Ørsted will roll out artificial intelligence (AI) across 5.5 gigawatts (GW) of its land-based wind, solar, and energy storage assets in the US. Ørsted says it’s deploying AI in the US to increase energy production, decrease maintenance costs, and improve operational efficiency.  The Danish renewables giant has gotten a lot of negative press (and…

China’s astounding solar manufacturing expansion is going to dominate the global solar supply chain – and widen the technology and cost gap. China invested over $130 billion into the solar industry in 2023. As a result, it will hold more than 80% of the world’s polysilicon, wafer, cell, and module manufacturing capacity from 2023…

The Biden administration just announced $16.4 billion to upgrade the Northeast Corridor’s rail infrastructure – here’s why that’s going to impact a lot of people. The Biden administration’s Infrastructure Law, which passed in November 2021, earmarked $66 billion for rail investment – the most significant (and well overdue) investment in passenger rail since Amtrak…

Bramble Energy recently published a whitepaper that the company says identifies a path to creating the world’s lowest-cost fuel cell. The whitepaper reveals Bramble Energy’s plan to create a $100 per kilowatt stack achievable today – ten times cheaper than current traditional fuel cell costs – and has identified the company could reach as low…

BP has started construction on its 187MWdc Peacock Solar project, located 10 miles north of Corpus Christi in San Patricio County, Texas, helping support the global transition to lower carbon energy. According to the press release, Peacock will sell all of the electricity it generates under a long-term power purchase agreement to Gulf Coast Growth…

Sensata Technologies announced the launch of its Gigavac GTM400 and GTM500 bidirectional contactors for applications up to 1500 Vdc and 400A and 500A. The new contactors are ideal for high-power applications requiring reliable switching and DC circuit protection like energy storage systems, fast charging stations, and heavy-duty vehicles. According to Sensata, the new GTM series…

Clean Power Alliance, California’s fourth-largest electricity provider, is going to source power from SunZia, the US’s largest clean energy transmission project. Clean Power Alliance (CPA) supplies electricity to 30 cities across Los Angeles and Ventura counties, and it’s signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with SunZia’s developer, Pattern Energy Group. The SunZia project is…

Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group has unveiled what it says is the world’s first floating wind turbine, solar farm, and fish farm combination. The hybrid floating wind, solar, and fish farm – or aquaculture – project is in the National Marine Ranching Demonstration Zone near Nanri Island, a fishing island in Fujian Province, China. …

You can generate clean power for your home with this “solar table power plant” and eat your lunch on it, too. It’s a solar table power plant German startup Technaxx’s 400 W plug-and-play solar table seats up to eight people. It can also feed electricity into a 230V household grid and cover a…

BP Pulse and OK Produce announced the completion of the first phase of OK Produce's fleet electrification project. OK Produce, a fresh fruits and vegetable distributor providing daily deliveries throughout California, selected BP Pulse to manage the fleet's electrification process. BP Pulse delivered the EV charging solution for OK Produce's mixed fleet of 10 Freightliner EV…