BUILD’EM Represents a Promising Step Toward a Greener Construction Industry Outside the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) Research Support Facility and its Café, there are two curious brick pavers unlike the others nearby. One of the stones is embossed with the phrase “BUILD’EM”—short for Biomass Upcycled in Lignin for Decarbonizing Energy-Intensive Materials. … [continued]
As we enter the concert seating, sounds of crickets and bullfrogs greet us. An enormous OVO — Portuguese for “egg” — sits on the stage, nearly as high as it is wide: 28′ wide by 22′ tall. The overhead spotlights are chlorophyll green, so we in the audience are basked … [continued]
Supported by the Investing in America Agenda, Nearly Half of States Have Submitted Applications to Start Delivering Home Energy Savings and Increasing Local Workforce Opportunities As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced [on Friday] that Wisconsin has launched its first Home … [continued]
The latest study by Mark Jacobson at Stanford finds that fire bricks can store the process heat needed by industry inexpensively.
The US firm ENTEK is among the many energy storage stakeholders jockeying for an edge on the LFP battery supply chain.
July saw plugin EVs take 27.4% share of the UK auto market, up from 24.1% year on year. Both BEVs and PHEVs grew volume YoY, outperforming the broader market. Overall auto volume was 147,517 units, up 2.5% YoY, still below pre-2020 seasonal norms (~160,000). The UK’s leading BEV brand in … [continued]
The Canadian firm Worksport envisions a global, roving microgrid comprised of pickup trucks equipped with solar panels in the form of tonneau covers.
XPeng’s self-driving system was fantabulously good nearly two years ago when I tested it virtually for a long drive into a busy city. At the time, it was called XPeng’s “City Navigation Guided Pilot” (CNGP), and on that drive at least, it was very similar to the Tesla FSD v12.3 … [continued]
The TELO compact electric truck with 500 hp, 350 miles of range, and room for 5 passengers. Is this a dream waiting to happen?
The ‘Great Salt Lake is drying, Antarctica is overheating. What does it all mean? It means we humans need to pick up our game.
