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Battery passport to be developed in Germany

Smart Energy International

Blockchain nickel supply agreement for Tesla batteries Oracles and blockchains – managing climate change in the energy sector. Circulor has received investments previously from Volvo and Mercedes-Benz on battery emissions and supply chain traceability. Have you read? Setting up is due by 1 January 2026.

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Tesla signs deal with BHP to secure nickel for battery cells

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Contrary to popular belief, the most important mineral in EV batteries may not be lithium, but nickel. Earlier this year, Tesla proposed to invest in a battery project in Indonesia , which has a lot of nickel (and, as it happens, a lot of deforestation and other problems associated with supplying raw materials to the rich world). “We

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Can Bitcoin mining really support renewable energy?

The Verge: Energy

It envisions an ideal scenario in which the profits of Bitcoin mining are used to invest in clean hydrogen production and renewable energy. “It Bitcoin mines are data farms filled with specialized hardware that solve computational puzzles around the clock for a chance to validate new transactions on the blockchain.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — July 2022

Greentown Labs

Topl , a Greentown alum, raised a $15M Series A for its blockchain ecosystem that helps companies track and monetize social impact initiatives. SiTration raised $2.35M in pre-seed funding , which will support its novel separation processes for extracting lithium, cobalt, nickel, and more from recycled EV batteries.

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Technology Trending: Mg-ion batteries, hydrogen innovation lab, landfill methane for Bitcoin mining

Smart Energy International

Out with lithium, in with magnesium. Lithium is widely used in batteries in applications from small personal electronic devices up to electric vehicles and large-scale utility energy storage. But there are constant concerns about whether the supply can keep up with the growing demand as these technologies proliferate.

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The emerging “non-utilities”—EVs are helping new players in the energy marketplace.

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The emergence of non-utility market participants is being enabled by four forces that have begun to converge: advances in information and communications technologies; the movement towards sharing economies; new business models and ownership models; and blockchain-encrypted transaction systems. EV warranties could be cancelled by OEMs.

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Technology Trending: CarbonEnfo startup, ChatGPT ambassador, graphene nanotube facility

Smart Energy International

New blockchain startup CarbonEnfo hits the market running, the ChatGPT fusion ‘ambassador’ and a graphene nanotube facility in development in Europe for EV batteries are on the week’s technology radar. To support it along the way, it has joined up as a validator to the Energy Web ecosystem.