Construction has begun on Enel’s latest wind project in the state of Kansas, US. The 300MW wind farm will sit in both Marion and Dickinson counties and will bring the Italian energy firm’s wind capacity in the state to 1.4GW, when operational. It is anticipated the wind farm, developed by Enel’s subsidiary Enel Green Power […]
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Tesla creates a buzz with electric car innovation
As fossil fuels fade, electricity looks to be the way ahead for the motoring industry, writes Martin Brennan Judging by the EVs, hybrids and futuristic concept models at the Geneva Motor Show last week, fossil-fuel motoring is on the way out. The trend towards electric power is gathering pace, even if VW bosses see a […]
Solar power will cost less than thermal in 6-7 years
At a time when air pollution has become a leading environmental threat to public health, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) chief Ajay Mathur said India’s dependence on thermal power would end by 2050. Mathur in an inteview with Samreen Ahmad said solar batteries would become cheaper than coal by the mid 2020s and nuclear […]
Electric Car Myth Buster — Efficiency
The merchants of doubt paid for by the Koch brothers and the fossil fuel industry are out in full force, incorrectly publishing article after article about how electric cars are just as bad for the environment as gas and diesel ones, or possibly even worse than cars powered by gasoline or diesel engines. We recently […]
LME rethinks cobalt contract for electric vehicle sector
The London Metal Exchange has abandoned plans for a cobalt sulphate contract for the electric vehicle battery supply chain because pricing for the chemical has historically been based on the metal it is derived from, cobalt industry sources said. The exchange is instead looking at offering a cash-settled cobalt metal contract, which will trade alongside […]
Berkeley Lab Researchers Map the Atoms of Battery Materials
An international team led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory used advanced techniques in electron microscopy to show how the ratio of materials that make up a lithium-ion battery electrode affects its structure at the atomic level, and how the surface is very different from the rest of the material. Knowing […]
