Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 1, 2021

Creating a circular European battery industry Summary - Northvolt has partnered with Hydro to establish a first-of-its-kind battery recycling facility. The recycling plant will be established as a green field development, under a joint venture named Hydro Volt, and come online in 2021 in Fredrikstad, outside of Oslo. Brace yourself.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

A new briefing from think tank organisation the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) argues that the clean energy transition can be delivered on time and at an affordable cost if supply chain risks are minimised by policy and industry action. 4 times and electric vehicle (EV) sales will need to grow over sixfold by 2030 from current levels.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2022

A report from the Green Finance Institute’s Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport (CDRT) illustrates how the UK can become a global player in electric vehicle (EV) batteries if billions of pounds are invested now to build a battery supply chain. EVs and financing the drive to net zero.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 23, 2022

OTTAWA — Several Canadian Battery Task Force members have made statements in response to the recent series of electric vehicle battery supply chain developments in Canada. ” —Daniel Breton, President and CEO of Electric Mobility Canada. Michael Gullo, Vice President, Policy at Business Council of Canada.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

With G7 and COP26 fast approaching, Environmental Audit Committee chair Philip Dunne argues the government must adopt a solutions-driven approach to environmental policy. Now is the time for effective government policy interventions to deliver these commitments to protect our environment.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 7, 2022

The Horizon Europe funded BATRAW project has been launched to create new raw material processing from used electric vehicle (EV) batteries. In a final phase, the partners will analyse the feasibility of a business plan for the EU-wide exploitation of these new battery dismantling and recycling processes. million (US$10.4

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Growth in batteries outpaced almost all other clean energy technologies in 2023 as falling costs, advancing innovation and supportive industrial policies helped drive up demand for the crucial technology, finds the IEA’s Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions World Energy Outlook Special Report.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

As more and more governments and auto manufacturers set their sights on a net zero emission future for road transport, the outlook for electric vehicles (EVs) looks brighter than ever. In many regions and for many modes of transport, the future for plug-in vehicles looks very bright indeed. Battery recycling is mission critical.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Elemental’s 12th cohort focuses on a range of societal challenges, including sustainable urbanization, building decarbonization, electric vehicle charging, last-mile logistics, recycling optimization and regenerative food production. The why: With demand for lithium growing twice as fast as production, the U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Recycling and reuse of EV batteries, solar panels, and wind turbines could vastly reduce reliance on imported products and materials from China, according to Green Alliance analysis. It would mean keeping these valuable materials in use, creating jobs in new recycling industries, and lowering household energy bills at the same time.".

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Myth 1: “Renewables can contribute only a small share of grid electricity because they only work when the wind blows and the sun shines” It’s true that wind and solar are variable resources that provide most power to the grid when the sun shines or the wind blows. These options can enable relatively high shares of wind and solar on a grid.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Growth in adoption of electric vehicles brings new opportunities and challenges. There are, however, some certainties: Consumers worldwide will continue to seek greener options in alignment with emerging policies. The answer to that question depends on the policy of the region and the strategy of the manufacturer.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Batteries aren’t dead when they come to the end of their useful life in an electric vehicle. Reused or “second-life” lithium-ion batteries still have a lot of juice left in them, but so far the concept of using these batteries in stationary applications has yet to gain real market traction.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

The move was welcomed by Silviya Barrett, head of policy, research, and projects at Campaign for Better Transport, who said that the UK's expanding fleet of zero emission buses would deliver multiple benefits. Zero-emission buses are great news all round," she said.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 15, 2024

Deal after Deal Canada’s list of achievements is noteworthy: launching the country’s first full-scale electric vehicle assembly plant , landing a trio of highly sought-after EV battery gigafactories from Volkswagen , Stellantis/LG , and Northvolt , and being considered by Honda for an $18-billion EV plant.

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Charged

JULY 27, 2020

Andreas Wendt, the head of BMW’s Purchasing and Supplier Network, says the multi-supplier policy ensures that the automaker always has access to the best possible cell technology. The Northvolt Ett plant will be powered entirely by renewable energy, and will have in-house recycling capacities.

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Charged

APRIL 26, 2021

Growth in the adoption of electric vehicles brings new opportunities and challenges. There are, however, some certainties: Consumers worldwide will continue to seek greener options in alignment with emerging policies. The answer to that question depends on the policy of the region and the strategy of the manufacturer.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Speaking at a recent event for investors, GM President Mark Reuss confirmed that the company will unveil a new Cadillac EV in April, and predicted that Cadillac will offer “mostly electric vehicles by the end of this decade.”. Reuss and CEO Mary Barra also said that GM’s new EV batteries would be completely recyclable.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Europeans are now suffering the consequences of the weak policy response to the world's last major energy crisis, which failed to reduce the world's dependency on fossil fuels, von der Leyen reflected. Lithium and rare earths are already replacing gas and oil at the heart of our economy," von der Leyen said. "By

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

While governments have a significant role to play in helping usher in these new solutions; in the absence of certain policies, corporates and other stakeholders can make a big impact on the market for these emerging technologies by committing to buying specific volumes of these products.

