India Tests Long-Haul Hydrogen Bussing
India's largest energy conglomerate, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC) will begin a premium hydrogen fuel bus service between Delhi and Jaipur.
This new service will be a pilot project to test the viability of...
The Rise Of Renewables
In its Annual Energy Outlook 2021 (AEO 2021), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that the share of renewables in the US electricity generation mix will increase from 21% in 2020 to 42%...
Why Was Wind Energy Blamed For The Texas Winter Freeze Power Outage?
The North American power transmission grid consists of three major regions: the Eastern Interconnection, the Western Interconnection, and the Texas Interconnection. Texas’ decision to have its own grid independent of federal regulation traces back...
GE Technology To Assist The Retirement Of Colorado Coal Plant
GE has received an order from Colorado Springs Utilities for six LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbine packages. Each LM2500XPRESS is comprised of a GE LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine modular package, gas compressor, and emissions control...
Amazon Buys 1000 CNG-Powered Trucks
Just days after reporting a record high US$125.5 billion in fourth quarter 2020 sales, Amazon ordered 1000 compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered truck engines from a joint venture between Cummins and Westport Fuel Systems. Amazon...
Lone Star Sun
French energy giant, Total SE (Total), has acquired 2.2 GW of solar projects and 600 MW of Texas-based battery storage assets from SunChase Power and MAP RE/ES. The announcement comes just weeks after Total...
Energy Transfer Creates Alternative Energy Group
Energy Transfer LP has created a new business group to develop alternative energy projects aimed at continuing to reduce its environmental footprint throughout its operations. The Alternative Energy Group will be led by Tom...
Siemens Energy To Build Waste Heat-To-Power Facility In Canada
Siemens Energy (Siemens) has signed an agreement with Canada-based TC Energy Corporation (TC Energy) to commission a waste heat-to-power pilot installation in Alberta. The facility will capture waste heat from a gas-fired turbine operating...
Shell Acquires European EV Company, Ubitricity
Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) has signed an agreement to buy 100% of Berlin-based electric vehicle (EV) charging network company, Ubitricity. As of November 2020, Ubitricity is the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) largest public EV charging...
DOE Launches Clean Energy Funding Program
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is offering up to US$100 million in funding for transformative clean energy technology research and development via its Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) OPEN 2021 funding opportunity. The...
