By Bridie Schmidt Tesla extends exclusive battery research contract with Dalhousie University team led by Jeff Dahn, who will also now advise to ASX-listed battery materials firm Novonix. The post Battery scientist Jeff Dahn extends Tesla contract, forges new role with Novonix appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Blagojce Krivevski Electric vehicle startup Rivian has closed another massive investment round of $2.65 billion, as it prepares to bring its all-electric R1T pickup and R1S SUV to the market this year. The financing was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. This round also included Fidelity Management and…
By EDF Energy Exchange By Guest AuthorAerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Neil Palmer (CIAT). Source: Wikimedia Commons. This post was authored by Sabine Fuss, Group Leader for Sustainable Resource Management and Global Change at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change…
By [email protected] Proterra, builder of electric buses, heavy-duty vehicle drivetrains, batteries and charging systems, plans to go public on the Nasdaq exchange via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), the latest in a string of EV companies seeking access to public market financing to meet growing demand. Tuesday’s announcement sets the Burlingame, Calif.-based…
By mmillikin by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. This analysis examines distances driven per vehicle in different vehicle classes in 2019 (the last year before the pandemic) and compares them with the corresponding values in 2009. The raw data were, for each vehicle class, the total vehicle distance traveled and the number of registered vehicles….
By Ketan Joshi A new research paper highlights the potential for cascading climate action, triggered by major policy changes. The post New research shows ‘positive’ tipping points create cascading climate action appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Energy Innovation In 2020, teleworking became increasingly used worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Employers adopted this modality as a safety policy to protect employees and citizens from the virus (Belzunegui-Eraso et al., 2020).Teleworking is not new—it dates to the 1960s when information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as telephones and fax machines, first…
By [email protected] 2020 forced most people into a more distributed and virtual way of life. But a segment of the grid edge industry has been trying to achieve that for years, installing controllable devices at homes and businesses that can work together to help the grid. This concept goes by various names — virtual power…
By Paul Hobcraft Being restricted, not able to travel has its benefits, you gain more time to climb into your own reading, research or passions. For me, this has been my “Energy Transition” year.The sheer amount of articles, reports or webinars around all aspects of energy have been partly overwhelming but significant in their reference…
By [email protected] Clean energy industry groups are cheering the last-minute inclusion of key tax incentive extensions and billions of dollars in research and development funds that found their way into the $2.4 trillion spending package and coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress on Monday night. (Whether the bill would be vetoed by President Donald Trump…
Research says wider policy mix is is ‘urgently required’ to boost clean energy deployment Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By [email protected] The massive spending bill awaiting passage by the U.S. Congress on Monday could include $35 billion in energy research and development programs, a two-year extension of the Investment Tax Credit for solar power, a one-year extension of the Production Tax Credit for wind power projects, and an extension through 2025 for offshore wind…
By Energy Innovation Five years ago at the annual Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris, France, member countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established ambitious targets and financial mechanisms to curb climate change, with the ultimate aim of limiting warming to well below 2° Celsius by 2100. The plan…
By Joe Deely Massive new study by Princeton on what it will take to get to Net Zero by 2050. Highly recommended.Bonus: one of the primary authors of this study is Jesse Jenkins – an early contributor to this site.Some highlights:The new research, which involved ten Princeton researchers and eight external collaborators, lays out five…
By Kelsey Misbrener The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $45 million for research to advance solar hardware and systems integration, including the creation of a consortium dedicated to developing control technologies for a modernized electric grid. While solar makes up 3% of U.S. electricity, that amount is expected to reach 18% by…