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The Future Is Now - Solar Citizens Sausage Sizzle Political Protest

    Solar Citizens is a renewable energy lobby group with passion and intellect! With a federal election just days away in Australia, they coud not resist staging an event promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles. The “Future is Now” event was held in the seat of Dickson, currently held

Panasonic Steps Away From Solar & Storage, Ends EverVolt Line

    Panasonic is officially stepping out of the residential solar and battery storage market, bringing an end to its EverVolt product line. The decision, announced in April, reflects the company’s broader strategy to refocus on core areas where it sees greater long-term potential. Panasonic was once a significant player

EV Batteries Are Outlasting the Car

Last Updated on: 30th May 2025, 12:29 am “Saying that EV batteries will end up in landfill is a lie. Even if someone took an electric vehicle battery to the tip, someone else would grab it and sell it. They are too valuable and useful to go into landfill.” So

The Geopolitics Of Critical Minerals: China’s Grip & The West’s Response

    Recently, I stood — virtually — before an audience of global institutional investors, invited by Jefferies investment bank to speak alongside six other experts on the deepening geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China and their implications. Amid this intense discussion, one of the central themes was the

Ingrid/SEB, Monsson building Finland and Sweden BESS projects

The 2-hour duration project is scheduled to go into operation in 2026. The project will be optimised with Ingrid Capacity’s proprietary trading platform which the company launched last year. CEO Axel Holmberg discussed this with ESN Premium last year. Jussi Jyrinsalo, senior VP of transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid commented:

Teslas will self-deliver to customers, Elon Musk says: here's when

Known Elon Musk critic Mark Cuban is ready to sell his Tesla because of a simple feature that is one of the more polarizing amongst community members. Cuban and Musk have gone head-to-head in several back-and-forths on X, Musk’s social media platform, formerly Twitter. However, it is not the public

Tesla lands on date for Robotaxi launch in Austin: report

Known Elon Musk critic Mark Cuban is ready to sell his Tesla because of a simple feature that is one of the more polarizing amongst community members. Cuban and Musk have gone head-to-head in several back-and-forths on X, Musk’s social media platform, formerly Twitter. However, it is not the public

EcoFlow STREAM Ultra: A Game-Changer For Plug-&-Play Home Solar Systems

EcoFlow, a company already respected in the portable power and off-grid energy space, has just unveiled a product that could help reshape residential solar: the STREAM Ultra Plug-and-Play Home Solar System. Designed with a modular, DIY ethos in mind, the STREAM Ultra isn’t just an innovation, it’s a new category

Amprius contracts South Korean battery manufacturer

The Californian developer of batteries with silicon anodes, Amprius, has signed a contract manufacturing agreement with an unnamed “leading battery manufacturer in South Korea.” Its plant in South Korea will manufacture SiCore silicon anode cells to Amprius’ specifications, supporting both current and future battery platforms. Amprius says that the new

Rooftop Solar Is Winning (Trump Is Losing)

US President Trump snuffed out practically the entire domestic offshore wind industry upon taking office in January, but the rooftop solar movement is a much tougher beast to kill. A case in point is the leading domestic solar firm Sunrun. In a major pushback against Trump’s love affair with all