‘Repowering’ era for America’s aging wind energy industry begins, despite Trump’s effort to kill it

  • April 27, 2025
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Jeffrey Sanders / 500px | 500px | Getty Images On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump issued an executive order indefinitely halting permits for new onshore wind energy projects on federal land, as well as new leases for offshore wind farms in U.S. coastal waters. The action not only fulfilled Trump’s “no new windmills” campaign pledge, […]

ABB is bringing its new, 1.2 MW modular truck chargers to ACT Expo

  • April 26, 2025
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Capable of delivering up to 1,200 kW of power to get electric commercial trucks back on the road in minutes, the new ABB MCS1200 Megawatt Charging System is part of an ecosystem of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) that ABB’s bringing to this year’s ACT Expo. ABB E-mobility is using the annual clean trucking conference to […]

Whisper Aero ultralight aircraft scores $500K for “UltraQuiet” electric jet motor tests

  • April 26, 2025
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Along with Tennessee Tech, Tennessee-based ultralight aircraft company Whisper Aero has secured a $500,000 grant to help advance the company’s innovative electric jet motor concept off the drawing board and onto the testing phase. Earlier this month, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) announced plans to award $500,000 to Tennessee Tech and […]

Tesla hikes prices on its EVs in Canada amid tariffs, expect demand collapse

  • April 26, 2025
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Tesla has increased prices across its entire electric vehicle lineup in Canada amid increase tariffs due to President Trump’s trade war. The American automaker was already struggling to sell cars in Canada this year, but with these prices, we should expect a total demand collapse. The last few months have been rough for Tesla in […]

Global energy giant RWE halts US offshore wind because of Trump

  • April 25, 2025
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Photo: RWE Global renewable developer and energy giant RWE has halted its US offshore wind operations “for the time being” because of the “political environment” the Trump administration has created. RWE, Germany’s biggest electricity producer, said in March that it had dialed back its US offshore wind activities. But now, CEO Marcus Krebber said in […]

Trump’s memecoin dinner contest earns insiders $900,000 in two days

  • April 25, 2025
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and his allies have raked in nearly $900,000 in trading fees over the past two days from the president’s $TRUMP cryptocurrency token, according to Chainalysis, a blockchain data company.  The surge came after a Wednesday announcement in which the top 220 holders of the token were promised dinner with the […]