Efficient next-generation solar panels on horizon following breakthrough by Staff Writers Guildford UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2023 A scientific breakthrough brings mass production of the next generation of cheaper and lighter perovskite solar cells one step closer thanks to researchers at the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute (ATI). A nanoscale […]
Momentus testing new spacecraft engine and solar array design by Staff Writers San Jose CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2023 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, continues to advance in-space testing of its Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) and recently completed initial […]
The solar plant is built on 2,600 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM)- managed public land. Credit: Intersect Power. US clean energy company Intersect Power has begun commercial operations at its 679MW Oberon solar plus storage project in Riverside County in the US state of California. The Oberon solar project has a co-located 250MW/1 […]
Wisconsin utility WEC Group announced to shareholders last month that its subsidiaries would phase out coal by 2032, three years earlier than previously planned. We Energies’ Oak Creek plants will close in 2024 and 2025. Columbia Energy Center — the state’s largest coal plant, co-owned by WEC and Alliant — will close by 2026. Weston […]
BMW probes Moroccan cobalt supplier over pollution claims by AFP Staff Writers Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 German carmaker BMW said Monday it had opened an investigation into a Moroccan cobalt supplier after allegations that its mining operations had polluted the environment. The mine operated by Managem in Bou Azzer, […]
Researchers aim to make cheaper fuel cells a reality by Joe Howlett Menlo Park CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2023 As the world turns to greener power sources, it also needs to figure out how to store energy for times when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow. One leading contender, the […]