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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. As such the report concludes that action is urgently needed to address the complex risks facing the global supply chain for these minerals in the coming years.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

  In recent weeks, the US and China have been facing off in a metals tug of war through a series of policy jabs. And once-theoretical policies are translating into real-world actions as the US tries to wrestle away Chinese dominance of critical metals supply chains. 

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Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

100,000 electric vehicles represents about 20% of Hertz’ total vehicle fleet. It’s also a different approach than rental car companies usually take, which is to buy base model vehicles at deep discounts. Renting a car is an extremely low-commitment way to test out an electric vehicle.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Could two of the historic heartlands of the global automotive industry risk tipping into terminal decline if they fail to adequately respond to the electric vehicle (EV) revolution that is sending shockwaves through auto markets worldwide?

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

The net zero transition depends on copious amounts of graphite, lithium, cobalt, and other materials that provide the building blocks for energy efficient buildings, electricity transmission infrastructure, solar panels, electric vehicles, energy storage, wind turbines, and myriad other technologies.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 28, 2021

But this massive clean energy sector growth depends, in part, on policy. We included the policies in the federal government’s latest climate plan in our model. Ontario-based Li-Cycle produces and sells recycled minerals from old car batteries to international clients like LG and General Motors. The recent announcement of a $1.3-billion

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Since the introduction of the initial Tesla electric vehicle (EV), consumers have sought accurate information regarding the total carbon footprint of EVs as they compare to traditional internal combustion engines (ICEs). We know Elon Musk’s Tesla vehicles create less pollution out of the tailpipe, but what about those batteries?

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 8, 2020

For those who grew up in the ’80s, the three Rs — reduce, reuse and recycle — are seared into our brains. This can be done in ways that leverage the oilpatch’s core competencies (drilling, petrochemistry) toward new products, from carbon fibre to lithium to hydrogen. Grocery stores suddenly had bulk bins to reduce wasteful packaging.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

The policy challenge of tackling free riders, minimising stranded assets, and maintaining competitiveness as the transition takes place. The infrastructure challenge of deploying them at pace and scale. The financial challenge of funding them. The skills challenge of developing a workforce capable of installing and operating them.

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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 Kate Parnala, who helps build electric buses for Winnipeg’s New Flyer. These are the two biggest federal climate policies in Canada. (If They’ll also keep many Canadians employed.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But who benefits and how from this new rush to seabed mining remains unclear,” said Kristina Gjerde, high seas policy advisor for the IUCN Global Marine Program. And what constitutes benefits to humankind is also unclear as the deep seafloor is filled with untold biodiversity, much of it vitally important to the survival of our planet.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

The UK must act now to ensure a stable supply of technology-critical metals (TCMs) essential for its transition to clean energy and the delivery of its ten point plan for a green industrial revolution, according to a new Policy Commission report produced by the University of Birmingham.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The report highlights encouraging progress in some areas, such as the ramping up of renewable electricity and electric vehicle (EV) deployment worldwide, but warns that far more rapid and wider action is urgently needed to deliver low cost and low carbon infrastructure and solutions at the pace required to keep temperature increases below 1.5C.

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Elemental Excelerator

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, and electric vehicles are becoming mainstream and cost effective, allowing us to transition much faster away from fossil fuels. First of all, critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium, graphite, manganese, and others are the building blocks of many clean technology applications.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 5, 2022

GPR’s Impact Zero Project focuses on creating high-quality products that are efficient, recyclable and manufactured to bring their carbon footprint down to zero. Their motorcycle parts are built from 51% to 71% recycled material, and up to 88% of the product weight is recyclable, according to a video GPR produced on its Impact Zero Project.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Worldwide, DNV predicts that passenger electric vehicles are likely to start outselling their internal combustion engine counterparts from 2032 onwards. A Decentralized and Electric Future Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

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Clean Energy Trust

OCTOBER 8, 2021

| Changing Climate Change Beliefs This month, we’re highlighting big climate policy news in Illinois, how the battery materials supply chain is evolving, why sustainable aviation fuels may be a Goldilocks solution, and changing beliefs on climate change. specifically in recycling and reusing rare earth materials. What’s going on here?

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