their proposed community-driven clean energy solutions. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced 10 Phase
11 Projects for Advancing Next-Gen Batteries in USA
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is investing $25 million into 11 projects focused on developing next-gen batteries and associated components. The announcement today from the DOE indicates that the funding goes toward projects focused on “advance materials, processes, machines,
ConnectDER raises $35 million to scale its meter socket adapters for EV charging
US-based home energy technology provider ConnectDER has secured $35 million in Series D funding to accelerate its market expansion and development of its meter socket adapters for EV charging
Footnote on Chery’s Solid-State Batteries
CleanTechnica reader Amos Batto caught some very interesting notes on Chery’s solid-state batteries. Following up on our story about the company developing the first solid-state battery factory in the world (1 GWh of capacity), it seemed prudent to publish his
Why Use Battery Swapping? Where Is Swapping is Most Needed?
Recently, CleanTechnica has featured articles about the COSCO Greenwater 01, the world’s largest electric ship, a container ship now operating in China along the coast and on rivers. It uses containerized energy storage to swap batteries. China has also electrified rail,
$81 Million For Gigantic Energy Storage Showcase In Kentucky
Pumped hydropower is the basis for 96% of utility-scale energy storage capacity in the US, and it is ripe with potential for expansion.
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Democrats Get Stuff Done — Vote Wisely!
… And They’re USA’s Only Hope For Competing With China There’s no doubt about it — China is absolutely demolishing the US on the clean technology economy, and the world is a clean technology economy more and more every day
Nissan to give second life to LEAF batteries at corporate HQ, takes stake in ChargeScape
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has announced it will take a 25% stake in ChargeScape, a software company that connects electric utilities, automakers and drivers, and that it is deploying