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Ramping Up Use of Electric Vehicles Across Africa

The City Fix

At COP28, global climate leaders congregated in Dubai for the annual opportunity to review countries’ progress on emissions reductions and to increase climate ambition. One of the conference’s focal points was how to rapidly and equitably transition away from fossil.

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5 circular economy startups we've got our eyes on

GreenBiz

And at Accelerate this year, you will hear from entrepreneurs who are based in cities across Europe, Africa, and the U.S. . Immense amounts of water, energy and chemicals are put into the dying process, making this issue a cross-cutting factor in the road to creating a circular economy in the fashion industry. Courtesy of.

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Technology Trending: Cyber protection for space data, battery passport, battery for hot climates

Smart Energy International

Protecting satellite imagery from fraud, Citopia network for a global battery passport and a high performance non-flammable battery option for warm climates are on the week’s technology radar. Information that would be included would be on the battery’s composition, its state of health, history and more. Have you read?

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IEA reports mixed outlook on critical minerals for energy transitions

Smart Energy International

Falling prices, increased demand and concentration of supply characterise the critical minerals panorama as energy transitions advance, the IEA has reported. Mostly driven by a strong increase in global supply, outpacing the growing demand, this has resulted in a lowering of prices, for example by around 14% for batteries.

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Firms launch circular economy solution to prevent millions of tonnes of e-mobility waste worldwide

Envirotec Magazine

A new partnership aims to demonstrate how bespoke circular-economy batteries can tackle the mounting problem of e-waste, specifically in relation to electric vehicles. To combat this, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts sales of up to 44 million electric vehicles (EVs) a year by 2030.

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Total and Opel Plan Gigafactory-Sized Battery Plants in France and Germany

GreenTechMedia

French oil giant Total and European automaker Opel will collaborate on electrical vehicle cell manufacturing, with a maximum potential capacity of 48 gigawatt-hours. “In 2015, Total set an ambition to become the responsible energy major," said Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné in a statement. and Germany.

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Jaguar second life EV batteries as back-up power

Smart Energy International

Jaguar Land Rover is partnering with Italian technology supplier Pramac on a portable energy storage unit with second-life I-PACE batteries. The Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System features lithium-ion cells from Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicle batteries taken from prototype and engineering test models.