Wallbox recently received a $45 million investment, which includes $35 million from lead investor Generac Power Systems. Wallbox said the investment provides capital to accelerate the company’s ability to manufacture and sell more of its chargers throughout the world, particularly in the North American market. This is the second minority investment Generac has made in…

Image: Oxford University Physics Scientists at Oxford University are coating a new solar power-generating material onto objects such as rucksacks, cars, and mobile phones. The potential of this breakthrough means that increasing amounts of solar electricity could be generated without silicon-based solar panels. The Oxford scientists’ new light-absorbing material is, for the first time,…

Engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have identified cybersecurity vulnerabilities with electric vehicles (EVs) using direct current fast-charging systems. The high-voltage technology relies on power line communication (PLC) technology to transmit smart-grid data between vehicles and charging equipment. In a laboratory, the SwRI team said they exploited vulnerabilities in the PLC layer, gaining access to…

Photo: SunPower Solar developer SunPower has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, and it’s selling parts of its business to Complete Solaria for $45 million in cash. In its bankruptcy filing with the Delaware court late Monday, SunPower reported its assets and liabilities to be between $1 billion and $10 billion.…

Toyota Motor North America and local energy utility Pepco are working together on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) using a Toyota bZ4X. The companies said this collaborative effort will explore bidirectional power flow technology that will allow BEV owners to not only charge their vehicle’s battery but also send power back to…

Photo: Orsted Danish renewables giant Ørsted is deploying heavy-lift cargo drones for the first time in an operational campaign at a Dutch offshore wind farm. The heavy-lift cargo drone will transport cargo from a vessel to all 94 wind turbines at the 752-megawatt (MW) Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm. After Ørsted trialed heavy-lift drones…

Tiger New Energy (Tiger), a Bangladesh, South Asia clean energy startup, recently introduced battery-swapping technology for three-wheelers in the country. Tiger said its proprietary offline swapping and reverse charging features ensure service continuity during power outages, while its infrastructure doubles as Decentralised Energy Storage Systems (DESS), contributing to grid stability. According to Tiger, advanced thermal…

Solar energy powering grid Source: Shutterstock The US Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a $2.2 billion investment in the grid to create resiliency and growth. The money will be put toward eight projects across 18 states to help protect the grid against extreme weather events, lower costs for communities, and create additional capacity to meet load growth, which the DOE cites as “stemming from an increase in manufacturing and…

Verra Mobility is partnering with the electric vehicle (EV) fleet management platform Bluedot to offer charging capabilities to fleet customers. By partnering with Bluedot, Verra Mobility said it now offers its fleet customers the ability to find, charge, and automatically pay for charging at over 80% of public charging stations in the United States. …

Photo: United States Department of Energy - Image N1D0069267., Public Domain, via Wikimedia The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to build a 1 GW solar farm on a former top-secret Manhattan Project nuclear site in Washington State. The DOE’s plan is to work with Hecate Energy to repurpose the Hanford Site, an…