EV batteries Archives

BatMan project uses lasers to optimize EV batteries

February 27, 2024 Stu Turley

A recent battery manufacturing project led by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) —affectionately called BatMan— has developed a novel laser patterning process to alter the microstructure of battery electrode […]

EV batteries get some bling

March 13, 2023 Mariel Alumit

San Francisco-based NDB, Inc. recently announced the launching of its Nano Diamond Battery technology. The solution, which is an atomic voltaic cell for mid and high-power applications, uses diamonds – the hardest known transducer […]

Exxon’s $60 Billion Pioneer Deal Set to Create Energy Supergiant

May 2, 2024

The Biden FTC’s approval of the Exxon-Pioneer deal comes amidst scrutiny from lawmakers concerned about energy price increases. Exxon pledges to lower production costs and achieve net-zero emissions from Pioneer operations by 2035. Approval of […]

Rocky Mountain Power Shifts Gears on Coal Plant Plans

May 2, 2024

I came across a news item in early April that not only caught my attention, it actually gave me hope that the various factions in the energy industry can work together to accomplish what the […]

New Biden EPA rule puts all of us at risk of energy shortages

May 2, 2024

Get ready for more energy shortages. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) power plant rule was finalized last week, and it is bad news for America’s energy supply. Under the new rule, all coal plants that plan […]