With global automakers slowly transitioning from to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric, Japan’s Subaru Corp on Thursday unveiled its first all-electric SUV called the Solterra. The vehicle is the result of a two-year joint development project with its biggest […]
With many issues facing our world today, businesses and big corporations are no longer just focusing on short-term profit but also on their impacts on society and the world at large. Over the past few years, some of these companies […]
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Utilities today announced an extension of their existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) through 2025, expanding collaboration beyond offshore wind to also foster […]
For more than half a century, researchers and governments around the world in a race to zero emissions have been trying to solve the challenge of nuclear fusion, a nuclear process, where energy is produced by smashing together light atoms. Theoretically, nuclear […]
Thanks to Tesla, the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) has increased in recent years as more consumers move away from cars and trucks with internal combustion engines (ICEs) to EVs. The soaring demand for EVs has also led to more pressure […]
Former US President Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” That’s the case with government planners and decision-makers responsible for developing and implementing the energy transition plan that moves us away from fossils to […]
With many issues facing our world today, businesses and big corporations are no longer just focusing on short-term profit but also on their impacts on society and the world at large. Over the past few years, some of these companies […]
South Korea-based LG Electronics has agreed to reimburse General Motors up to $1.9 billion to recall Chevrolet Bolt EVs due to fire risks caused by faulty batteries provided by LG. The battery fire problem has led GM to recall every […]
As the world transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, energy from intermittent sources like wind and solar must be stored for use when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. That’s one of the biggest problems that […]
Over the past two decades, at least $3 trillion has been invested in renewable energy sources including solar, winds, hydropower, and battery storage. A 2019 report from UN Environment Programme (UNEP) found that investments in renewable energy were set to […]
According to Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), a branch of the United Nations, the global full costs of food wastage amount to about $2.6 trillion per year, including $700 billion of environmental costs and $900 billion of social costs. What if […]
In 2015, Tesla was losing more than $4,000 on every car sold. The company was burning through cash at an alarming rate that reminds us of the dot-com bubble. Tesla burned $359 million in cash in the second quarter as it battled […]
In 2011, the Obama administration backed the world’s biggest solar energy project failure ever recorded–The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project. The $1 billion boondoggle solar plant became obsolete before it ever went online because it couldn’t keep pace with new technological advances. The project […]
The impacts of climate change are global in scope, unprecedented in scale, and can no longer be denied. We can see the impacts of climate change all around. Some of the major impacts include increased heat, drought, insect outbreaks, increased […]
While fossil fuels were formed 360 million years ago, we’ve only been using them for fuel for a fairly short period of time – just over 200 years. The world has a limited amount of fossil fuels and very soon, we […]
Stellantis, the world’s sixth largest automaker, unveils a new electrification plan Thursday for all its 14 brands of vehicle lineup including new electric vehicles (EVs) with up to a 500-mile range. Formed out of the merger between Italian-American automaker Fiat Chrysler […]
Last month, we wrote about DarkPulse, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based tech startup that is transforming the Brillouin Sensors with distributed fiber sensor solutions. For some of our audience who may not be familiar with DarkPulse’s technology, for many years optical fibers have commonly […]
ION Energy, a Mumbai, India-based energy-tech startup said today it has raised $3.6 million in Pre-Series A funding to grow its team and invest in product development and expand the software business in North America and Europe. Backers in this round […]
Over the past three decades, the price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97 percent. For example, a battery with a capacity of one kilowatt-hour that used to cost $7, 500 in 1991, fell as low as $181 in 2018. […]
New Program Will Support Entrepreneurial Training for Scientists and Accelerate Deep Decarbonization Program Supports Governor Cuomo’s Goal of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions 85 Percent by 2050 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced more than $9 million is available to establish the Carbontech […]
