Texas, Oklahoma, and Iowa lead the nation in wind energy The Energy Department released three wind market reports demonstrating continued growth in wind energy nationwide. America’s wind industry added more than 8,200 megawatts (MW) of capacity last year, representing 27 per cent of all energy capacity additions in 2016. In 2016, wind supplied about 6 […]
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Autonomous semi trucks may be unveiled in September Reuters reports Tesla Inc is developing a long-haul, electric autonomous semi trucks that will eventually move in a formation where a number of semis will automatically follow a lead vehicle. In an e-mail discussion with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, the California company is looking to
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With current trends, Wood Mackenzie expects EVs accounting 21% of global car stock by 2035 The oil market downturn and the tone set by the Paris Agreement have already shifted the focus away from fossil fuels, but how quickly could we see the tides change and decisively tip the scales to renewables? Together with GTM Research,
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New consumer preferences for autonomy and other advanced mobility solutions vary widely by age and region New research on consumer preferences for full autonomy in new vehicles finds the technology is not yet popular among a broad audience, according to analysts at IHS Markit. Ironically, the same audience ranked it among the very features they
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Tesla stock up 63 per cent in 2017 Tesla stock got a bump of 6 per cent on Thursday after its quarterly report beat average analyst estimates and boosted bets that the Model 3 will shift the California-based electric automaker into the mainstream. Since the beginning of 2017, Tesla stock has jumped 63 per cent.
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US offshore wind arena less crowded than Europe A number of European oil majors are moving into the US offshore wind market, bringing with them experience in deepwater development and leaving behind the crowded offshore wind industry at home. Statoil, Norway’s national oil company, won a license to develop a wind farm off the coast
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Shell has scheme to install battery charging stations at some stations in Britain, Netherlands Oil giant BP is looking to partner with electric vehicle makers to offer battery charging docks at its worldwide network of gasoline and diesel stations. With rapid growth in the use of EVs expected in the coming decades, some oil companies
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Audi looks to move on from emissions scandal A report by Reuters says Audi is looking to cut costs by €10 billion euros by 2022 to help the German automaker make the shift into electric cars. Sources close to the German automaker says Audi is planning to offer five new all-electric models to market in
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Process involved putting two electrical plates (charged at 4,000 volts) into pipe, attracting asphaltene Getting crude oil from the wellhead to a downstream destination can be literally stopped in its tracks when components of the oil known as asphaltenes clump together, reducing the flow or causing a complete blockage, according to a University of Houston
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Researchers have filed for 3 patents for the technology and hope to find partners to help commercialize it Modern batteries power everything from cars to cell phones, but they are far from perfect – they catch fire, they perform poorly in cold weather and they have relatively short lifecycles, among other issues. Now researchers from
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