The Nikola Motor Company dropped a bomb on the electric vehicle industry today with news of a pending acquisition of a team that has developed next generation battery technology. The news comes with claims of a cathode with 4 times the energy density of today’s lithium-ion cells, lasts for 2,000 cycles, and at a cell cost of 50% less than today’s lithium-ion cells.
Israel-based smart energy and inverter company SolarEdge announced on Thursday its intention to acquire battery manufacturer Kokam in a deal expected to be worth approximately $88 million.
Danish offshore wind energy giant Ørsted has entered into an agreement to acquire the Rhode Island-based offshore wind developer behind the 30 megawatt (MW) Block Island offshore wind farm, Deepwater Wind, in a move set to be worth $510 million and which will result in the creation of a US offshore wind platform.
French multinational oil and gas giant Total has successfully acquired a majority acquisition of French electricity utility Direct Energie in a move which was announced in April of this year and is intended to fast-track Total’s expansion into the French and Belgium electricity and gas markets.
Total, the French multinational oil and gas giant, announced on Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire French electricity utility Direct Energie in a move which is intended to fast-track the company’s expansion into the French and Belgium electricity and gas markets.
In a move being billed as a “new chapter in American solar panel manufacturing” SunPower, one of the world’s leading solar manufacturers, has announced that it will acquire 100% of SolarWorld Americas, one of the two companies who filed a Section 201 trade case that led to the imposition of 30% tariffs on all imported solar cells and modules into the United States.
I wonder if you remember your first EV charging experiences. For me, it all started with a Renault Zoe some time ago, and that still remains one of my best EV memories (regardless of driving Tesla models later on, this was a “first love” kind of thing 🙂 ). I charged it at home every night as I drove it around like crazy, and one day I was travelling a longer distance and planned to charge in the city of Wrocław (Poland). Well, I must be honest, I actually didn’t plan at all and only knew there were chargers in the city. Oh, was I naive!
If Tesla was to encounter insurmountable financial problems over the coming years — just bear with me, as a thought experiment here, no arguing yet — what exactly would end up happening?
ENGIE North America has this week announced the acquisition of Chicago-based SoCore Energy and its 320 megawatt pipeline of operational and late-stage development solar and battery storage projects.
TerraForm Power, formerly a yieldco of the now-bankrupt SunEdison and now backed by Brookfield Asset Management, has this week launched a takeover bid to acquire controlling interest in leading European renewable energy asset manager Saeta Yield, with an offer approximately worth $1.2 billion.
