Deployment of 5-minute battery swaps could support hundreds of commercial EVs Ample says it’s a straightforward retrofit, switching to its own battery packs Solution is less demanding on the grid than fast-charging stations California-based startup Ample is looking to deploy its battery-swapping tech with fleets of electric delivery trucks in Tokyo. Ample opened its first … Continue reading “Tokyo project aims to scale up battery swapping for electric trucks”
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How To Get Started on your Project Car Tips for Laying the Groundwork for Success This article may contain affiliate links. Are you thinking about starting a project car? If so, you’ll need to research and plan before you start. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know to get … Continue reading “How To Get Started on your Project Car”
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Emerging lithium-boron producer Ioneer has received the final permit approval for its Rhyolite Ridge project from the US Bureau of Land Management. Having received the formal approval, Ioneer expects to issue updated reserve figures and estimated project costs by December 2024 and advance toward a final investment decision with its financing partners in the first … Continue reading “Ioneer receives federal permit for its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada”
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Texas project installed, manufacturing in the works When we first spoke in late 2022, Stratakos planned to build the Texas plant in 2023 and start shipping the remainder of its battery stockpile in 2024. The actual installation process turned out to be “a learning experience,” Stratakos told me last week, meaning it took longer and cost more … Continue reading “The biggest grid storage project using old batteries is online in Texas”
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Tesla appears to be doubling down on its new “Oasis” Supercharger station concept, which consists of larger stations powered by solar and a microgrid battery system. Although, this new one is a bit less ambitious. Last month, Tesla announced its “project Oasis” (pictured above), which should become one of Tesla’s largest Supercharger stations with several … Continue reading “Tesla plans mini Oasis Supercharger with solar and batteries near its giant project”
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What’s next for Mississippi’s green steel ambitions? When Hy Stor initially unveiled the Mississippi project in October 2021, the company aimed to complete its first phase by 2025, with a goal of producing 110,000 metric tons of green hydrogen per year and storing more than 70,000 metric tons of it underground. Last year, Hy Stor applied … Continue reading “Green hydrogen headwinds hit production hub, steel project in Mississippi”
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Caterham is turning to Yamaha to help develop its Project V electric sports car, the company announced Wednesday. A production version will use a Yamaha-developed powertrain, as well as technology from the Japanese company for “vehicle motion control,” according to Caterham. A prototype is being developed by Tokyo R&D, an engineering company with experience building … Continue reading “Yamaha to help develop Caterham Project V electric sports car”
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Climate United also hopes that this first-of-a-kind financing of the pre-construction expenses of mid-size solar installations — a category of costs that includes permitting and interconnection fees and which developers now pay for themselves — will help other private-sector lenders “reduce the delta between actual risk and perceived risk in the market,” she said. But perhaps most … Continue reading “The $20B US ‘green bank’ program just funded its first project”
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Renewables developer rPlus Energies has broken ground on one of the largest solar + battery storage projects in the US, in east-central Utah. The Green River Energy Center in Emery County, Utah, is a 400-megawatt (MW) solar and 400 MW/1,600-megawatt-hour battery storage project that will supply power to western electric utility PacifiCorp under a power purchase … Continue reading “A $1 billion solar + battery storage project just broke ground in Utah”