Archive for the 'Energy' Category
World’s Largest Wind Turbines to be Built Off Yorkshire Coast
October 7th, 2019Via: Guardian: The largest offshore wind turbines ever built will begin powering millions of British homes using blades more than 100 metres long by the early 2020s. Each of the new mega-turbines planned for the world’s biggest offshore windfarm at Dogger Bank in the North Sea will reach 220 metres high and generate enough electricity […]
Tesla Acquires Canadian Battery Specialist, Hibar Systems, Possibly Setting Up Secret Battery Lab
October 5th, 2019Via: Electric Autonomy: Tesla Inc. is expanding into Canada with the purchase of a Richmond Hill, Ont., company specializing in battery manufacturing, Hibar Systems Ltd. The quiet purchase — not previously reported — happened between July and October of this year, public records show. The acquisition comes at a pivotal time for Tesla, as the […]
How the Taycan is Made
October 3rd, 2019Via: Porsche:
GE, NASA Partner to Advance the Future of Electric Flight
September 29th, 2019Via: ZDnet: Electric flight is becoming a tantalizingly close reality for shorter-range service. But increasing passenger carrying capacity and flight times to economically accommodate longer routes will require a major rethink of crucial components. One of these is the inverter, which changes the direct current of batteries into alternating current used by the airplane’s propulsion […]
McCharge: McDonalds is Now Charging EVs in Sweden and Netherlands
September 28th, 2019Via: The Next Avenue: Related: First Gas Station in America to Ditch Oil for 100% Electric Vehicle Charging Opens in Maryland
United States Sending Troops to Saudi Arabia
September 20th, 2019Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday approved sending American troops to bolster Saudi Arabia’s air and missile defenses after the largest-ever attack on the kingdom’s oil facilities, which Washington has squarely blamed on Iran. The Pentagon said the deployment would involve a moderate number of troops – not numbering thousands – and would […]
Daimler Won’t Develop Any New Internal Combustion Engines, Focus Is Now on Electric Vehicles
September 19th, 2019Via: Electrek: After reigning in the auto industry as the powertrain of choice for a century, the internal combustion engine is finally dying. Now even Daimler says that it is stopping development of new internal combustion engines to focus on electric cars. The German automaker whose namesake, Gottlieb Daimler, is credited for having invented the […]
Amazon Buying 100,000 Electric Delivery Vans from Rivian
September 19th, 2019Via: Cnet: Online retail and technology giant Amazon said at an event today it plans to be completely carbon neutral come 2040, and electric-vehicle startup Rivian will help it get there. Rivian said Thursday it will design, build and service a new electric van exclusively for Amazon. A representative confirmed with Roadshow this will not […]
U.S. Blames Iran for Saudi Oil Attack, Trump Says ‘Locked and Loaded’
September 15th, 2019Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States was “locked and loaded” for a potential response to the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, after a senior U.S. administration official said Iran was to blame.
Saudis Race to Restore Oil Output After Aramco Attacks
September 15th, 2019Flashback: Trump and Saudi Arabia Both Want Higher Oil Prices Mission accomplished. Via: Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia is racing to restore oil production after a brazen drone strike on a key Aramco facility slashed its output by half, or about 5% of world supply, an assault that the U.S. has blamed on Iran. State energy producer […]
