A new high-performance, high-energy-density lithium-tellurium (Li-Te) battery system — based around a Li-metal anode and a Te-based cathode — was recently developed by researchers at the Kumoh National Institute of Technology in Korea. The mechanically reduced (MR) Te/C nanocomposite electrode material that the researchers created shows “high energy density, excellent … [continued]
Worldwide utility-scale solar energy installations surged for a fifth consecutive year in 2014, as per new provisional figures from Wiki-Solar.org. This continuing surge in installations was aided by notable growth in the South American and African markets, but the big dogs were still Asia and North & Central America. The … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The new year is upon us, and it’s time to run down another list of the new electric vehicles that should be arriving in the US and Europe in the coming 365 days. Without much knowledge of the EV markets outside of North America and … [continued]
The National Hockey League (NHL) released its carbon neutral energy plan this week, with Constellation as its official energy efficiency partner. Constellation will give the NHL Renewable Energy Certificates and carbon offsets during this season, worth over 550,000 metric tons. That’s like taking off the grid 50,182 US homes in a … [continued]
South Korean PV module manufacturer SolarPark Korea has supplied modules to the first floating solar PV power plant in the country, the prototype Sunflower Solar Power Plant, which uses a tracking and rotating system. According to SolarPark Korea, the tracking system rotates the PV plant so that the modules face … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Did you hear about the largest solar power plant in the world and how it is now producing electricity? Did it make the nightly broadcast news? Probably not, but Solyndra was all over the news media for a while. There’s a blatant lack of coverage … [continued]
The US Navy has just pumped $3 million into a new full scale demonstration of the StingRAY wave energy converter by the company Columbia Power.
40 MW of new grid-scale energy storage projects are currently in development just outside of Chicago via Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES Americas), as per recent reports. Once competed, these will be some of the largest commercial energy storage projects on the continent. The battery storage modules (based on lithium-iron … [continued]
The Texas-based utility company Oncor is looking to invest several billion dollars (at least) into energy storage systems to back up its transmission and distribution network, as per recent reports. But will the company be granted approval for such a stupendous and potentially industry-changing move? To be specific — Oncor … [continued]
EV Obsession. Plans for what will soon be the biggest municipal fleet of electrified vehicles in the nation were recently pushed through in the City of Indianapolis, through a new initiative dubbed the “Freedom Fleet.” The EV fleet — which will consist of 425 EV or PHEV non-police pursuit sedans … [continued]
