America extends biofuel blends in fuel, but leaves ethanol makers disgruntled

America has increased the amount of biofuels that oil companies must blend into fuels over the next three years, as part of the country's renewable fuel standard (RFS) program. The... Read More

Australian state eyes 100 percent renewables grid in 10 years

Australia's most populus state could have a 100 renewable energy-based grid within 10 years, the state's power transmission company said. Transgrid, operator of the electricity tra... Read More

ACC's first battery gigafactory in France to be operational by end of 2023

Battery firm Automotive Cells Company (ACC) recently inaugurated its first gigafactory in Billy-Berclau Douvrin in France for manufacturing battery packs for el... Read More

EU approves €1.1 billion worth Hungarian scheme for energy storage projects

The European Commission has approved a €1.1 billion worth Hungarian scheme to support the installation of at least 800 MW/ 1600 MWh of energy storage facilities to foster the ... Read More

Stellantis-Foxconn JV 'SiliconAuto' to make semiconductors for automotive industry

Stellantis N.V. and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) have announced the creation of SiliconAuto - a 50:50 joint venture dedicated to designing and supplying state-of-th... Read More

Panasonic Energy, Mazda in talks for partnership on supply of cylindrical li-ion batteries

Panasonic Energy and Mazda Motor Corporation have announced that they have agreed to enter into discussions on establishing a medium- to long-term partnership to meet demand f... Read More

Mining giant BHP says emissions might increase, says reduction is not a straight line trend

BHP Group warned that emission reductions could not happen in a linear fashion, saying they could instead rise in the near term, as the path to net zero was "uneven" and techn... Read More

Musk meets Modi, says Tesla wants to come to India

Tesla is looking to invest in India "as soon as humanly possible," the electric vehicle maker's CEO Elon Musk told reporters after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York.... Read More

Aquila eyes battery storage business in Japan, plans bigger solar footprint

German investor Aquila Capital is looking to expand its solar footprint in Japan and add a battery storage business in the Land of the Rising Sun. "We started with the first acquis... Read More

MTU Aero Engines announces 'Flying Fuel Cell' program for H2-based aviation

German aviation tech firm MTU Aero Engines AG  is working on various concepts of zero-emission aviation propulsion systems to achieve the aviation industry's bi... Read More

PowerCo develops sustainable technology for battery cell production

Volkswagen's battery firm PowerCo SE claims to have developed a breakthrough technology that will significantly boost efficiency and sustainability in volume battery cell prod... Read More

Eve and Blade join forces to transform electric air mobility in Europe

Eve Air Mobility (Eve) and Blade Air Mobility (Blade) on Monday (June 19) announced the extension of their long-standing partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) whi... Read More

EU lawmakers back law regulating batteries and waste batteries

The European Union's (EU) lawmaking body, European Parliament has approved new rules for the design, production, and waste management of all types of batteries sold in the EU. With... Read More

Delta Electronics to acquire TB&C to strengthen its EV business portfolio

Delta Electronics, Inc. has recently announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase the shareholdings of HY&T Investments Holding B.V. and... Read More

Vitesco Technologies, ROHM strike long-term SiC semiconductors supply deal

Auto electrification solutions firm Vitesco Technologies has secured strategically important capacities in energy-efficient silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors thr... Read More

Coal plays spoiler in EU clean power deal

Chart Europe's plans for a clean energy pact appeared to stall on Monday after a late proposal to allow governments to extend subsidies to coal-fired power plants. Energy ministers... Read More

ENGIE forays into EV charging infra with ENGIE Vianeo

The French multinational utility company, ENGIE SA has launched ENGIE Vianeo with the aim to develop EV charging infrastructure in France for electric cars and heavy... Read More

Hydrovolt invests big in new battery recycling technology

Battery recycling company, Hydrovolt on Friday (June 16) announced that it has been awarded NOK15.3 million by Enova, a Norwegian government enterprise supporting clean e... Read More

Chinese EV makers could storm West amid domestic slowdown

The price war in electric vehicles, currently underway in the West, could see powerful new entrants soon: Chinese firms. Saddled with capacity and slowing domestic demand, Chinese ... Read More

ESS Inc to set up 50 MW/500 MWh iron redox flow battery storage for LEAG in Germany

LDES technology firm ESS Tech Inc. has signed an initial agreement with German utility LEAG for the application of the former's iron redox flow battery technology at the ... Read More

Fortescue expands battery, powertrain capacity in UK

Fortescue announced it will "significantly" expand battery and electric powertrain production operations in the UK, with a facility at Banbury, Oxfordshire, to manufacture zero-emi... Read More

Norwegian Hydrogen, Provaris developing 270 MW green h2 plant in Norway

Envisaged as one of the largest production facilities for green hydrogen in the Nordic region, Norwegian Hydrogen and Provaris Energy are betting high on the Ør... Read More

Tata's Agratas to supply battery packs for Jaguar Land Rover electric cars

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has recently revealed its battery sourcing strategy for its next-gen electric cars that target a driving range of about 724 kms (450 miles) in single charge... Read More

ABS: Energy storage at distributed level have huge potential in India | Interview

In his exclusive interaction with ETN, C. Michael Hoff, Chief Technology Officer - ESS Division, American Battery Solutions (ABS) speaks to Dhiyanesh Ravichandran on... Read More

Rockefeller Foundation, GEAPP to design first coal-to-clean credit prog. for emerging economies

The Rockefeller Foundation and Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) on Wednesday (June 14) announced a Coal-to-Clean-Credit Initiative (CCCI) which will set a new s... Read More

Japan offers domestic firms $840 mn to strengthen battery chain

Japan has announced the country will give Toyota and others up to $840 million in subsidies to boost domestic production of batteries for electric vehicles and storage. Industry Mi... Read More

US govt proposes 80 percent cut in solar, wind project fees on federal land

The US government is proposing to make wind and solar installations cheaper as part of its plans to boost renewable energy and fight climate change. The Biden administration has pr... Read More

SIDBI launches mission EVOLVE for affordable commercial EV financing

With the intention of creating affordable commercial financing for electric vehicles and prioritizing the national goal of EV30@30, the Small Industries Development Bank ... Read More

Brazil's Gerdau to invest $667 mn for sustainable expansion of iron ore mine

Brazil's Gerdau SA will invest $667 million in brownfield expansion of its Miguel Burnier iron ore mine. The company said the expansion would be "sustainable" and reduce emissions ... Read More

Shell to invest in hydrogen, CCS and EV charging to develop options for future

In its Capital Markets Day 2023 presentation that took place in New York, Shell has revealed its business strategy on downstream, renewables and energy solutions, with an... Read More
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