We saw it coming, after years of investment, vision, and hard work, but it’s still a truly momentous occasion and a huge deal for the EV industry as well as NIO itself. The EV company made a profit from operations in the 4th quarter. Following Tesla and BYD doing this, … [continued]
Washington, D.C. — Pollution from coal-fired power plants has reached a quarter-century high under the Trump administration. This massive spike comes as the Trump administration touts rollbacks of bedrock public health safeguards, exemptions for polluting coal plants from emission standards, and handouts to coal plants across the country. Last month, Donald Trump was crowned the “undisputed champion of … [continued]
Interior decision opens 2 million acres to industrialization, attempts to fast track Ambler Road Ten Alaska and national groups sued the Interior Department today for unlawfully removing federal protections over public lands in an area stretching from the Yukon River to the Brooks Range. These lands had been protected for … [continued]
Buffering batteries placed near transmission constraints are rarely listed among grid enhancing technologies. The usual list includes advanced conductors, dynamic line rating, and power flow control devices. All of those technologies increase the instantaneous capacity of transmission lines. Batteries do not do that. A battery cannot turn a 500 MW … [continued]
Solar power is still coming in hot in Texas, despite a lawsuit aimed at throttling back investment in renewable energy, brought against three leading investment firms by Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton.
There has been a lot of discussion around the launch of BYD’s next-generation Flash Charging and Blade Battery. There has also been some confusion, which can be clarified with a little context. “Flash charging” is BYD’s terminology for MW+ fast chargers that can charge vehicles from 10–70% in 5 minutes, … [continued]
Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute are studying ways to reduce ocean acidification near Cape Cod.
The Chevy Bolt 2.0 is arriving at dealers now. It brings some fresh new colors and a ton of new tech features at an affordable price.
Dynamic line rating can produce large savings in some parts of the electricity system. In other cases it reveals that operators had been overestimating how much cooling transmission lines receive from the surrounding air. Both outcomes matter. Dynamic line rating replaces assumptions with measurements and forecasts about what transmission lines … [continued]
VinFast has signed agreements with two Indonesian transportation companies that could see up to 20,000 electric vehicles deployed in commercial service over the next several years, strengthening the Vietnamese automaker’s push into Southeast Asia’s largest economy. The memoranda of understanding involve PT Satu Kosong Tujuh and PT Sembilan Benua Abadi, … [continued]
