SuperTruck 3 By DOE
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled two funding opportunities totaling more than US$162 million to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions among cars, trucks, and off-road vehicles. The funding will support the...
Toyota’s Long Anticipated Push Into Electric Vehicles Has Finally Arrived
Toyota unveiled its new electric SUV, the bZ4X, at the Shanghai Motor Show on Monday, modeling the new electric vehicle (EV) after its popular RAV4. Toyota plans to introduce 70 EVs globally by 2025,...
Sugarcane Takes Root In California’s Clean Energy Transformation
Scorching California deserts may not garner images of lush sugarcane sprouting higher than the tallest human beings. However, the Imperial Valley’s rich soil, deep alluvial clay, and access to irrigation water from the Colorado...
Shell Outlines How It Will Become A Net-Zero Emissions Energy Business By 2050
The 24th edition of the Shell Sustainability Report outlines Shell’s strategy to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. The report describes Shell’s social, safety, and environmental performance in 2020. “In 2020, the COVID-19...
500+ GE Wind Turbines For Oklahoma Renewable Energy Project
GE Renewable Energy will provide more than 500 wind turbines for Oklahoma’s North Central Wind Energy Facilities Project. Being developed by Invenergy, a privately held global developer of sustainable energy projects, and American Electric...
Drone-Based Leak Detection
According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the majority of gas shipments in the United States take place using the millions of miles of the nation’s pipeline infrastructure. On December 27, 2020, the...
Tungsten’s Role In The Push Toward Electric Vehicles
Demand for lithium batteries is surging. From Tesla to commercial electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers like Oshkosh Defense and Workhorse, technological advancements and lower costs have accelerated international interest in alternative energy. Behind the transition...
Turning Sewage Into Hydrogen
Renewable hydrogen systems manufacturer Ways2H Inc. and its shareholder and technical partner Japan Blue Energy Co. have completed construction of a Tokyo facility that will convert sewage sludge into renewable hydrogen fuel for fuel...
Warren Buffett Wants To Build 10 GW Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants To Fix...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) has proposed a US$8.3 billion plan to construct a backup power generation grid in Texas. Buffett’s plan calls for 10 strategically located natural gas-fired power plants (and associated...
Integrated Ingenuity
The turmoil of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic-induced oil downturn created a starkly contrasting trajectory for oil majors. In the United States, giants ExxonMobil (Exxon) and Chevron both reported catastrophic losses of US$22.4 billion and...
