Engineers at the University of Tokyo have developed a material which could give more life and higher capacities to batteries. The study was published in the journal Nature Communications. Atsuo Yamada and his team demonstrated that if the battery is made with a model material – oxygen redox-layered oxide (Na2RuO3) – something remarkable happens. Not […]
ADB signs loan to finance SUS Environment’s waste-to-energy project in PRC
ADB’s loan to SUS will expand the PRC’s low-carbon circular economy and make cities more livable, through integrated urban waste management systems. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $100 million loan with Shanghai SUS Environment Company Limited (SUS) to finance a portfolio of innovative and socially inclusive waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities within low carbon eco-industrial […]
Sheetz Powers Up Its Electric Vehicle Charging Initiative
ALTOONA, Pa.: Sheetz now counts 21 locations with Tesla Supercharger electric vehicle charging stations. The latest Sheetz location to offer the service is at 17th Street and Pleasant Valley Boulevard in Altoona. The c-store chain recently completed the installation of eight Tesla Supercharger stations at this location, according to the Altoona Mirror. “At these 21 […]
Agreement signed to generate clean energy through rooftop PV system in West Bank
The EIB’s investment, which falls under the Economic Resilience Initiative (ERI) will generate 35 MW of clean energy enough to power more than 16000 houses across the West Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) have signed a loan agreement worth USD 18 million to finance the installation of rooftop […]
Fleets are the way towards popularisation of electric vehicles: Anand Mahindra
When fleets start using EVs, economies of scale is created in the industry as the cost of these vehicles come down when more people buy them, Mahindra said. For Mahindra group, from whose stable electric luxury supercar Battista is being rolled out, the path to mass adoption of electric vehicles will be through fleet such […]
