Toyota to build $1.29B US battery plant employing 1,750
Toyota plans to build a new $1.29 billion factory in the U.S. to manufacture batteries for gas-electric hybrid and fully electric vehicles.
Oct 18, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Wake steering potentially boosts energy production at US wind plants
Wake steering is a strategy employed at wind power plants involving misaligning upstream turbines with the wind direction to deflect wakes away from downstream turbines, which consequently increases the net production of ...
May 18, 2021
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Security
Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack
The operator of a major pipeline system that transports fuel across the East Coast said Saturday it had been victimized by a ransomware attack and had halted all pipeline operations to deal with the threat. The attack is ...
May 8, 2021
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Engineering
How to quickly come to grips with complex manufacturing processes
Optimizing production plants so that they operate in a more energy-efficient way or produce fewer rejects is often difficult, as production quality depends on many different parameters. In the Fraunhofer ML4P lighthouse project, ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Chip shortage forces Ford to build trucks without computers
A global semiconductor shortage and a February winter storm have combined to force Ford to build F-150 pickup trucks without some computers.
Mar 19, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Studying new solar tracking strategies to maximize electric production
From making a small calculator work to generating energy to produce the entire output of an important brewery, solar energy has been undergoing significant growth in recent years, taking the place of nonrenewable energy resources ...
Oct 19, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Hitachi scraps plan for UK nuclear plant
Japan's Hitachi on Wednesday scrapped its multi-billion-pound nuclear plant project in Wales in face of the deteriorating investment environment, in a blow to Britain's atomic energy programme.
Sep 16, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Countries transitioning to zero carbon should look at more than technology cost
A 'one-size-fits-all' approach to producing cleaner energy based on cost alone could create social inequalities, finds a new study.
Aug 12, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
How West Africa can expand power supply and meet climate goals
Not too long ago, when the idea of solar and wind energy was still hotly debated, critics used to point out the limitations of these energy sources: the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. But nowadays ...
Jun 5, 2020
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General Motors profits dive, aims to reopen US plants May 18
General Motors said Wednesday it aims to reopen most US and Canadian manufacturing operations on May 18 as it reported a steep drop in first-quarter earnings due to the coronavirus.
May 6, 2020
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