StoreDot and Polestar recently demonstrated battery technology that charges an EV in just 10 minutes. In the demo video, the companies successfully charged a 77kWh battery pack powered by StoreDot’s extreme fast charging high energy (300Wh/kg) silicon-dominant battery cells, installed in a fully drivable verification Polestar 5 prototype, from 10% to 80% in under 10…
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Wyoming just approved its largest solar farm – 771 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar plus battery storage.
Developer Enbridge has been issued a siting permit by the Industrial Siting Council to construct and operate Cowboy Solar I & II on private land leases in Laramie County, in the state’s southeast…
Nikola Corporation, via the HYLA brand, opened its latest HYLA high-pressure modular refueling station and facility in Southern California. Situated near the Port of Long Beach at 2267 W. Gaylord St., this new station commenced operations on May 4. Nikola said it aims to establish a network of up to nine refueling solutions by mid-2024,…
Aeromine Technologies just closed a $9 million funding round, and it’s ready to scale up production of its bladeless rooftop wind turbines.
Energy research, investing, and strategy firm Veriten is the lead investor in Aeromine Technologies’ Series A funding round.
Aeromine, launched in 2022, makes compact 50 kW or larger “wind harvesting…
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) is renaming the TMNA R&D California office as its new North American Hydrogen Headquarters (H2HQ). The office workspace at the new H2HQ was recently redesigned for its teams working from research and development to commercialization planning and sales of hydrogen-related products and technologies. Toyota said there are plans to add…
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In a major milestone, the 2.6-gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), which will be the US’s largest offshore wind farm, has installed its first monopile foundation.
The Orion, DEME Group’s heavy lift vessel, installed the monopile foundation approximately 29 miles off the Virginia Beach coast.
CVOW, which is being developed and will be owned by…
ChargePoint introduced new enhancements to its software offering, enabling electric and mixed fuel fleets to find, use, and pay for charging from a single application, including driver reimbursement when charging their company EV at home, the company said.
Derived from the line of in-dash software solutions ChargePoint…
Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, has installed an off-grid solar tracker EV charging station for its employees.
“This solar electric vehicle charger is a part of the college’s efforts to make our [transportation systems] more sustainable”, said Marcus Welker, assistant director of sustainability at Dartmouth College [via Vermont Biz].
Solaflect Energy, based in…
GM Energy said its initial offerings for residential customers will enable the use of vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional charging technology, to provide power from a compatible GM EV to a properly equipped home. The company said this will help mitigate negative impacts of weather-related outages and integrate with future clean energy products. …
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The US has now officially surpassed 5 million solar installations, a significant landmark in its shift toward clean energy, according to data released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.
The 5 million milestone comes just eight years after the US achieved its first million in…