Innovation

BMW looking for partners to develop small EVs

BMW looking for partners to develop small EVs

Technical challenges associated with small EVs German automaker BMW says it is in talks with other automakers in an effort to find partners to develop an electric Mini, according to a Reuters report. “We are talking to many OEMs (manufacturers) around the world, not only in China, (about) how to electrify smaller cars,” said BMW […]

By November 29, 2017 0 Comments Read More →
Alberta’s first electric vehicle charging corridor created by ATCO and partner

Alberta’s first electric vehicle charging corridor created by ATCO and partner

Level 3 fast-charging, dual Level 2 charging stations being installed at Canadian Tire Gas+ locations in Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton ATCO Group and FLO announced a partnership to bring the first Electric Vehicle Universal Fast Charge Corridor to Alberta, according to a press release. The initiative also collaborates with Canadian Tire and Natural Resources Canada. Alberta has […]

By November 29, 2017 0 Comments Read More →
DHL orders 10 Tesla Semi electric trucks for use on shorter routes

DHL orders 10 Tesla Semi electric trucks for use on shorter routes

Fortigo Freight of Etobicoke, Ontario, ordered one Tesla Semi Two more freight services companies have pre-ordered Tesla Semi electric trucks, which are expected to roll off the assembly line in 2019. The companies join J.B. Hunt and Wal-Mart, who agreed to purchase the Tesla Semi which was unveiled by the company’s Chief Executive Elon Musk […]

By November 28, 2017 0 Comments Read More →
Renewable energy offers cost-effective options to cut carbon emissions from industry – IEA

Renewable energy offers cost-effective options to cut carbon emissions from industry – IEA

Public/private procurement might play prominent role in facilitating development of renewable energy By Cédric Philibert, senior energy analyst, IEA Reducing long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the industry sector is one of the toughest challenges of the energy transition. Combustion and process emissions from cement manufacturing, iron- and steelmaking, and chemical production are particularly problematic. […]

By November 25, 2017 0 Comments Read More →
Nissan VC Turbo engine uses variable compression ratio system

Nissan VC Turbo engine uses variable compression ratio system

VC Turbo engine doubles thermal efficiency of current gasoline engines Nissan Motor Co. will unveil its VC Turbo engine, which uses an efficiency-boosting variable compression ratio system, at the Los Angeles auto show next week. Shinichi Kiga, the head of Nissan’s gasoline engine project group, told Reuters that the global automaker plans to keep improving […]

By November 24, 2017 1 Comments Read More →
World’s largest battery installed in South Australia by Tesla, testing begins soon

World’s largest battery installed in South Australia by Tesla, testing begins soon

Tesla battery to be fed electricity from Hornsdale Wind Farm On Thursday, the South Australian government announced that the giant lithium-ion battery built by Tesla has been installed and testing will begin soon. The project, which will be capable of supply electricity to 30,000 households for a period of eight hours at peak summer consumption […]

By November 23, 2017 0 Comments Read More →
Who wants to be in charge? The rapidly changing world of battery technology

Who wants to be in charge? The rapidly changing world of battery technology

Today’s batteries will be superseded in a decade by technologies that perform better than Lithium-ion By Simon Bennett and Luis Munuera, IEA energy technology analysts  Innovation and investment in battery technologies are imperatives for a faster energy transition that cut across different parts of the energy system. The cost and performance of batteries will not only shape how fast […]

By November 23, 2017 0 Comments Read More →
Study: Scientific advances can make it easier to recycle plastics

Study: Scientific advances can make it easier to recycle plastics

Improving methods to recycle existing plastic materials key priority By Jeannie Kever, University of Houston Most of the 150 million tons of plastics produced around the world every year end up in landfills, the oceans and elsewhere. Less than 9 per cent of plastics are recycled in the United States, rising to about 30 percent in […]

By November 21, 2017 0 Comments Read More →
Uber agrees to buy up to 24,000 autonomous Volvo cars

Uber agrees to buy up to 24,000 autonomous Volvo cars

Uber deal marks shift from app to operator of a fleet of cars On Monday, Uber and Volvo announced a deal between the two companies that will see the ride-hailing service company shift to become the operator of a fleet of cars. According to Reuters, Uber plans to buy up to thousands of self-driving cars […]

By November 20, 2017 0 Comments Read More →
First of its kind: $3.5 million for Edmonton facility that converts garbage into liquid biofuels, chemicals

First of its kind: $3.5 million for Edmonton facility that converts garbage into liquid biofuels, chemicals

First facility in world to convert non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into liquid biofuels and chemicals Enerkem Alberta Biofuels, a subsidiary of Montreal-based Enerkem Inc., is receiving $3.5 million from the Government of Canada through the Western Innovation (WINN) Initiative to build the final phase of a facility that converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into liquid biofuels […]

By November 20, 2017 0 Comments Read More →