Electrify America recently opened a new, public EV charging station in Santa Barbara, California, with 20 fast chargers delivering up to 350 kW. The new charging station also possesses a 1.9 MW energy storage system, which is Electrify America’s largest battery system to date. The battery can be used to … [continued]
The transition does not preserve the fossil fuel pool and relabel it. Direct electrification removes most heat, motion, and storage work first, leaving molecules for narrower real jobs.
A lot of energy-transition arguments begin with today’s fossil fuel demand. Coal, oil, and gas still dominate global primary energy, so it is tempting to draw a straight line from the current fuel system to a future molecule system. Replace natural gas with hydrogen. Replace bunker fuel with ammonia or … [continued]
Late last night and early this morning, I wrote an article outlining one big reason robotaxis won’t replace car ownership to a very significant degree. There’s another big reason, sort of related to that, that a reader pointed out and explained well, and some other readers backed up in additional … [continued]
What war on EVs? Ford is hiring hundreds of workers to manufacture a new LFP battery in the US, with an assist from the leading Chinese energy storage firm CATL (cropped, courtesy of Ford).
What war on EVs? Ford is hiring hundreds of workers to manufacture a new LFP battery for EVs in the US, with an assist from the leading Chinese energy storage firm CATL.
The Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows is hosting the first ever crop-based agrivoltaics system in Virginia — and it won’t be the last.
I’ve been covering the robotaxi debate for a decade. I still remember a discussion Chris DeMorro and I had 12 years ago about which would end up being a bigger deal — “Tesla D” or Tesla Autopilot — and a subsequent poll. I used to be much more bullish about … [continued]
In the first five months of 2026, utility-scale solar generation surpassed natural gas generation in CAISO. Solar electricity generation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) over the first five months of 2026 increased 21% compared with the same period in 2024, and natural gas generation decreased by 60%, data … [continued]
Maritime companies and organisations call the EU Commission to fully integrate the shipping industry in the upcoming Electrification Action Plan. On July 15 the Commission will publish its Electrification Action Plan, an important opportunity to electrify Europe, cut fossil fuels imports and reduce emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases. … [continued]
Europe talks the talk on recycling. But can it walk the walk? The upcoming Circular Economy Act must prove we have what it takes. Our valuable battery waste is currently leaving Europe on ships headed halfway across the world. And we’re doing little to stop them. Whilst Europe manages to … [continued]
The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there. This is the Seagreen wind farm in Scotland, courtesy of TotalEnergies.
Washington, D.C. — According to reporting, Donald Trump is paying Invenergy $765 million to abandon its four offshore wind leases. This comes days after the administration voluntarily dismissed its own appeal in an ongoing legal challenge against Donald Trump’s executive order to ban wind development in the United States. The administration also issued … [continued]
