Innovation

Artificial Intelligence boosts efficiency for solar and wind

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Autonomous drones with real-time artificial intelligence-supported analysis will inspect wind turbines and solar panels Artificial intelligence (AI) will increasingly automate operations over the next several years in the solar and wind industries and boost efficiencies across the renewable energy sector, according to a new DNV GL position paper. The position paper “Making Renewables Smarter: The […]

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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.

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Nissan VC Turbo engine uses variable compression ratio system

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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