The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $62 million for projects across 15 states to accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of next-generation clean hydrogen technologies. These projects will advance critical elements of hydrogen fueling infrastructure, develop and demonstrate hydrogen-powered container-handling equipment for use at ports, and improve... Read more →

Volkswagen has entered into a cooperation with the German start-up Revoltech GmbH from Darmstadt to research and develop sustainable materials based on industrial hemp. These could be used as a sustainable surface material in Volkswagen models from 2028. The material made from 100% bio-based hemp uses residues of the regional... Read more →

Electrify America, the largest open Hyper-Fast charging network in the US, and 4 Gen Logistics, a leader in sustainable logistics solutions, announced the opening of a charging station in Rialto, CA to support 4 Gen’s rapidly expanding fleet of zero-emission class 8 drayage trucks. In addition to the 14 Hyper-Fast... Read more →

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a thin, flexible, solid-state electrolyte (SSE) that may double energy storage for next-gen electric vehicles, cell phones, laptops and other devices. The sheets may allow scalable production of future solid-state batteries with higher energy density electrodes. The work, published in ACS Energy... Read more →

A lithium-ion battery’s very first charge determines how well and how long the battery will work from then on—in particular, how many cycles of charging and discharging it can handle before deteriorating. In a study published in Joule, researchers at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center report that giving batteries this first... Read more →

The Greek cities of Athens and Thessaloniki have ordered 89 FUSO eCanter with truck bodies from KAOUSSIS for waste collection in urban environments. The waste collection vehicles with rotating drum compaction technology are primarily used to collect organic waste in metropolitan areas. 40 of the 8.55 t vehicles are expected... Read more →

General Motors is moving its BrightDrop electric commercial vans under the Chevrolet brand. The shift brings BrightDrop EVs to Chevrolet’s broad commercial vehicle sales and service dealer network. BrightDrop EVs offer GM-estimated 272 miles of combined city/highway range and advanced features to help keep drivers safe and alert. Adding BrightDrop's... Read more →

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation launched TLX9152M, an automotive photorelay[1] with an output withstand voltage of 900V(min) that is highly suitable for application in high voltage automotive batteries. The new photorelay is housed in an SO16L-T package. Improved charge times and a longer cruising range are essential for wider... Read more →

Japan-based Euglena signed a comprehensive joint research agreemen with Petronas Research Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia to establish large-scale production technology for microalgae and use it as a raw material for biofuels such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and next-generation biodiesel fuel (Renewable Diesel Fuel or Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO)). PETRONAS... Read more →

Hyundai Motor Company unveiled its new mid- to long-term strategy. The company commited to enhancing its electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid competitiveness, advancing its battery and autonomous vehicle technologies, and expanding its vision as an energy mobilizer, responding to the market environment flexibly with its dynamic capabilities. Implementing a full... Read more →

Leclanché SA has supplied its INT-53 ENERGY battery packs for a new hybrid track repair locomotive which has recently been deployed in the Madrid Metro system. This marks the first time lithium-ion battery technology has been integrated into the metro system’s infrastructure. This further demonstrates Leclanché’s continued growth outside the... Read more →

More than 50% of ride-hailing trips taken by surveyed riders in California replaced more sustainable forms of transportation—such as walking, cycling, carpooling, and public transit—or created new vehicle miles, according to a study from the University of California, Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. The study was conducted to help guide... Read more →

California has surpassed 150,000 public and shared private chargers installed statewide, including 137,648 Level 2 chargers and 14,708 fast chargers. This announcement comes just weeks after California posted its second highest ever market share in zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales. In addition to the public network, the state estimates that more... Read more →

In 2022, energy expenditures—or the amount of money US consumers spent on energy—increased 22% from 2021 to more than $1.7 trillion when adjusted for inflation, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) State Energy Data System (SEDS). More money was spent on energy in the United States on an... Read more →

Trederra, a provider of sustainable material recycled rubber solutions for the footwear market, announced an exclusive supply agreement with Tyre Recycling Solutions (TRS) of Switzerland supporting the production of Trederra footwear outsoles made from end-of-life tires. TRS will supply Trederra with CT-50 rubber powder which is manufactured using the patented... Read more →

Purifying rare earth critical metals from ores with complex mixtures typically involves strong acids and hazardous solvents, and is primarily conducted in China. However, over the past three years, a team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories has been developing an environmentally friendly method to separate these rare-earth elements from... Read more →

Chinese car manufacturers have been forced to accelerate plans and build local facilities to localize their supply chain in light of various EV tariffs announced this year, according to EV research-house, Rho Motion. This comes as Canada announces a 100% import tariff on Chinese EVs, in line with its trade... Read more →

