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It will come as no surprise to most to read that the Australian renewable energy industry is in hot water — and like the unlucky frog from urban legends, the water is steadily boiling the industry alive. Mixed metaphors aside, this week has seen several indicators to back up the hyperbole that has been thrashing around the Australian political sphere

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Quick Cable Corp.  has launched its QuickContain Battery Recycling Kit. This kit meets transportation requirements for shipping used, damaged, or leaking batteries. Itʼs ready-to-use with printed transportation markings and all needed packaging materials contained within a self-closing UN 4G rated fiberboard box. Transporting used, damaged, or leaking batteries can be dangerous and costly. Improper transportation methods may cause personal harm

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Panasonic Corp. has developed a Pin Shaped Lithium Ion Battery (CG-320, nominal capacity 13 mAh) with a diameter of 3.5 mm and a weight of 0.6g suitable for powering small devices such as wearable devices. This product, on top of being the industry’s smallest cylindrical shaped rechargeable Lithium Ion battery, features the high reliability and high output required for near-field

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Igor Bimbaud, Director, New Energies STMicroelectronics With the Internet of Things predicted to reach at least 24 billion devices by 2020, one outstanding question is how to power all these devices connected to the cloud, and ultimately to us. Some of these devices will be directly connected to our homes’ electric lines, the long promoted Internet-connected refrigerator comes to mind.

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According to the US Department of Energy (DOE), growth in peak demand for electricity in the US has exceeded transmission growth by almost 25 percent every year since 1982.1 Today’s utilities are now being challenged to manage increasing consumption with an aging and already compromised infrastructure, congested transmission lines and greater reliance on renewable resources. According to the US Energy Information

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Modern automobiles need to become more efficient to comply with future fuel economy standards. Much of this efficiency can be, and has been, gained with innovations that depend on the vehicle’s electrical system. Technological innovations such as stop-start, drive-by-wire, and brake-by-wire systems are just a few of these improvements. All of these new technologies, however, have one major downside in

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A lot of time and metaphorical ink is spent on the installation and operation of renewable energy installations, be they onshore wind or offshore wind or solar, with very little attention paid to the before and after — the investment and maintenance phases, arguably the more important and vital stages of any renewable energy project. Beyond my hyperbole, however, is

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Highlights Norway offers the perfect environment for EV deployment. Large tax breaks, expensive gasoline and several additional perks have allowed EVs to capture more than 10% of the market. Debate about this highly favourable policy environment is heating up and presents an interesting test case to follow over coming years.  Introduction Norway is EV heaven. It has the highest gasoline prices

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JEA, a community-owned, not-for-profit utility in Jacksonville, is the latest entity to offer rebates for plug-in electric vehicles. JEA is offering a $500 rebate for vehicles with batteries smaller than 15kWh and a $1,000 rebate for vehicles with larger batteries. Under the hood of a Nissan LEAF electric car at the Jacksonville International Auto Show, Feb. 2014 (Photo by Donald_IIS)

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Back in the 1980s, I interned at the EPA. An older employee told a story of a public hearing to illustrate how Americans are confused in their thinking about risk. The EPA was proposing a cleanup solution for a toxic waste dump which would reduce risk of premature death down to one in one million residents. A local resident stood

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