Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

New research has found that solid state batteries can reduce the carbon footprint of electric vehicle (EV) batteries by almost two-fifths – further increasing EVs’ advantage over fossil fuel vehicles. When the batteries are made using the most sustainably sourced materials, this figure increases to 39%.

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Business Green

MARCH 1, 2021

Challenges caused by EV battery production 'pale in comparison' to environmental toll of fossil fuel vehicles, Transport & Environment study finds. Over its lifetime, an average fossil fuel car burns the equivalent of a stack of oil barrels, 25 storeys high.

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Charged

JULY 26, 2023

The authors of the endless articles warning of the environmental costs of battery raw materials are invariably “big fans” of EVs, but they’re naturally concerned that they may not be “as green as they claim.” As demand rises for battery raw materials, EV industry players are working to reduce the environmental costs of extraction.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Ursula von der Leyen sets out plans to mandate revenue cap on electricity generators and secure a 'crisis contribution' from fossil fuel companies in her State of the European Union address. We are in a fossil fuel crisis, the fossil fuel industry has a special duty too," she said.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Renewable energy asset developer Ameresco will supply Southern California Edison with three battery energy storage systems totaling 537 MW/2 GWh to provide resiliency to the grid. SCE sees a growing role for battery storage as we transition to delivering 100% clean renewable energy to customers,” SCE President and CEO Kevin Payne said. "SCE

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Mining the seafloor to extract minerals like cobalt and nickel that are widely used for EV batteries could put deep ocean ecosystems at risk (image credit: Alexis Rosenfeld / Getty Images). As the focus at COP26 in Glasgow shifts to greening the world’s transportation systems, electric vehicles (EVs) are in the spotlight.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

The study, published in the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) journal The Geographical Journal , highlights that global demand for sulphuric acid is set to rise significantly from ‘246 to 400 million tonnes’ by 2040 – a result of more intensive agriculture and the world moving away from fossil fuels.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

Electric cars are undoubtedly cleaner than fossil fuel run cars. The deficit is paid off quickly and even, when with no alternative, the electricity used to charge the vehicles is driven by fossil fuels, they are still greener. Lithium mining. Cobalt mining.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This latest briefing, “ Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, makes the case that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

Fortunately, an economy powered by renewable energy is potentially much more secure and resilient than one reliant upon fossil fuels. Today, energy storage = lithium-ion and the supply chain for lithium-ion batteries runs through a small number of countries, creating supply chain risks. Image credit: ESS Inc.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

Mining giant Glencore has snapped up a stake in start-up Britishvolt, with the two firms today announcing a long-term partnership for the supply of "responsibly-sourced" cobalt to support manufacture of lithium-ion battery cells in Northumberland.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In May 2023, wind and solar produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the European Union for the first full month on record. Almost a third of the EU’s electricity that month was generated from wind and solar (31%), while fossil fuels generated a record low of 27%. Again, results for the U.S. Looking ahead, the U.S.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Billionaire offers glimpse of EV firm's efforts to develop cheaper, more efficient battery cells at Tesla's AGM. Current costs of batteries were not coming down quickly enough to address the climate crisis and spur fast enough transition to EVs, he warned. To accelerate the transition to EVs they must be affordable," Musk said.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Liquid air energy storage could play an important role in supporting the UK’s transition away from using fossil fuels for electricity generation. If the UK is to move away from a baseload of electricity generated by reliable fossil fuels, the variable nature of renewable energy must be addressed. Energy storage.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

PHES still accounts for about 95% of all grid-scale storage, but that number has been falling in recent years as battery storage solutions have become more economical. In December 2017, the largest battery storage system to date was connected to the grid in South Australia. The Carbon Emission Footprint of Battery Storage.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Sustainability consultancy argues reuse, recycling, and reducing demand for key battery materials can protect net zero technology supply chains from geopolitical instability. And it highlights that up to a fifth of used car batteries could be reused in stationary eneryg storage applications at a third of a cost of new batteries.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Japanese carmaker aiming for 75 per cent EV sales in Europe by 2030 as it invests in global supply chain for battery technology. We want to transform Nissan to become a sustainable company that is truly needed by customers and society.".

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Salient Energy, seeking an alternative to lithium-ion batteries. Concerns over the lithium-ion battery supply chain did not disappear in 2020. If anything, the galloping pace of energy storage installations heightened the need to improve recycling and seek alternatives.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 13, 2023

“EVs have greater lifecycle emissions than gas cars” Globally, electric vehicles have been shown repeatedly to have lower lifecycle emissions than traditional gas-powered vehicles even in regions with fossil-fuel-dependent electricity grids. solid-state batteries and iron-phosphate batteries ).