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) recently announced $8.8 million for 11 university-based research and development projects to improve the performance of hydrogen-fueled turbines. The selected projects will develop advanced materials and components that can better manage and withstand the extreme environment... Read more →

California is launching a new statewide funding program that will put 1,000 new, zero-emission school buses on the road. The program will distribute $500 million to school districts and other educational entities to replace aging school buses with zero-emission vehicles and purchase needed infrastructure. The Zero-Emissions School Bus and Infrastructure... Read more →

Technip Energies has been awarded the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by bp for the H2Teesside project in the North East of the United Kingdom. H2Teesside is expected to be one of the UK’s largest largest low-carbon hydrogen production facilities—fully integrated with carbon capture technology. As part of the FEED study,... Read more →

The Mitsubishi Chemical Group has launched studies to perform chemical recycling of end-of-life tires (ELTs) by utilizing the coke ovens at its Kagawa Plant (Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture). The MCG Group aims to begin marketing sustainable carbon black made from ELTs by March 2026. Along with the accelerating trend in... Read more →

Topsoe and its partners Skovgaard Energy and Vestas have inaugurated a new green ammonia plant in Ramme, Denmark. The plant will demonstrate a dynamic approach, which entails that the plant will adapt to the inherent fluctuations in power output from the renewable power sources in integration with the plant’s electrolysis... Read more →

Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Norwegian shipowner Eidesvik to supply the equipment for the conversion of an offshore platform supply vessel (PSV) to operate with ammonia fuel. The vessel, ‘Viking Energy’, which is on contract to energy major Equinor, is scheduled for conversion in early 2026 and is expected... Read more →

Lithium iron phosphate batteries undercut their theoretical capacity in practice, sometimes significantly. Researchers at TU Graz have now been able to observe exactly where the capacity loss occurs in a lithium iron phosphate cathode. An open-access paper on their work is published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials. Lithium iron... Read more →

The Nikkei reports that Isuzu Motors will jointly develop self-driving trucks capable of full automation under certain conditions with US vehicle software startup Applied Intuition, aiming to put the vehicles on Japanese highways from fiscal 2027. Isuzu President Shinsuke Minami told Nikkei that the automaker's collaboration with Applied Intuition has... Read more →

A new consortium led by aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel, a Textron Inc. company, in partnership with Honeywell International, Netherlands Aerospace Center (NLR), Fraunhofer Society, as well as University of Stuttgart and Delft University of Technology has been formed around a new initiative called HyPoTraDe. HyPoTraDe is focused on the development and... Read more →

In 2024, a small electric SUV with a range of 300 miles produces 52% fewer life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than a comparable gasoline vehicle, according to Argonne National Laboratory’s R&D GREET Model. R&D GREET is a life cycle analysis (LCA) model that assesses the energy use and environmental... Read more →

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering subsidiary HD Hydrogen is investing €72 million to acquire a majority stake in Convion Oy, a fuel cell technology company from Finland. By joining forces with the Convion team, HD Hydrogen will develop solid oxide fuel cell and electrolysis technologies, and other key hydrogen... Read more →

The first comprehensive robot exhibition center in Beijing—Robot World—has established a permanent exhibition hall. The National Robot Testing and Evaluation Center (Headquarters) Beijing Evaluation Center provides authoritative domestic and world-class testing and certification services. The Beijing Embodied Intelligence Robot Innovation Center focuses on solving common industry challenges in the development... Read more →

Cerebral Energy has been selected by AFWERX for a Phase II STTR follow-on contract in the amount of $1.6 million to support further development of a new lithium-free secondary battery using recycled aluminum and graphene derived from recycled US waste streams. The technology was developed by Dr. Lynden Archer—Dean of... Read more →

The global concentrations of particulate matter have been graphically illustrated for the first time by a team of scientists. Data from computer simulations and satellite observations were combined to estimate the changing concentrations of particulate matter since the beginning of the industrial revolution, with the colur palette for the stripes... Read more →

In a study commissioned by the German Center for Rail Transport Research (DZSF), researchers from the Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have shown that non-exhaust emissions from rail transport also have a relevant influence on air quality and soil pollution. This... Read more →

California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) Governing Board recently adopted Rule 2306, otherwise known as the Freight Rail Yards Indirect Source Rule (ISR), which requires rail yard operators to take actions to meet specific emission reductions targets. The rule is expected to reduce NOx emissions associated... Read more →

The US has slashed smog-causing pollutants such as airborne sulfur dioxide in the past 20 years, but the cuts have unintentionally increased ground and water pollution in some local areas, according to research from Princeton and Colorado State University. In an open-access paper in the journal Nature Geoscience, researchers reported... Read more →

