UK Battery Storage Boost To Power Greener Electricity Grid
Government to relax planning legislation to make it easier to construct large batteries to store renewable energy from solar and wind farms across the UK.
Government to relax planning legislation to make it easier to construct large batteries to store renewable energy from solar and wind farms across the UK.
If governments are serious about climate action, they should restrict the promotion of goods with heavy carbon footprints.
The US is far from the only country that has backwards-looking policies in regard to electric vehicles. Robyn Denholm, who became the Chair of Tesla’s board in 2018 after the SEC forced Elon Musk to relinquish the position, recently expressed disappointment about the politics of EVs in her native Australia.
Solar-based water purification is much more effective at reducing contaminants than simply boiling water. There are various methods of solar-based purification, but none has been as efficient as a new method developed in the lab of University of Rochester optics professor Chunlei Guo that uses laser-etched aluminum panels.
A customizable smart window harnesses and manipulates solar power to save energy and cut costs.
Amid COVID-19 and Broader Market Turbulence, Commitment of More Than $100 Million Demonstrates Strong Support for Commercial Solar Projects
The International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook is an annual publication that reports on the current state of electric mobility around the world. It always contains important insights about the EV market, and this year’s report is no exception.
One of Tesla’s big advantages over legacy automakers is its software expertise. Back in 2014, Tesla co-founder Ian Wright told me that Big Auto’s software tended to resemble “a dog’s breakfast.” Tesla, with its Silicon Valley roots, designed its vehicles with a unified systems architecture from the beginning.
If you were looking to nominate a particular technology as the most influential of the early 21st century, batteries would be a logical choice. Cheap, compact batteries made smartphones and mobile computing possible, and larger and more powerful batteries represent the enabling technology behind electric mobility, renewable energy, and the smart grid.
Gloom and doom appears to be the mood in the hallowed halls of most auto companies right now. While the pandemic continues to ravage the health of our people (and our economy), there could be a silver lining in the clouds. Some countries and industries have been able to rebound (at least somewhat) from their low point — including the electric vehicle sector.