Recent ArticlesElectric vehicle drivers have more public chargers than they did just a few years ago. But to access all those chargers, drivers still need to navigate a range of different charging companies that each have their own account and payment systems. Some use apps, some use RFID chips, some ask you to swipe a credit card. "The feedback we’ve been getting from EV drivers is that this is one of the biggest pain points," said Harmeet Singh, CTO at charging services company Greenlots, a subsidiary o...
Last week, Pacific Gas & Electric, intentionally cut the power off to 800,000 electricity customers in Northern California — affecting roughly 2 million people — in an attempt to avoid sparking another potentially deadly wildfire. Classes were canceled, businesses closed, food spoiled and people who rely on medical devices started to panic. There was no fire, but the blackout has caused tempers to flare and political tensions to rise. How did we get to a point where California’s l...
Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who has vehemently denied reports of his impending departure amidst growing revelations of his involvement in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, has submitted his resignation, the New York Times and other news sources reported Thursday. Trump confirmed Perry’s resignation during a Thursday evening visit to a Louis Vuitton workshop in Alvarado, Texas, according to news reports. Trump said he intends to name P...
Electric vehicle makers and battery manufacturers are making progress in developing new lithium-ion designs, amid persistent concerns over the supply of key materials. Concerns over cobalt, in particular, are forcing battery makers to move toward cobalt-light lithium-ion formulations, said Hans Eric Melin, founder of Circular Energy Storage, a consultancy focused on battery end-of-life management. Foremost among these formulations is a lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathode chemist...
SSE Renewables, the project development arm of the British utility SSE, has selected turbine supplier MHI Vestas for its 1.1-gigawatt Seagreen project off the east coast of Scotland. Seagreen was one of the winning projects in the U.K.’s most recent contracts for difference (CFD) auction. The project secured a 15-year contract with a guaranteed price of £41.61/megawatt hour ($53.41) covering 484 megawatts of its total capacity of 1,075 megawatts. SSE plans to build out the remainder of the...
