Swedish electric-vehicle battery maker Northvolt said on Friday it expects to line up additional bankruptcy financing by late January after engaging with over 100 lenders and potential investors.
A co-chair of the U.S. Congressional artificial intelligence task force urged federal energy regulators this week to support the development of data centers directly connected to power plants, citing national security and competition for global AI dominance.
The U.S. Energy Department said Monday it is planning to loan up to $7.54 billion to a joint venture of Chrysler parent Stellantis and Samsung SDI to help build two electric vehicle lithium-ion battery plants in Indiana.
A spike in electricity demand from the world’s big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world’s climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use.
The head of investments at German auto maker Volkswagen is leaving the board of Sweden’s Northvolt, the Swedish battery maker said on Monday, confirming media reports.
Governments and businesses must trust in the ability of hydrogen to overcome initial economic hurdles, achieve scale and successfully play a part in achieving Net Zero
China’s Geely Automobile Holdings took the wraps off its latest hybrid technology on Wednesday, boasting some better fuel economy and driving range figures than rival technology from local plug-in hybrid champion BYD.
Northvolt is in talks with investors and lenders to secure about 200 million euros ($218 million) in short-term funding, three sources familiar with the matter said, as the cash-strapped Swedish battery maker seeks to stabilise its finances.
Space startups raised $1.9 billion in the third quarter, up nearly a fifth from a year earlier, fueled by strong investor interest in rocket launchers and satellite manufacturers, according to a Seraphim Space report on Thursday.
Rio Tinto’s $6.7 billion buyout of Arcadium will give it a suite of lithium filtration technologies that are poised to revolutionize how the metal is produced for the electronics and electric vehicle industries.
Marine fuel suppliers at Singapore, world’s largest bunker hub, will be required to provide digital bunkering services and issue electronic bunker delivery notes starting April 1, 2025, Amy Khor, Singapore’s senior minister of state for transport, said at the SIBCON 2024 conference.
A plan by Microsoft to use the restart of a Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to help power its expanding data centers reflects the tech industry’s hopes nuclear energy can be a quick and climate-friendly answer to its massive electricity needs.
BlackRock and Microsoft plan to launch a more than $30 billion fund to invest in artificial intelligence infrastructure to build data centers and energy projects, the companies said on Tuesday.
Hedge funds and portfolio managers have significantly reduced their long positions in oil futures over the past two months, driven by concerns about slowing global demand and rising supply.