Today’s renewable energy news includes announcements on APM Terminals, XtalPi, and others.
APM Terminals Orders 96 Orange EV Electric Trucks for Major US Port Electrification Project
APM Terminals Elizabeth in New Jersey has ordered 96 battery-electric terminal tractors from Orange EV, representing one of the largest port-electrification commitments announced in North America. The deployment expands an existing partnership between APM Terminals and Orange EV following electric-truck operations at APM Terminals Pier 400. Orange EV manufactures purpose-built Class 8 zero-emission terminal trucks in Kansas City and supplies charging equipment and onsite support alongside the vehicles. Its charging portfolio includes battery-integrated CCS1 systems designed for fleet and yard operations. The New Jersey order is significant because terminal tractors operate intensive duty cycles in ports, warehouses and logistics hubs, making fleet electrification capable of reducing diesel consumption and local emissions while demonstrating battery-electric technology in demanding industrial operating environments.
XtalPi Wins Automated Perovskite Solar and Battery Electrolyte Projects Using AI and Robotics
XtalPi is expanding its AI-and-robotics research platform into clean-energy materials, including an end-to-end automated perovskite solar-cell project worth millions of RMB for a leading university. The company also signed high-throughput automated electrolyte preparation and testing projects worth millions of RMB with institutions including Peking University and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics. Another mesoporous-materials intelligent preparation project with Fudan University’s Wusong Materials Laboratory is also valued in the millions of RMB. The technology combines artificial intelligence, automated laboratories and high-throughput experimentation to accelerate materials discovery and optimisation. For renewable energy, automated perovskite development could shorten research cycles for next-generation photovoltaic technology, while robotic electrolyte testing could improve development of battery chemistries needed for electric vehicles and stationary energy-storage systems.
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