Blink Charging has achieved the “In Process” designation granted by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) for its EV charging solutions. Upon full accreditation for the company’s EV charging network, the Blink Network, government agencies will be able to contract with Blink or its federal resellers for networked EV charging. Blink expects to…

Canadian solar panel maker Heliene and India’s solar cell maker Premier Energies are joining forces to build a US solar cell factory. This is great news for the US, as there is currently a shortage of US solar cell manufacturing capacity. Chiranjeev Saluja, managing director at Premier Energies, said, “This joint venture will leverage…

In April, global energy, technology, and utility provider Hitachi Energy announced a $1.5 billion investment program to ramp up global transformer production by 2027. IDTechEx‘s research into electrical grids indicates that transformers are a critical component and potential supply bottleneck for large-scale grid upgrades. These upgrades are essential as society shifts from a transportation sector…

Photo by Amol Mande on Pexels.com Solar and wind now make up more than 20% of total US electrical generating capacity, according to new data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The renewable energy mix – biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind – is now nearly 30% of total US electrical generating capacity. …

Photo: Rhizome Rhizome, an extreme weather resilience planning platform for the power grid, has a new platform that helps utilities reduce wildfire risk. The AI-powered platform is called gridFirm (Fire Ignition Reduction and Mitigation), and it’s available for all electric utilities in the US, Canada, and Australia. It quantifies the risk of utility assets igniting…

Published: June 26, 2024 Toyota Motor North America, guided by its “Empact” vision to address equitable EV charging and mobility for all, has revealed the first communities that will receive DC fast chargers (DCFC), the communities include Baldwin Park, CA, and Sacramento, CA. According to Toyota, high-power 350kW chargers at each location are to…

Published: June 24, 2024 Energy Vault Holdings and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) announced a global exclusive gravity energy storage partnership. SOM is responsible for designing some of the world’s most well-known buildings, including Burj Khalifa, Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, Willis Tower, and One World Trade Center. As part of this partnership, SOM will…

Image: ENTEK ENTEK just got a conditional $1.2 billion loan from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office to build a lithium-ion battery separator factory in Terre Haute, Indiana. A battery separator plays an essential role in the performance and safety of a lithium-ion battery. A battery separator is a membrane sandwiched between a…

Image: Maersk Offshore Wind Maersk Offshore Wind is building a wind installation vessel concept (Maersk WIV) that can install offshore turbines faster and cheaper. Denmark-headquartered Maersk Offshore Wind, which is owned by AP Moller Holding, is a spinoff of Maersk Supply Service, which designed and developed the wind installation vessel concept. The Maersk WIV (concept…

Zero Emission Industries (ZEI) has unveiled its FTcase, a portable hydrogen refueling solution barely larger than carry-on luggage. According to the company, FTcase eliminates the complexities of gaseous hydrogen refueling and simplifies the process for all markets. Hydrogen fueling, traditionally a complex operation, demands the highest safety…