Chinese wind turbine maker Goldwind has installed its massive 16 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine in a “record-breaking” 24 hours. Goldwind has already brought another of its GWH252-16MW wind turbines online; in September, that turbine set a new world record for electricity generation – in a typhoon – by an individual wind turbine in a […]
The Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility, operated by Chevron Corp., on Barrow Island, Australia, on Monday, July 24, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The oil and gas industry needs to let go of the “illusion” that carbon capture technology is a solution to climate change and […]
Coal, the dirtiest of fossil fuels, is far more harmful to human health than previously thought, according to a new report, which found that coal emissions are associated with double the mortality risk compared with fine airborne particles from other sources. The research, published Thursday in the journal Science, linked coal pollution to 460,000 deaths […]
Thanksgiving Day is giving you a chance to score a series of all-time lows on Rad Power’s cargo e-bikes. Two models right now are $400 off at $1,599 each, with the holiday savings also carrying over to tons of Anker portable power stations from $119. Plus, the early Black Friday deals carry over to plenty […]
VanPowers sent us its top-of-the-line UrbanGlide-Ultra bike last month which is touted to be a Dutch-style e-bike and top spec in its Urban Glide lineup. But with Black Friday prices starting under $1000, how close to a real Dutch “Gazelle” type bike is this? You might be surprised… Vanpowers isn’t Dutch like it sounds and […]
Elon Musk is reportedly taking a zealot stance against union amid a strike in Sweden expanding and potentially now crippling operations for Tesla in the country. Earlier this month, Tesla service workers in Sweden started striking in order to get included in a collective agreement. The automaker has always had a hard stance against unions […]
Just over a month after Volta Trucks announced it was filing for bankruptcy, shareholder and lender Luxor Capital Group looks to breathe new life into the commercial EV startup, potentially salvaging hundreds on jobs in the UK. Volta Trucks is a London-based commercial EV startup that operated for nearly four years with hopes of reaching deliveries of […]
Tesla has won a court order against an owner in China who tormented the company with protests at stores and events over an alleged “brake failure” that was proven nonexistent. In 2021, Tesla was stuck in a strange situation in China where a Model 3 owner, Ms. Zhang, kept showing up at Tesla stores and […]
UCLA researchers have devised a way to produce chemicals used in medicine for a fraction of the usual cost. Drugs to treat cancer are generally very expensive to produce, but new research by UCLA chemists could lead to the price of drug treatments for cancer and other serious illnesses may soon plummet. One chemical used […]
A novel MRI technique may help improve understanding of long Covid and its impact on the brain. People with long Covid exhibit patterns of changes in the brain that are different from fully recovered COVID-19 patients, according to new research being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America […]
