New Delhi : Research and development (R&D) activities are needed to bring down the production cost of green hydrogen as India aims to become a manufacturing hub of the new energy, NSEFI Chairman R Mehta said on Friday. Today the cost of per kg green hydrogen is as high as USD 5, he said at […]
Why Are Electric Vehicles Still So Expensive? Blame the Makers – EQ Mag Pro
EVs are built with fewer parts than regular cars, and they’re often sourced from other companies How much does it actually cost to build an electric car? As new EV makers burn through billions of dollars of cash and pour hundreds of millions more into research and development, the answer, it seems, is a lot. […]
AMO Electric to raise $100 mn to expand product range, sales infra next fiscal – EQ Mag Pro
Electric two-wheeler maker AMO Electric is looking to raise about USD 100 million next fiscal as it looks to scale up R&D to introduce new products, expand manufacturing capacity and enhance sales infra across the country in order to consolidate its position in the sector. The Noida-based company currently sells four electric scooters through a […]
GAF Energy Builds Out U.S. Solar R&D And Manufacturing Facility
Leading Solar Roofing Company Brings Solar Manufacturing to America with 112,000 Sq. Foot Facility SAN FRANCISCO : GAF Energy, a leading provider of roof-integrated solar solutions, has leased and begun critical improvements on a 112,000-square-foot facility in San Jose, California. Once construction is complete, the new facility will serve as the company’s center for research […]
DOE Announces $20 Million to Advance Manufacturability of Grid-Scale Energy Storage Technologies
Mature flow battery technologies will allow the U.S. to store and dispatch clean energy from renewable generation sources on a grid-scale, enabling flexible, resilient, and secure infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last month announced up to $20 million for research and development (R&D) that will advance the manufacturability of mid-sized flow battery systems. […]
Long Duration Energy Storage gets New R&D Lab in Biden’s DOE
A US$75 million national research and development (R&D) facility for energy storage is expected to be up and running by 2025, the US Department of Energy (DOE) said yesterday. Called the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), 30 separate research laboratories will be hosted at the site including technology prototype testing chambers and other test labs that […]
DOE to award $33M to advance hydrogen and fuel cell R&D and the H2@Scale vision
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $33 million in funding to support innovative hydrogen and fuel cell research & development (R&D), infrastructure supply chain development and validation, and cost analysis activities. (DE-FOA-0002446) This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) builds upon existing efforts funded by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office to reduce cost, improve […]
Next-generation solar R&D critical to Japan net zero bid: PM
Japan is to accelerate research and development of next generation solar technologies as part of a bid to establish a net zero economy by 2050. Speaking yesterday (26 October 2020), Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga – elected in September following the resignation of Shinzo Abe – unveiled a significant shift in national policy by establishing […]
Charge and discharge cycles are a meaningless metric, SolarEdge founder says
The way the industry talks about batteries needs to change, SolarEdge founder Lior Handelsman has said, arguing that knowing the number of cycles of charge and discharge a battery can perform in its lifetime is essentially “meaningless”. The company’s frequently outspoken VP of marketing and product strategy spoke with Energy-Storage.news at SolarEdge’s main R&D centre […]
