LeclanchĂ©, the oldest battery company in the world and the largest lithium battery manufacturer in Europe, has embarked on a special strategy to drive the electrification of transport forward. “We are giving priority to the electrification of buses, ferries, and other mass transport systems”, says CEO Anil Srivastava. “Electrification is much easier to manage for buses that follow regular routes than for passenger cars. And once a standardised … [Read more...]
How cheap can energy storage get? Pretty darn cheap
If current trends hold, the world is on a trajectory to achieving energy storage that will be cheap enough to allow 24/7 clean energy in the next 15-20 years, writes famous author and thinker Ramez Naam. … [Read more...]
Power-to-gas: how carmakers can go green (without cheating)
European carmakers are required to reduce their CO2-emissions, but the Volkswagen affair has shown they find it increasingly difficult to do so. There is a way out, however, writes energy consultant Mike Parr: they could follow the example of Audi and invest in power-to-gas systems. This would kill two birds with one stone, argues Parr: it would help decarbonise the transport sector and could enormously help the integration of variable renewables … [Read more...]
Jean-Luc Dormoy, IT expert and innovator: “Energy companies should disrupt their own business before others do it”
Energy companies can turn the threat of new rivals into an opportunity by taking charge of their own disruption, believes energy and IT entrepreneur Jean-Luc Dormoy. With a background in software, artificial intelligence and energy, Dormoy sets out a model for disruptive innovation inspired by the likes of Google and Uber in this exclusive interview with Energy Post. Dormoy: “IT is changing almost all industries. But IT on its own is not enough. … [Read more...]
New process to gasify sludge and slurry may turn farmers into energy producers
A substantial part of Europe’s sludge and slurry mountain can be converted into gas for electricity production, if a new invention from Finnish company Outotec turns out to be successful. Together with Stuttgart University the company has invented a new drying-and-gasification process that should make this kind of energy production affordable. According to Ludwig Hermann of Outotec, the process has an additional advantage in that it leaves a … [Read more...]
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