How has storage fared in Biden’s first 150 days?
BY KATHERINE DAMIAN: Tomorrow marks 150 days since Joe Biden was inaugurated as US president — and, so far during his presidency, energy storage has reached new heights.
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Leclanché’s dual strategy for growth
By Jason Deign The world’s oldest battery company isn’t clinging to the past. Leclanché, of Switzerland, is betting on its two newest lines of business for future growth, said Jacques Boppe, the company’s vice president…
Car batteries for grids, the Duke way
Duke Energy, America’s biggest utility, is working on a way to use vehicle batteries for grid energy storage that could sidestep the concept’s biggest drawback. Electric vehicle batteries have long been mooted as a potential…
Hong Kong gets first electric bus
In a week that sees Chinese authorities making noises on tackling the country’s dire air pollution problem comes the news that Hong Kong is taking a tentative step in the right direction. And it comes…
Korean OLEV can recharge on the move
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has created an electric vehicle that can be charged while stationary or driving, thus removing the need to stop at a charging station.
India gets hydrogen fuel cell bus
The aptly-named Starbus went through its paces at the Liquid Propulsion System Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bangalore earlier this week, reports The Times Of India.
BYD lands zero-emission bus contract
BYD’s iron-phosphate battery-powered vehicles are making more inroads into the European market with the announcement that the China-based megacorp will be supplying 35 electric buses to Schiphol airport in The Netherlands. These airside transfer vehicles will together…
Swift, silent public transportation
Encouraging news for low-carbon public transportation comes from Sweden, where Volvo has announced plans for a new line of electric buses. The company is not just playing up their virtue for emission-less transport, but noiseless driving as…