Grist

JANUARY 28, 2022

In December 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order requiring the 600,000-vehicle federal fleet to shift to zero-emissions by 2035 as part of an effort to leverage government buying power to “catalyze America’s clean energy economy.” Currently, these minerals are largely mined outside of the U.S.,

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

As I indicated in the previous article , BP has turned over publication of the annual Statistical Review of World Energy to the Energy Institute (EI). Overview The newest Review shows the world remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels for energy needs, even as renewables like solar and wind continue rapid growth.

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Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Energy Energy 78

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) uses electricity to cool air until it liquefies, so it can be stored until an opportune moment arrives when it can be brought back to a gaseous state and used for power generation. Katie Smith of law firm Reddie & Grose LLP examines where the approach fits into the energy storage landscape.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

Materials from Scottish-grown seaweed could help to improve the life-span and charge time of lithium-ion batteries used for the likes of electric vehicles, with a new first-of-its-kind prototype already being tested by expert researchers.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

In September 2023, New Zealand-based battery material developer CarbonScape announced an $18 million investment, signalling the company’s plans to commercialise its biographite production in Europe and the US, enabling cleaner lithium-ion batteries for EVs and grid-scale energy storage. They hired me as an energy analyst.

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Batteries Lithium Demand Investment 104

Smart Energy International

MAY 15, 2022

The pivot to renewable energy away from fossil fuels will help slash global carbon emissions — but it’s likely to put significant strain on the grid, writes Emily Newton. The most popular forms of renewable energy cannot flexibly increase or decrease production to meet demand like fossil fuel-fired power plants can.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

However, with traditional internal combustion engine car sales set to take an even bigger hit this year, the long-term trend towards electrification of transport is projected to accelerate in the years following the pandemic, according to the influential green energy analyst. per cent to global electricity demand by 2040, BNEF added.

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Fossil fuels Transportation Demand Electric vehicle 97

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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Fossil fuels Demand Recycling Recycling 130

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Green hydrogen is set to play a substantive role in the overall energy mix with its development likely to happen faster than anyone predicts, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie. per kilogram by 2025 , a price level that would beat the traditional fossil fuel-based options. The current price is more like $4/kg.

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Hydrogen Fossil fuels Demand Policy 246

AutoGrid

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Hey, Europe: You Can’t Get to 100% Renewables Without Demand Side Flexibility. Europe has inspired the world with its ambitious renewables integration, smart energy trading, and grid balancing. An important new study from Smart Energy Europe (SmartEn) makes the case for increased DSF in Europe to meet aggressive climate action targets.

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Europe Demand Fossil fuels Wind power 52

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As the world grapples with the unfolding climate crisis, the quest for sustainable and environmentally friendly energy solutions takes center stage. It sidesteps the conventional reliance on fossil fuels, instead utilizing biogas derived from biomass and waste , thus promising a significant reduction in carbon emissions.

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Hydrogen Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 102

Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 26, 2023

In the last year, global economies have bet trillions on the energy transition. The billions of clean energy investments in Canada’s recent budget was spurred by the half a trillion dollars delivered in the U.S.’s Meanwhile, jobs in clean energy surpassed those in fossil fuels for the first time.

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Energy Energy Natural gas Fossil fuels 61

Charged

JANUARY 17, 2023

EVM Arabia has been awarded an allocation of 127 hectares of land from The Royal Commission at Yanbu and a gas and power allocation from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Energy. This will be used for the first two processing trains in the Lithium Chemicals Plant to produce lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM).

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Batteries North America Lithium Electric vehicle 119

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 29, 2021

According to Clean Energy Wire , a local newspaper marked its first day of operations with the headline “Greetings From the Stone Age.” Swedish state-owned Vattenfall is aiming to close all its remaining fossil-fuel generation by 2030. Demand is king for green hydrogen. It never happened," he said.

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Hydrogen Energy Energy Europe 232

Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2022

Rio Tinto lithium mining license revoked in Serbia. The Serbian government has revoked Rio Tinto's lithium exploration licenses in the Eastern European country after major protests against the mining giant's proposed activities erupted over environmental concerns, according to reports.

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Lithium Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Hydrogen 72

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 23, 2020

market for distributed energy resources will look very different in five years than it does today. By 2025, the combined capacity of these distributed energy resources (DERs) will reach 397 gigawatts, driven by $80.6 2) Resiliency will be a major driver for distributed generation and energy storage.

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Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 130

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Apart from lithium, there is one material that is currently a fundamental part of all lithium-ion batteries, regardless of cathode chemistry: graphite. Graphite is a strangely unnoticed piece of the lithium-ion battery; it is the weightiest constituent of most installations. We need to talk about graphite.

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Batteries Lithium Demand Fossil fuels 130

Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Clean Energy Canada is a clean energy think tank at the Morris J. Through media briefs, we aim to provide useful factual and contextual information related to Canada’s clean energy transition. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University. These options can enable relatively high shares of wind and solar on a grid.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Given the challenges of energy transition, Europe is optimally positioned to lead this movement by implementing political and economic policies that will incentivize oil and gas companies to leave fossil fuels behind and make the transition to deep geothermal. billion metric tons of CO2 each year from fossil fuels.

