There are a lot of products in the film and video space that promise some version of “never miss a beat” for crews on set. Yet, while each has some helpful features, it’s rare to find true innovation in the space that actually helps crews work more quickly and efficiently.
Power is always a concern, so this new Foldable Charging Station from Tilta looks like a promising, pretty innovative…
I was invited to a GM event in San Francisco on June 9th where GM made three big announcements: GM is activating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability for existing customers, with no new hardware required. GM is expanding grid-scale battery storage with a big bet on sodium-ion technology (this article). GM’s new ... [continued]
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U.S. Exceeds 6 Million Solar Installations Nationwide WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States added 7.8 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026, surpassing 6 million cumulative installations as solar remained the leading source of new power added to the grid. Despite changing tax policy and ... [continued]
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I was invited to a GM event in San Francisco on June 9th where GM made three big announcements: GM is activating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability for existing customers, with no new hardware required (this article). GM is expanding grid-scale battery storage with a big bet on sodium-ion technology. GM’s new ... [continued]
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The automaker today is turning on vehicle-to-grid charging for its GM Energy customers. Will people actually use it?
Scaling back the EU’s electric car targets makes the transition to renewables far more expensive to achieve. Europe’s electricity system could be one of the biggest victims of plans to scale back electric vehicle targets. By providing ‘batteries on wheels’, EVs are set to fundamentally rewire the math of the ... [continued]
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I am one of those people who hates the word “utilize.” The logic of the English language would seem to be that to utilize something is to alter it to give it utility that it didn’t originally have. One example is to punch holes in the bottom of a bucket ... [continued]
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The Iran war is pushing countries to prioritize domestic energy in order to protect themselves from volatile oil and natural gas markets.
Some Waymo robotaxis are already getting old, at least in terms of miles driven and technological evolution. The company is apparently at the point that it has old, used EV batteries it no longer needs. Now it is going to help community clean energy projects by supplying these used batteries ... [continued]
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CATL said this week it is developing lithium air batteries that could have an energy density of up to 12,000 Wh/kg.
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GM aims for the Moon as part of the Pegasus lunar rover collaboration, while prepping a fresh round of lower-costing EV battery technology for vehicles on Earth.
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Donut Lab’s latest video reveals a novel manufacturing method. Speculation has swirled around the methods and sources of Donut Lab’s batteries since their introduction. We now have word from them supporting some of the sleuthing that has revealed a different manufacturing method — but first, we need to take a ... [continued]
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An executive order in Massachusetts and a regulatory commission action in Minnesota are among the big moves this year that highlight the growing role of virtual power plants in grid management. A virtual power plant, or VPP, is a network of resources that a central controller can call upon to send power to the grid […]
As bulk power costs reduce in Australia’s eastern states due to high renewable energy inputs, the price reductions are finally reaching the household and small business consumer. As well as grid-scale wind and solar, we have the highest penetration of rooftop solar, and now home batteries are being added to ... [continued]
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Grid scale and residential Battery storage in Australia has increased so much the energy regulator will supply free electricity next month.
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I am getting ready to make the seasonal move from my Florida home to my northern getaway in Connecticut. The simple, older modular home sits on land that is bordered by a soothing meandering brook and pristine state forest. Unlike my fully electric southern condo, the Connecticut digs are in ... [continued]
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The new law should have a laser sharp focus on what needs to be onshored and localised. By Julia Poliscanova and Diane Strauss Another one bites the dust. Morrow Batteries is the latest in the sad saga of EU battery start-ups that have gone bankrupt. The company was burning through ... [continued]
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EV batteries are getting a blended silicon-carbon anode makeover from the UK firm Nexeon, which has just attracted Honda as a new strategic investor.
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UPDATE May 27: BLUETTI’s Kickstarter campaign for the new FridgePower battery backup system is coming to an end and they sent along the following couple of updates: The Milestone: We’ve officially surpassed $2M in funding; it’s now the Final 72 Hours (campaign ends May 31). Final Pricing: Solo at $819 ... [continued]
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True or false? Most large scale solar energy projects in the US encounter relatively few permitting conflicts. Many media stories that spread the perception that opposition to solar development is common. A new study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers says the correct answer to the question is…. True. ... [continued]
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Something most people still don’t know is that the US solar power and storage industry has gotten quite large. The US solar industry employs about 280,000 people. The energy storage industry employs another 80,000 or so. These are a significant economic engine for the United States. However, they could be ... [continued]
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As War in Iran Drives Push for Energy Security, Energy Storage Forecast Revised Upwards over Next Five Years WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. energy storage industry installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, the strongest first quarter in the sector’s history. According to the ... [continued]
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Earlier this month US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum testified with very little background knowledge about solar systems — yet that didn’t stop him from denigrating them. “All of these projects you’re describing in Nevada have one thing in common,” Burgum sneered. “When the sun goes down, they produce ... [continued]
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A helpful reader brought my attention to a story I hadn’t seen. For the most part, electric vehicle technology news out of China is all about the ridiculously rapid pace of innovation there. Range has gotten dramatically better in the past five years, or even the past couple of years, ... [continued]
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Hyundai Motor Group expands its Hyundai Center of Excellence (Hyundai CoE) to seven universities through four additional partnerships The expanded joint platform, India’s premier academic-industrial network for battery and electrification research, builds on the initial 2025 launch The platform is advancing 39 joint research projects through the Hyundai CoE network ... [continued]
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Ontario does not need another storage technology startup searching for a problem today. It needs capacity, flexibility, and reliability in specific places where the grid is constrained and where new generation and wires take years to build. That is the right way to look at Hydrostor’s proposed Quinte Energy Storage ... [continued]
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The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) is launching a new funding opportunity through the Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C‑MAP), with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE). This latest solicitation offers up to $2.5 million in direct project funding supported by $1 million in technical ... [continued]
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As frequent readers of clean energy news, we all know what community solar power is, and it’s a great source of clean electricity for people who may not be able to afford their own home solar power. Not all people have their own homes to install rooftop or ground-mounted solar ... [continued]
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An Energy Research & Social Science paper crossed my screen recently that put structure around something visible to anyone who has compared nuclear forecasts with build rates. Nuclear power has been projected to grow faster, cheaper and more broadly than it actually has, not once or twice, but across decades, ... [continued]
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Ford and GM are backing away from electric vehicles and moving into the battery storage business. And it all comes back to AI.