Energy Geopolitics
BYD confirms first solid-state battery car for 2027
BYD executive vice president Stella Li says the Chinese EV giant will launch its first solid-state battery vehicle in 2027, years ahead of industry...
Energy transition
Energy Geopolitics
Move over, gold: why tellurium is becoming the critical mineral everyone wants
Tellurium is emerging as a strategic raw material for solar panels and heat-to-electricity technology, but global supply is scarce and increasingly...
Energy Geopolitics
Lithium boom sparks a farmers’ revolt in South Africa
The scramble for the lithium that powers the energy transition is pitting South Africa’s industrial ambitions against rural communities who fear...
Energy Geopolitics
Perovskite could dethrone silicon solar panels, and a Kentucky startup just raised $6 million to prove it
Perovskite promises to revolutionize solar power: startup Sofab Inks has raised $6 million to overcome the material’s durability limits and open...
Energy Geopolitics
China’s Belt and Road is going green: how clean energy became a tool of global influence
Beijing’s flagship infrastructure program is increasingly a vehicle for exporting clean-energy technology — and, with it, China’s geopolitical reach.
Energy Geopolitics
Biogas: Italy could produce 15 billion cubic meters a year and cut its reliance on imported gas
A study by Snam and the Italian Biogas Consortium estimates the country could generate up to 15 billion cubic meters of biogas a year by 2050,...
Energy Geopolitics
Why your electricity bill stays high even as renewables grow
The economic, tax, and infrastructure reasons power bills aren’t falling despite the rise of solar and wind.
Energy Geopolitics
Italy opens 8 public sites across 6 regions to private solar developers
Italy’s State Property Agency has published six tenders offering roughly 50 hectares of disused barracks and abandoned land for photovoltaic...
Energy Geopolitics
Italy opens 8 public sites across 6 regions to private solar developers
Italy’s State Property Agency has published six tenders offering roughly 50 hectares of disused barracks and abandoned land for photovoltaic...
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