Tesla’s virtual power plant system will begin testing in 1,100 public housing properties. Tesla image. Virtual power plant will generate ‘significant’ portion of households’ electricity needs Months after Tesla built the world’s largest lithium-ion battery [Read more]
Global average building energy use per person has remained constant since 1990 By IEA energy analyst A growing number of countries have put in place policies to improve building energy performance, but average energy consumption [Read more]
Funding will enhance global profile of Western Canadian clean technology companies, companies attract new investment Companies in Western Canada’s hydrogen and fuel cell industry will benefit from additional support to raise their global profile, generate [Read more]
Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Semi in mid-November. Since then, a number of companies, including Wal-Mart, PepsiCo and UPS have placed pre-orders for the electricity-powered big rig. Tesla photo. Tesla Semi charging stations to be [Read more]
Researchers will develop technology to detect methane emissions from oil and gas sector, first step to hitting reduction targets The University of Calgary is launching the Centre for Smart Emissions Sensing Technologies, which will assist [Read more]
CATL EV battery factory located in a small southeast China city will have enough capacity to surpass Tesla output. Bloomberg photo by Qilai Shen. Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd., leader in EV battery market in China Contemporary [Read more]
Nikola Motor Company building 500-acre facility near Phoenix. Nikola Motor Company photo. Nikola Motor joins race to build semi trucks that run on alternate-fuels On Tuesday, Nikola Motor Company unveiled its plans for a $1 [Read more]
Farmers grow Carinata seeds with same equipment as wheat and canola Honeywell announced that Qantas Airlines operated a 13,000-km flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia using Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™, according to a press release. The flight was the first [Read more]
Project reduces CO2 levels in atmosphere, as it uses CO2 as a raw material Evonik and Siemens are planning to use electricity from renewable sources and bacteria to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into specialty chemicals, according [Read more]
Waterloo University creates breakthrough battery composition using manganese sheets USA News Group – Further demand for high grade, high purity manganese may be driven by new technology thanks to breakthroughs like the new discovery by researchers that [Read more]
Hifi Engineering’s HDS technology will be new standard for Husky’s new large diameter pipelines The Husky oil spill into a major Canadian river last summer that cut off drinking water supply for two Saskatchewan cities was caused by [Read more]
Company to shift investment from sedans, ICEs to trucks and Ford EVs Ford Motor Company says it plans to increase its investments in electric vehicles to $11 billion by 2022 when it plans to include [Read more]
Oil sands in situ production uses water for generating steam, requires less than 0.3 barrels fresh water per barrel of oil produced Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is receiving almost $600,000 from Western Economic [Read more]
Wind and solar are intermittent sources of power generation, making balancing supply and demand more difficult By International Energy Agency analysts Stéphanie Bouckaert, Timothy Goodson and Brent Wanner As a fundamental rule, electricity supply and [Read more]
Tesla solar roof generates electricity without traditional rooftop panels On Tuesday, Tesla Inc reported manufacturing of its solar roof tiles began at the company’s Buffalo, New York factory in December. The Palo Alto-based company says [Read more]
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