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Reading Wind Facility in Kansas is Operational

published: 2020-06-24 10:00
Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, today announced that the 200-megawatt (MW) Reading Wind Facility in Osage and Lyon Counties, Kansas, is now operational. Image by Free-Ph...  more

EV Makers Are Scrambling to Develop Retirement Plans for Millions of Tons of Batteries

published: 2020-06-23 18:30
According to a recently released report from IDTechEx, the amount of EV batteries (or powertrain batteries) that reach the end-of-life stage in 2020 is estimated to total around 100,000 metric tons or 14 gigawatt-hours. By 2040, the annual total of retired EV batteries is forecasted to hit 7.8 million metric tons. Currently, there are two main approaches to dealing with the massive and growing stock of used EV batteries: recycling or finding a second life. The adoption of either approach depends on individual carmakers. ...  more

Your Monday Briefings: All the Solar News (Week 26)

published: 2020-06-22 18:35
Welcome back to another busy week! This time, we are covering Hanwha Q Cell’s victory over JinkoSolar in Germany, the post-COVID-19 market outlook of electric vehicles and Huawei’s launch of new products, and many more! Image by t...  more

Where Can Tidal Power Find Opportunities as Its Growth Is Constrained by High Costs and Competition from Offshore Wind?

published: 2020-06-20 18:30
Tidal power appears to have a huge development potential for countries with long coastlines. However, adopting tidal power as part of a general transition to clean and renewable energies is not an easy task. The various kinds of tidal generation systems on the whole have yet to reach the required technological maturity and economies of scale for commercialization. There are still many huge hurdles to overcome before tidal power can take off in the renewable energy market. ...  more

The Revolutionary Tech That's Turning Waste Into Energy

published: 2020-06-20 14:00
The $150-billion organic food industry has a major fertilizer problem that could hinder its growth. Massive livestock operations from Europe to North America have an even bigger problem: They're producing catastrophic volumes of polluting waste they have nowhere to put, and it's a damage-control cost they have to deal with.  ...  more