With demand for construction equipment running high amidst a busy few years of construction, the hunger for new machines was visible at the triennial CONEXPO-CON/AGG trade show, held March 14-18 in Las Vegas.
Several months into a testing program for autonomous electric haulers at a century-old cement quarry in Switzerland, the multinational aggregates manufacturer seeks new ways to remove carbon emissions from operations.
KORE Power Inc. says it will build a 1-million-sq-ft lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility on a 214-acre site in Buckeye, Ariz.—40 miles west of downtown Phoenix and just south of Interstate 10.
Getting the most power out of lithium-ion has been an ongoing arms race in the world of power tools in the past few years, and Milwaukee Tool just launched another major offensive in the battery wars.
Utility companies seeking to reduce CO2 emissions are increasingly relying on battery energy storage systems to meet peak-power demand as they retire their gas-fired plants.
The announcement by Arizona Public Service that it will use batteries to extend the life of its solar plants demonstrates the power of batteries as a paradigm-shifting technology.
Signaling a major shift in its offerings, Volvo Construction Equipment is moving forward on a plan to convert to full electric power on its compact machines by 2020.