Mystery swirls around a new EV battery from the Finnish startup Donut Lab, which has just passed an extreme cold-weather performance test (screenshot courtesy of Donut Lab).
Mystery swirls around a new EV battery from the Finnish startup Donut Lab, which has just passed an extreme cold-weather performance test.
The Flexibility Mesh starts with the system need, then asks which resources can contribute at that place, time and duration.
Grid flexibility is not one resource or one number. A new open TFIE Strategy report maps how batteries, demand, networks, interconnection and other resources change value with location, duration and operating conditions.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Yesterday, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) approved Ameren Missouri’s proposal to build solar and storage projects. The Sierra Club and its members supported the projects at public hearings around the state. Renewable energy remains the cheapest way to generate electricity, while coal and fossil fuels remain … [continued]
I haven’t covered a Tesla earnings release and call in a while, but I thought I’d give a quick summary since this quarter was pretty interesting. Last quarter I wrote this after the delivery release, but I didn’t write up the earnings call. Observations From The Shareholder Deck: Gross margin … [continued]
A team member installs battery modules with cells made with recycled battery materials into a new battery pack at Factory ZERO.
By Melissa Flaherty, Director of Sustainable EV Battery Ecosystem, GM When it comes to EV batteries, most of us start with the same questions: How far can I go on a charge? How long will my battery last? Those are fair questions. But here’s something that might surprise you: powering … [continued]
For much of the climate-policy era, national self-interest and climate action could plausibly point in different directions. A country could let others spend more on emissions reductions while continuing to use familiar coal, oil and gas infrastructure at home. When the low-carbon alternatives were expensive, limited or immature, that could … [continued]
Spring Hill, Tennessee is blazing a new trail in battery technology, as Ultium Cells LLC — a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution — just announced plans to produce lithium manganese rich (LMR) prismatic battery cells at its plant just outside Nashville. This is expected to make … [continued]
For most of the fossil-fuel era, energy security meant securing a continuous flow of things that disappeared when they were used. Oil arrived in tankers, natural gas crossed pipelines or oceans as LNG, and coal moved by rail and ship. Burn the fuel and another shipment had to follow, which … [continued]
The leading US rooftop solar firm Sunrun has made a sharp pivot into the energy storage field, enabling more households to participate in money-saving virtual power plants whether or not they have rooftop solar panels (cropped, courtesy of Sunrun).
The leading US rooftop solar firm Sunrun has made a sharp pivot into the energy storage field, enabling more households to participate in money-saving virtual power plants whether or not they have rooftop solar panels.
Debunking ACEA’s proposal concerning EU electric vehicle exports to the United Kingdom The EU-UK TCA rules of origin requirements are the most concrete local content rules for batteries we have today. This is a test case for showing Europe can get its ‘Made in EU’ agenda right. The EU-UK Trade … [continued]
