Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Australia First to Test New Lithium Sulphur Batteries
January 6th, 2020Via: Monash University: Imagine having access to a battery, which has the potential to power your phone for five continuous days, or enable an electric vehicle to drive more than 1000km without needing to “refuel”. Monash University researchers are on the brink of commercialising the world’s most efficient lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery, which could outperform current […]
Exploring Ruins of Coal Fired Power Plant in Chicago
January 1st, 2020They don’t mention it in the video, but you can clearly see that this is Crawford Generating Station: Crawford Generating Station is a decommissioned coal?fired power plant built in 1924. It is located in South Lawndale community of the West Side district, in Chicago, Illinois. It was closed in 2012 after a long battle with […]
Turkey Unveils First Fully Homemade Car in $3.7 Billion Bet on Electric
December 27th, 2019Via: Reuters: Turkey unveiled its first fully domestically-produced car on Friday, saying it aimed to eventually produce up to 175,000 a year of the electric vehicle in a project expected to cost 22 billion lira ($3.7 billion) over 13 years.
Rivian Scores $1.3 Billion Investment
December 24th, 2019Via: Reuters: Electric vehicle startup Rivian said on Monday it closed a $1.3 billion investment round led by T. Rowe Price and including existing investors Amazon.com and Ford Motor Co. The investment round, which also included BlackRock Inc, is the fourth this year for Rivian and positions the Plymouth, Michigan-based company as one of the […]
New Zealand: Meridian, Contact Accused of $60m Power Market Abuse
December 16th, 2019Imagine my shock. Via: New Zealand Herald: Contact Energy and Meridian Energy have been accused of extracting more than $60 million from consumers by over-charging for their electricity while spilling water from their South Island dams. Haast Energy Trading has complained to the Electricity Authority that the two firms have breached the good conduct provisions […]
Recently Retired USAF General Makes Eyebrow Raising Claims About Advanced Space Technology
December 16th, 2019Update: Is Starlink Going to Drop The American Culture Bomb on China? If you’re like me, you’ve been wondering: What is Starlink’s actual purpose? I didn’t entirely believe the prosaic narrative about better rural broadband Internet and a funding source for Elon Musk’s Mars aspirations, etc. Well, it might be about those things at some […]
World’s First Electric Commercial Airplane Completes Test Flight
December 11th, 2019Via: Business Insider: A Vancouver-based airline is one step closer to launching the world’s first all-electric commercial plane after a successful test flight on December 10. Harbour Air’s ePlane completed a 10-minute trip across the Fraser River in Richmond, BC. The ePlane is a six-passenger DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver, a Canadian-designed aircraft that has been […]
These Secretive Oil Companies Control $3 Trillion In Wealth
December 11th, 2019Via: OilPrice: They control the vast majority of the world’s oil and gas assets, yet the average person has never even heard of them, outside of those that are famous for things like getting attacked by missiles or becoming embroiled in a high-profile corruption scandal. State-owned oil and gas companies (aka, the national oil companies, […]
With a Gun to Its Head, Toyota Will Build Electric Vehicles
December 10th, 2019The blah specs and Toyota’s 100% half ass effort on this compliance car remind me of this hilarious/true meme I saw somewhere last week: Via: Electrek: The Toyota Motor Corporation will launch its first all-electric Lexus in 2020. Nikkei’s Asian Review confirmed that the Lexus UX300e battery-powered SUV will go on sale as soon as […]
GM and LG in Joint Venture to Build Massive Electric Vehicle Battery Factory in Ohio
December 5th, 2019Via: CNBC: General Motors and LG Chem will invest up to $2.3 billion by 2023 to form a joint venture for production of battery cells for electric vehicles in Ohio. The companies plan to build a battery cell factory in the Lordstown-area of northeast Ohio. Construction of the plant, which is expected to be among […]
