Category: Future Energy
Envision’s EN175/8.0 Turbine Bets on a Bigger Rotor and AI-Driven Controls
Envision Energy launched a new onshore wind turbine at WindEnergy Hamburg on September 25, according to a company press release. The Model T EN175/8.0 is rated at 8 megawatts and spins a 175-meter rotor. Envision says it can produce 2% to 12% more energy than the company’s existing models, depending on the site. That range…
XCF Global Reports More Than $10 Million in August Renewable-Fuel Revenue
XCF Global Inc. (Nasdaq: SAFX) reported more than US$10 million in August revenue after completing its first month of commercial renewable-fuel sales following the restart of its Nevada production facility. The company announced that it shipped approximately 1.3 million gallons of renewable diesel from the New Rise Renewables Reno facility during August. Reported revenue included…
CRRC Builds a 110-Meter Wind Turbine Blade Designed to Be Recycled
Wind turbine blades have a disposal problem. They are built from glass or carbon fiber locked inside hardened resin, and when a turbine retires, many blades have ended up in landfill. On September 24, CRRC Corporation Limited (SSE: 601766; HKEX: 1766) said it has finished producing a 110-meter blade designed to come apart instead. It…
Inside LG’s New NVIDIA-Qualified AI Data Center Battery System
LG Energy Solution (KRX: 373220) said on September 21 that its Battery Energy Storage System has qualified as an NVIDIA DSX Ready BESS, a technical certification built specifically for the exploding market for battery backup power at AI data centers. It isn’t a sales contract, and it doesn’t come with a dollar figure attached, but…
Georgia Power’s Robins Battery Storage Facility Achieves Commercial Operation
Georgia Power just switched on a battery big enough to help keep the lights on across Middle Georgia for hours at a stretch, and the timing is not a coincidence. The Robins Battery Facility, a 128-megawatt battery energy storage system near Warner Robins, reached commercial operation this month, the company said. Georgia Power has also…
MGE Takes Equity Stake in Realta Fusion’s Wisconsin Plan
Realta Fusion, a privately held fusion energy company, announced in a press release on September 2 a strategic partnership with Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and its publicly traded parent, MGE Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGEE), to explore joint development of a 200-megawatt electric (MWe) fusion power plant in Wisconsin. The word “explore” is doing real…
Newlight’s Hydrogen Retrofit Cuts Ship Fuel Use by 24%
Newlight, a privately held maritime energy technology company, announced in a press release on September 1 that its hydrogen-hybrid retrofit system completed its first long-range commercial voyage, installed aboard a 650-foot, 57,038-deadweight-ton Lomar Shipping bulk carrier. Over the ship’s 8,500 nautical mile trip from Singapore to Ghana, Newlight says the system reduced fuel consumption by…
Why Lithium Enrichment Matters for Fusion Energy’s Future
Marathon Fusion, a privately held San Francisco company, announced in a press release on August 27 that it successfully demonstrated enrichment of both hydrogen and lithium isotopes using its proprietary plasma centrifuge technology. The demonstration targets two specific, well-documented bottlenecks in the fusion energy fuel cycle: processing the hydrogen isotope tritium, which fusion reactors need…
Offshore Wind: Harnessing the Ocean’s Untapped Energy Potential
The ocean holds one of the largest untapped clean energy resources on the planet: stronger, more consistent winds than almost any onshore location can offer, across vast expanses of open water near the coastal population centers that consume the most electricity. Offshore wind has moved from a niche, heavily subsidized technology to a mainstream component…