X-Press Feeders, the world’s largest independent common carrier, launched its second green methanol-powered route, the Green Baltic X-PRESS (GBX). It is part of Europe’s first scheduled feeder network powered by green methanol. This expansion follows the successful launch of the Green Finland X-PRESS (GFX) in July and marks another milestone... Read more →

NYK Line and IHI Power Systems, in cooperation with Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), have completed the world’s first ammonia-fueled vessel for commercial use—the tugboat Sakigake. The NYK Group company Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha will employ the vessel in tugboat operations in Tokyo Bay over a three-month demonstration period. This vessel was a... Read more →

Honeywell announced a significant expansion of its licensing agreement with AFG Combustion and its subsidiary, Greens Combustion Ltd., to include Callidus flares. This expanded agreement not only doubles the range of greenhouse gas-reducing Callidus Ultra Blue Hydrogen (CUBH) process burners but also enhances global customer support. Callidus flares are advanced... Read more →

The new 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e 4MATIC SUV offers 54 miles of all-electric range, according to EPA certification. The vehicle is now available at US dealerships starting from $59,900. The hybrid system features a 134 hp electric motor and 24.8 kWh battery to deliver a combined system output of 313... Read more →

The Volvo Group will build its new Mexican heavy-duty truck manufacturing plant in Monterrey. As announced on 11 April, the plant will supplement the Group’s US production and provide additional capacity to support the growth plans of both Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks in the US and Canadian markets, and... Read more →

China-based BTR Group, a manufacturer of lithium-ion battery materials, announced a strategic investment in Morocco, marking a significant step forward in its international expansion. Following the successful launch of operations in Indonesia, BTR Group, through its subsidiary BTR Mediterranean New Material Technology (MNMT), is embarking on an integrated project with... Read more →

The US Department of Defense has awarded Canada-based Electra Battery Materials Corporation $20 million to support the construction and commissioning of North America’s only cobalt sulfate refinery, capable of producing battery grade materials for lithium-ion batteries. Today, more than 80% of battery grade cobalt is produced in China. The award... Read more →

Sibanye-Stillwater executed a €500-million green loan financing facility (Green loan) for its Keliber lithium project in Finland, through its subsidiary Keliber Technology Oy. The Green loan secures the final capital expenditure funding required for the construction and development of its lithium mining, processing and refining facilities in Kaustinen, Kronoby and... Read more →

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborating institutions have engineered a highly selective catalyst that can convert methane, a major component of natural gas, into methanol, an easily transportable liquid fuel, in a single, one-step reaction. As described in a paper just published in... Read more →

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology laboratory, in partnership with Expander Energy Inc., FuelCell Energy, Nuclear Promise X, and St Marys Cement, have been awarded C$4.9 million (US$3.6 million) from Natural Resources Canada’s Clean Fuels Fund (CFF) and Energy Innovation Program (EIP) to support two new... Read more →

Volvo Trucks and global logistics company DSV have signed a cooperation agreement for 300 electric heavy trucks. The deal is one of the largest commercial orders to date for Volvo electric trucks. With the order, DSV will have one of the largest company fleets of heavy electric trucks in Europe.... Read more →

Nippon Steel has entered into an equity participation agreement with Whitehaven Coal Limited (WHC) to acquire a 20% interest in the Blackwater coal mine (BW Coal Mine) in the State of Queensland, Australia for $720 million. In addition, Nippon Steel has entered into long-term coal offtake rights agreement with WHC,... Read more →

A series of refinery outages in Chicago and Ohio have generally increased Midwest prices for petroleum products relative to the US average, particularly gasoline, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The outages reflect an unusual decline in refining activity near the end of the high-demand summer season and... Read more →

Ford is adjusting its electrification product roadmap in the hopes of offering a range of electrification options that might speed customer adoption—including lower prices and longer ranges. Among the changes are the cancellation of the previously announced three-row all-electric SUV in favor of leveraging hybrid technologies for the next three-row... Read more →

Gevo announced a purchase agreement for its low-carbon intensity fuel blendstock with Shell Global Solutions Deutschland GmbH for use in motorsports. Gevo’s renewable blendstock is suitable for premium motorsport fuels. Gevo’s low-carbon intensity fuel blendstock is expected to meet the robust demands of grueling racing schedules while providing enhanced net-energy... Read more →

Estonia-based UP Catalyst, a developer of sustainable carbon material production directly from CO2 emissions, has successfully closed a €2.36-million seed extension round. This follows the initial seed round raised last December which amounted to €4 million, bringing the total seed funding to €6.36 million. The funding round saw equal participation... Read more →