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Europe Fossil fuels Climate change Politics 105

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 10, 2020

Most of New York’s fossil-fueled peak power plants would be vulnerable to competition if longer duration storage technologies hit the market, a new study says. But currently available lithium-ion batteries don’t run long enough to keep up. The Empire State passed a law to eliminate carbon from the grid by 2045.

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Lithium Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 130

Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 29, 2023

From fuel cells to agriculture, space exploration to water treatment, power generation to renewable energy storage, hydrogen plays a crucial role in advancing technology and sustainability. This clean and efficient fuel conversion method makes fuel cells perfect for powering vehicles, homes and portable electronic devices.

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Hydrogen Agriculture Fossil fuels Lithium 80

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By Shelley Robbins, Clean Energy Group. 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. The fossil fuel industry will continue to rage on, but in the end, physics wins.

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Batteries Natural gas Fossil fuels Lithium 106

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric is asking state regulators to approve another massive round of energy storage procurements, including its first large-scale contract for behind-the-meter batteries to serve grid needs. gigawatt-hours, of energy storage projects. The leading U.S.

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Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Batteries 220

The Verge: Energy

MARCH 27, 2024

Photo by Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A new study finds that Bitcoin mining paired with green hydrogen could help speed up a transition to clean energy — an eyebrow-raising claim, considering strong evidence that the cryptocurrency is a big polluter. Bitcoin would have to be mined using clean energy.

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Energy Energy Hydrogen Blockchain 85

Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Latest BloombergNEF report predicts booming demand throughout the 2020s should see global energy storage market hit one terawatt hour by the end of the decade. However, the energy storage boom is expected to be global in reach, with India, Australia, Germany, the UK, and Japan all likely to experience rapid growth.

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Energy Energy Lithium Batteries 101

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

“The math doesn’t yet add up,” the report finds, citing “significant gaps” between the decarbonization targets of major utilities and their current plans for retiring fossil-fuel plants. utilities such as Duke Energy , Dominion Energy , Southern Company and Xcel Energy.

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Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 130

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

As the global Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery market is forecast to grow from $57.4 Additionally, the increasing costs of fossil fuels and gas have triggered significant adoption of electrical automobiles, propelling market enlargement. billion in 2023 to $120.65 Norway will halt sales by 2025, France by 2040 and the UK by 2050.

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Batteries Lithium Electric vehicle Demand 57

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 16, 2020

Canadian startup e-Zn has raised money to store clean energy far longer than currently available batteries allow, using cheap and abundant zinc. Chicago-based evergreen fund Energy Foundry led the round, joined by Toronto's MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, Sustainable Chemistry Alliance and Emeraude Capital.

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Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 170

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.

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Batteries Lithium Recycling Recycling 82

Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Battery energy storage company Viridi Parente said it raised $94.695 million in a Series C funding round. The latest funding round boosts Viridi’s value to $700 million, and supports the company’s aim to manufacture point-of-use lithium-ion battery technology at scale. . The Series C round was led by existing investor B.

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Batteries Lithium North America Fossil fuels 89

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030, 125 million electric vehicles will be owned around the world and the UK government aims for almost every car and van on the road to be zero emission by 2050. Electric cars are undoubtedly cleaner than fossil fuel run cars. Lithium mining. But just how green are they?

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Electricity 115

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

On top of inking a massive 2 GWh deal with SB Energy, and reaching an agreement to supply Enel Green Power with 17 battery systems in Spain , ESS became the first U.S. long-duration energy storage system company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The NYSE welcomes @ess_info $GWH to help drive the energy transition!

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Batteries 92

Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

Aurora Energy Research contends thermal power generation equipped with hydrogen and CCS offers most cost-effective pathway to a net zero power system. But a report from Aurora Energy Research today cautions that the latter phases of power sector decarbonisation could well be set to diverge from the aforementioned narrative.

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Fossil fuels Hydrogen Demand Carbon 90

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Chandu Visweswariah is founding president and CEO of Utopus Insights, a New York-based energy analytics company acquired last year by Vestas. With decades of accumulated manufacturing experience for portable electronics, lithium-ion battery prices have steadily dropped. Competitive markets are wonderful crucibles of innovation.

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Batteries Lithium Fossil fuels Electric vehicle 130

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

California is looking for ways to keep power flowing to customers amid wildfires without burning fossil fuels. million grant from the California Energy Commission to demonstrate its long-duration zinc battery for the commercial and industrial market. A Canadian storage technology startup thinks it has the solution.

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Batteries Fossil fuels Startups Demand 130

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

million in funding for five long-duration energy storage projects and made another $17 million available for projects that advance development of long-duration energy storage technologies, including hydrogen. The state’s larger goal is to install 3,000MW of energy storage by 2030 to help integrate renewables.

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Hydrogen Energy Energy Lithium 52

Smart Energy International

MARCH 14, 2022

The report Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Market By Power Capacity; By Component; By End-User; By Region, Segments & Forecast, 2018 – 2026 details the rising demand for lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries. Rising demand. Bharat Power Solutions, Formosa Energy & Material Technology, and others.

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