Corvus Energy was selected to provide an energy storage system (ESS) to Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the zero-emissions electric e5 tanker it is building, the world’s first zero-emissions tanker. The electric tanker is under construction for Tokyo’s Asahi Tanker Co. The battery-powered vessel was designed by e5 Lab Inc., which …
Read More »German Tech Giant Places Major Bet on Green Hydrogen
Hydrogen is turning into the next media star after solar and wind. In its latest claim to fame, two spinoffs of German tech conglomerate Siemens are joining forces to advance green hydrogen technology by building wind-to-hydrogen systems to help decarbonize the global economy. Green hydrogen is touted as a solution …
Read More »Green Hydrogen Making Early Waves in 2021
It is barely two weeks old, but 2021 is already shaping up as another year of stunning ambition and growth for the emerging global hydrogen sector in its full spectrum of colours. The hue dearest to Recharge’s heart is, of course, green, and the renewable hydrogen sector got a huge …
Read More »Hyundai to Build Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plant in China
Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s biggest carmaker, will build its first overseas hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in China as it seeks to enter the local hydrogen market, industry sources said Tuesday. Hyundai Motor aims to build the hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in Guangzhou within this year as it has …
Read More »Rumor: Apple will Start Production of Its Self-Driving Car by 2024
Apple is moving forward with its electric self-driving car technology after all, and will start production in 2024, according to a report from Reuters. Apple plans to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own battery technology. Apple first started to design its own vehicle way back in 2014, …
Read More »EVs Take Record 15% Share of UK’s Used Car Market
Last month’s announcement that the UK would ban sales of new gasoline and diesel cars as of 2030 was most likely the reason why electric vehicle (EV) sales on the used car market in Britain surged to their highest market share ever—15 percent of used car sales in December, Motortrader …
Read More »Can Porsche’s Carbon-Neutral E-Gas Save the Planet?
Porsche has no plan to make an electric version of its iconic 911 sports cars. So, how to ensure continued sale of its flagship model far into the future, when governments around the world, including California’s, are planning to eventually ban sales of new internal combustion cars? Porsche’s answer: carbon-neutral …
Read More »Nissan Launches New Note with E-Power in Japan
The Nissan LEAF has a weird gas-powered cousin in Japan, and now there’s a new version. The third-generation Note, with Nissan’s sort-of-electric e-POWER system recently dropped in the Japanese market. The rest of the vehicle isn’t that different from the Versa Note we see in the US market and the …
Read More »China EV Push will Curb World’s Oil Demand Growth within a Decade
An aggressive China-led shift to electric vehicles is expected to slash global oil demand growth by 70% by 2030 and will help bring an end to the “oil era,” according to research by the Carbon Tracker think tank published on Friday. Within 10 years, China could save more than $80 …
Read More »NASA Wants to Put a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy will seek proposals from industry to build a nuclear power plant on the moon and Mars to support its long-term exploration plans. The proposal is for a fission surface power system, and the goal is to have a flight system, lander and reactor …
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