BP recently announced a deal for its global EV charging business, BP Pulse, to install and operate EV charging gigahubs on 75 sites with Simon Property Group, a real estate investment trust. This deal will deliver over 900 “ultra-fast” charging bays that support nearly every make and model of EV on the market today across…

Image: Sage Geosystems Sage Geosystems will launch EarthStore this year, which uses geothermal energy storage to produce clean electricity on demand. The Houston-based geothermal baseload and energy storage company has entered into a land use agreement with San Miguel Electric Cooperative for a 3-megawatt (MW) geopressured geothermal system energy storage facility. The EarthStore system…

The hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2 ICE) industry is showing signs of growth but needs to overcome key obstacles to see widespread adoption, research by Interact Analysis concludes. The market intelligence company claims in its H2 ICE – 2024 report that high fuel costs and a shortage of adequate infrastructure are major barriers to market…

Photo courtesy of Tom Brewster/BLM California President Joe Biden has more than doubled the volume of solar cells made overseas that can be imported tariff-free to support US panel manufacturers. Biden doubles+ imported tariff-free solar cells A White House proclamation released late yesterday increased the volume of silicon solar cells that can enter the…

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…