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Energy Analyst Predicts a Cloudy Future for Electric Vehicles

PR Newswire - June 6, 2023

According to Edward Rouse Pryor, an electrical engineer and energy analyst, EVs now face an impending serious major setback—either dramatically higher electricity cost; or...

The end of thermal cars: why electric vehicles aren’t a silver bullet

The Conversation - March 27, 2023

Alexis Poulhès, École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC) and Cyrille François, Université Gustave Eiffel On 8 June 2022, the European Parliament voted to ban the sale of...

Elon Musk: China leading the world in renewable energy generation and EVs

CnEVPost - May 30, 2022

"Whatever you may think of China, this is simply a fact," Musk said. It's a simple fact, but at a time when English-language reporting is...

You’ve heard of water droughts. Could ‘energy’ droughts be next?

EurekAlert! AAAS - April 16, 2022

In a new modeling study, researchers show how widely wind and solar potential vary by season and year, suggesting that backup energy sources may...

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

The Conversation - August 27, 2021

Kerry Rippy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. This is one reason that...

Climate change is an infrastructure problem – map of electric vehicle chargers shows one reason why

The Conversation - August 24, 2021

Paul N. Edwards, Stanford University Most of America’s 107,000 gas stations can fill several cars every five or 10 minutes at multiple pumps. Not so...

Blockchain technology to optimize P2P energy trading

EurekAlert! AAAS - January 20, 2021

Mitsubishi Electric and Tokyo Tech Develop - For more flexible trading environments and expanded use of surplus electricity from renewable energy Tokyo Institute of Technology A...

Huge ‘battery warehouses’ could be the energy stores of the future

The Conversation - December 23, 2020

Andrew Cruden, University of Southampton One of the world’s largest battery storage projects will be built on the banks of the River Thames in Essex,...

Biden’s ambitious energy plan faces headwinds, but can move the US forward

The Conversation - November 24, 2020

Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington President-elect Joe Biden calls climate change an existential threat to America’s environment, health, national security and economy, and has...