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Study: To Extend Lithium-Metal EV Battery’s Life, Drain It And Let It Sit

PALO ALTO, Ca. - Stanford University researchers found that the best way to extend the life of a lithium-metal EV battery is to drain it and let it rest for a few hours. The study, “Resting restores performance of discharged lithium-metal batteries,” published on February 7 in the journal Nature, found that this straightforward approach restored battery capacity

By |2024-02-25T13:05:17-05:00February 25th, 2024|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

Consumers Energy Operating Heartland Wind Farms

MIDDLETON―Heartland Farms Wind in Gratiot County is producing clean energy for Michigan homes and businesses, Consumers Energy announced. Heartland Farms Wind―Consumers’ fifth wind project―features 72 turbines that can provide 201 megawatts of energy. That’s enough to power about 80,000 households. The Chicago-based power generation development and operations company Invenergy built the project, and Consumers Energy took

By |2024-01-16T14:33:02-05:00January 16th, 2024|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

Revolutionary Tech Allows You To Power Devices With Just Your Fingertips

SAN DIEGO - A new wearable device generates energy from the sweat droplets on your fingertips, and it could one day replace batteries in items like Fitbits. A team of researchers from UC San Diego has developed a plaster-like strip to be worn on the finger, which can produce electricity whenever it is pressed and also convert it

By |2023-12-18T09:27:19-05:00December 16th, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Clean, Green, wireless|

Time To Bring Hydrogen Hype Down To Earth And Focus On Three Possible Industries

SYDNEY - If you listen to the dreamers, hydrogen is the magical fuel of the future that can replace everything from the petrol in your car to the coal in a steelworks. Hype around hydrogen has been building in Australia since at least 2018. Every government has a hydrogen strategy. Hydrogen has been promoted as a replacement for our coal and

By |2023-12-16T16:10:45-05:00December 16th, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Clean, Green, wireless|

SAE Picks MAHLE System As Global Standard For Wireless EV Charging

PITTSBURGH - SAE International has chosen MAHLE’s positioning system as the global standard for wireless EV charging, a move that closes a final gap in standardizing inductive charging for electric vehicles. MAHLE’s cross-manufacturer solution paves the way for a rapid, comprehensive introduction of alternatives to wired, plug-in charging for electric- and hybrid-electric vehicles. Wireless EV

By |2023-12-16T16:10:48-05:00December 16th, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

LuxWall Gets DOE Funding To Accelerate Growth In Vacuum-Insulating Glass Manufacturing

YPSILANTI– The U.S. Department of Energy announced that LuxWall, Inc. is one of seven U.S. companies selected to receive funds to strengthen clean energy supply chains and accelerate domestic clean energy manufacturing. According to the press release, $275 million will be assigned to projects that “boost U.S. manufacturing, strengthen domestic clean energy supply chains, and revitalize energy communities.” The $31.7

By |2023-12-16T16:10:49-05:00December 16th, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Industry 4.0|

Ann Arbor Gets DOE Grant To Make Bryant Community Center Net-Zero Energy Living Lab

ANN ARBOR — The City of Ann Arbor was awarded $182,360 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of State and Community Energy Programs through their Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program to renovate the Bryant Community Center into a net-zero facility and living learning laboratory of climate action. These grant funds will

By |2023-12-01T11:19:06-05:00December 1st, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

Scientists Predict Solar Panel Advances Will See Millions Leaving Electric Grid

LONDON - More than 30 million homes in Europe could meet all their energy needs using rooftop solar panels alone, according to a new study. Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany found that more than 50 per cent of Europe’s 41 million freestanding homes could have been self-sufficient in 2020 using just solar and

By |2023-11-19T12:47:03-05:00November 19th, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Clean, Green, wireless|

Bill Gates Backs Fan On A Stick Wind Energy Device That Cut Costs By One Third

SEATTLE - It looks nothing like a typical "fan on a stick" wind turbine, but this oval track with evenly spaced wing blades could be an enormously disruptive addition to the renewable energy mix, since it slashes the cost of wind power to unprecedented lows. Wyoming's Airloom Energy has come out of stealth mode with

By |2023-11-19T12:47:04-05:00November 19th, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Clean, Green, wireless|

Decarbonizing Light-Duty Transportation In US: U-M Study Reveals How

ANN ARBOR—One of the goals outlined by the Biden administration's National Climate Task Force in 2021 was to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030. Now, a University of Michigan study investigates one of the strategies to achieve this goal, which is to increase new vehicle sales to 50% electric