The US battery energy storage market added 5,597 megawatt hours (MWh) in the second quarter of 2023, a new quarterly record. The grid-scale segment of the industry drove the market with a record-breaking 5,109 MWh in Q2, beating the previous record in Q4 2021 by 5%, according to Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean…

EVgo, a public fast-charging network for electric vehicles (EVs), debuted an Alexa-enabled EV charging experience with Amazon. Drivers with Alexa-enabled vehicles and automotive accessories like Echo Auto can now ask Alexa to help them find and navigate to nearby EV charging stations. This announcement follows the company’s previous news of supporting Amazon’s voice-initiated EV driver…

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its 2023 Net Zero Roadmap today – here’s what’s happened since 2021 and what must urgently happen before 2030. EV and solar lead the way The International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Roadmap sets out what would need to happen in the global energy sector in the years and decades…

The Electric Circuit is introducing new fast-charging stations with power sharing, making them available for the first time in Canada in the city of Rivière-du-Loup. The new satellite-based charging stations are manufactured by Kempower of Finland and distributed in Québec by Bornes Québec. Three dual-charging outlets share a total of 500 kW of power that…

The cost of solar power has fallen by 87%, and battery storage by 85% in the past decade, according to a new study – here’s why. Berlin-based scientific think tank Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) has released a new study in the journal Energy Research & Social Science in…

Juxta launched an autonomously operated Juxta Nomad shop that enables drivers and passengers to purchase food and drinks while waiting for their vehicles to charge. Juxta said drivers and passengers can gain instant access to the Juxta Nomad with the touch of a debit or credit card, whether carried physically or stored digitally on their…

Norway has installed the world’s northernmost solar farm and battery storage in the Svalbard archipelago, just south of the North Pole. State-owned energy company Store Norske Energi installed the solar and storage at Isfjord Radio on the island of Spitsbergen, the largest and the only permanently populated island in the archipelago, and the solar farm…

General Motors (GM) is expanding its vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional charging technology across its retail portfolio of Ultium-based electric vehicles (EVs) by model year 2026. The first vehicles to receive the technology include the previously announced 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST, followed by the 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1, 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, 2024…

Hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery EVs collectively accounted for 16% of US light-duty vehicle sales in the second quarter of 2023, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). EV sales are on the rise in the US The EIA, which reviewed data from Wards Intelligence, also notes that inversely, sales have also…

Advanced Ionics closed $12.5 million of Series A financing led by BP ventures, with additional investors including Clean Energy Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and GVP Climate. The new capital will help facilitate the initial deployment of Advanced Ionics Symbion water vapor electrolyzer technology. Water vapor electrolyzers address two of the biggest obstacles to expanding green…