Cleantech & EV’s

Volvo Group’s construction equipment division announced that it began deliveries of its first electric construction machinery to customers. It’s an important step toward electrifying construction machinery. It’s not just passenger vehicles that are getting electrified. Many other industries are also looking at advancements in batteries and electric powertrains and starting to see how it…

Xcel Energy’s self-build 522-MW Sagamore Wind Project in eastern New Mexico, on the Texas border, is now online. It’s New Mexico’s largest single wind farm. The Sagamore Wind Project was officially completed yesterday by Minneapolis-based utility holding company Xcel Energy. The wind farm consists of 240 wind turbines that can produce 522 megawatts. The turbines are 460 feet tall. New…

The relationship between Tesla and LG Chem appears to be growing stronger lately, and now we learn of a new deal for the latter to supply a nickel-based battery to the automaker, according to a new report. Tesla and LG Chem’s relationship For the first decade that Tesla was producing electric vehicles, Panasonic was the company’s exclusive battery cell supplier. With the start of production…

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Arizona’s now-closed Navajo Generating Station coal plant’s smokestacks will topple this week. The Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance releases principles to accelerate US commercial fleet electrification. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now…