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

From alkaline batteries for small electronics to lithium-ion batteries for cars and laptops, most people already use batteries in many aspects of their daily lives. Right now there are very few such batteries in use. Batteries work by creating a chemical reaction that produces a flow of electrical current.

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Business Green

AUGUST 21, 2022

In a paper published in The Geographical Journal , researchers warn that the global supply of sulfuric acid - a critical component in the production of fertilisers which is also used in the extraction of minerals required for lithium-ion batteries - is soon to be significantly outpaced by demand.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Minerals such as lithium and copper are critical for EVs and renewables, but a lack of investment and policy clarity risks undermining the burgeoning market. The expansion of electricity networks to support the shift towards EVs and heat pumps, as well as enhance energy access, also requires a huge increase in copper and cobalt supplies.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In news this week, COP28 wraps up with a landmark agreement on transitioning away from fossil fuels, DOE announces a new office focused on AI, and over 2M Teslas were recalled.  conditional commitment to Ford’s battery manufacturing program. Shah and the gang announced their biggest loan ever , a $9.2B

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Corporate carbon footprint tracking collects $27M, and forestry and battery interests intersect to invest $18M toward bio-graphite for lithium-ion cells. Some energy experts see peak oil demand around the corner, but fossil fuel execs pushed back hard ahead of COP28. Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the news this week, $7T for fossil fuel subsidies, the summer brings more tropical storms, and Equinor opens the world’s largest floating wind farm… to power oil drilling. for Northvolt to build energy storage, $100M for direct lithium extraction, and $60M for heat batteries. Thanks for reading!

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 28, 2021

At the same time, Canada’s fossil fuel sector will see a nine per cent drop in employment. In terms of raw numbers, those 208,700 new clean energy jobs far exceed the 125,800 lost in fossil fuels. based Ballard Power and Loop Energy are supplying their hydrogen fuel cell technology to countries in Europe and Asia.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

  In deals, ~$400M for electric scooters and 3 mega $100M+ rounds for geothermal, solid flow batteries, and rural minigrids.    In August, a company called Lithium Americas logged what it expects could be a discovery of one of the world’s largest lithium repositories on the Nevada-Oregon border.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

BusinessGreen sits down with CEO of the International Council of Mining and Minerals to discuss the battery gold rush and the potential for a European sustainable mining boom. But at the same time, Dhawan's take on the centrality of the mining sector to the net zero transition is demonstrably true.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Buildings frakktal is a B2B materials company developing bio-based polymer processes for the replacement of fossil-fuel-based feedstocks across industries. Amogy is building a novel, portable, carbon-free energy system using ammonia as a renewable fuel. The startup is part of the inaugural ACCEL cohort.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

We know Elon Musk’s Tesla vehicles create less pollution out of the tailpipe, but what about those batteries? But as more information about batteries and manufacturing becomes available, it is important to consider all of the factors to make the most sustainable decision when it comes to car ownership.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

Sales continue to surge in key markets, while scores of producers and users of cars, buses, trucks, and even scooters are now pushing towards ridding their operations of fossil fuel vehicles altogether. Battery recycling is mission critical.

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Transportation Electric vehicle Electricity Demand 53

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As the fossil fuel industry rages against the dying of the gas light, they continue to work to plant doubt about an economy centered around solar and wind paired with battery storage. His projections are even conservative in that they assume battery components won’t change, when of course they will.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

  In deals, major funding for transportation including $144M for Indian EVs, $33M for rare earth-free magnets, and $15M for battery recycling.  The US Department of Energy continues the solar streak, putting $440 million in rooftop solar and batteries in Puerto Rico.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It also misses people such as Diane Praught, who uses recycled CO2 to make stronger, cleaner concrete for new homes at Halifax-based CarbonCure. Or Charles Bureau, who creates clean fuels out of waste at Enerkem’s Edmonton facility. But this narrow view of Canada’s energy sector misses a big part of the picture.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Their concern is that in stirring up the ocean floor, the mining companies will release carbon into the environment, undercutting some of the very benefits intended by switching to electric cars, wind turbines and long-life batteries. “By We don’t need to build batteries with either nickel or cobalt.

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Charged

MAY 2, 2024

An off-grid energy system basically consists of just four key components: 1) a battery to store energy; 2) one or more renewable energy sources (e.g. from the battery. An off-grid energy system basically consists of just four key components: 1) a battery to store energy; 2) one or more renewable energy sources (e.g.

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Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Batteries 122

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons.

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