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.

Soil 111

Soil Recycling Recycling Investment 111

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. Battery recycling is mission critical. There is plenty of room to bend the curve down faster through hard work."

Transportation 53

Transportation Electric vehicle Electricity Demand 53

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Despite the growing popularity of electric vehicles , the slow charging time still puts off many from making the switch, while at the same time speeding up the charging process risks damaging the battery and reducing its lifespan. Propane – sustainable alternative for air conditioning.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Technology Lithium 52

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

"As well as addressing climate change and air pollution, this funding will boost the bus manufacturing sector and give more passengers the best modern buses.". To support that it is crucial we invest in research so we can power ahead with the shift to electric vehicles as we build back greener from the pandemic.

Government 67

Government Batteries Electric vehicle Automotive 67

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Despite many vape shops having facilities to dispose of them safely for recycling, only 17% of vapers recycle them correctly. There are some businesses already offering disposable vape recovery and recycling, often as part of a broader electrical waste (WEEE) and small mixed electrical waste service.

Technology 162

Technology Waste Waste Lithium 162

Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

Many of us possess multiple electrical appliances, especially mobile phones, tablets and laptops, too many previous models of which gather dust in bottom drawers. An effective circular economy for electronic products is needed, but current rates of reuse and recycling are disappointing.

Policy 94

Policy Government Fashion Biodiversity 94

Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 7, 2024

E-waste is already an issue overwhelming global recycling, and EVs will soon be adding to it Hydrogen fuel cells have already been defining themselves as an important part of the effort to decarbonize energy, industry, transport, and a number of other industries, and now Honda is looking to the technology to help overcome the challenge of e-waste.

Waste 103

Waste Waste Hydrogen Recycling 103

Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Also, while money has poured in across the climate tech sector and across stages, the figures tend to be distorted by the mammoth late stage funding, especially those going to electric vehicle companies (much as it was a couple years ago with funding to scooter/ micromobility companies).

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Electric vehicle Aviation 52

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.

Europe 74

Europe Lithium Sustainability Demand 74

Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 28, 2021

Beyond just renewable power, Canada’s clean energy sector is made up of companies and jobs that help reduce carbon pollution, whether by generating clean energy, helping move it, reducing energy consumption in transportation, buildings, and industry, or making low-carbon technologies. Already, 127 countries —including the U.S

Energy 52

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Real Estate 52

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?

Electric vehicle 36

Electric vehicle Carbon-neutral Batteries Fossil fuels 36

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.

Resilience 52

Resilience Government Waste Waste 52

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

With dwindling resources on land, with exponential growth of demand , and a shortage in circulation (recycling), there is a need to find alternative sources of critical metals needed to allow the energy transition to zero-net carbon economies,” said Bramley Murton, a marine researcher at the UK’s National Oceanography Centre.

Building Energy Monitoring 90

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Biodiversity Energy Monitor 90

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040.

Sustainability 516

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 516

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. Consider the hybrid- and electric-vehicle industry. They’ll also keep many Canadians employed.

Fossil fuels 40

Fossil fuels Energy Energy North America 40

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.

Recycling 28

Recycling Recycling Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

Charged

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling venture founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, came out of stealth mode last year, and announced that it is recycling scrap from Panasonic’s battery cell production at Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada. In July, it raised $700 million in new investment. Straubel told Bloomberg.

Batteries 117

Batteries Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 117

Climate Tech VC

JULY 10, 2023

💨 Carbon Recycling International , a Reykjavík, Iceland-based CO2-to-methanol producer, raised $30M from Equinor Ventures, Sjova, Jöklar-Securities, and Value - Pension fund. Mobile , an Aachen, Germany-based electric vehicles manufacturer, raised $75M in Debt from Western Asset Management. 🚗 e.GO

Carbon 52

Carbon Investment Startups Batteries 52

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

Grist

JANUARY 28, 2022

The massive federal purchase is meant to help manufacturers move away from internal combustion engines and toward electric vehicle production. If Biden has his way, half of the 17 million cars and trucks sold in the United States in 2030 will be electric. Currently, these minerals are largely mined outside of the U.S.,

Electric vehicle 98

Electric vehicle Demand Electricity Lithium 98

R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 23, 2020

Following recent articles I wrote on both lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries, I received significant correspondence about the environmental pros and cons of both types of battery. But lithium-ion batteries are newer to the market, and their environmental impact is still being worked out. Lithium-ion batteries .

Lithium 60

Lithium Batteries Recycling Recycling 60

Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

Thus, highly rated companies in some polluting or extractive sectors might rightfully be considered the best of the worst. True, Tesla and other electric vehicle manufacturers aren't without challenges, Andrew Poreda, senior ESG research analyst at Austin-based Sage Advisory Services, pointed out in an email.

Carbon-negative 41

Carbon-negative Recycling Recycling Fossil fuels 41

Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

At the site of a former coal power station on the Northumberland coast, work is underway on one of Britain's most ambitious industrial projects, a battery production plant expected to provide a hub for the UK's burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) industry and bring up to 8,000 jobs to the region. Kickstarting the UK's recycling ecosystem.

Batteries 69

Batteries Recycling Recycling Lithium 69

Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In the UK, petrol and diesel already contain up to 7 per cent biofuels but, given growing concerns about climate change and air pollution, governments are expected to enact stricter fuel standards. billion vehicles. (X) Naturally, the fossil fuel industry would argue electric vehicles are not a silver bullet.

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels 78

Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

  This week, we get nerdy mining ExxonMobil’s lithium announcement - is this lithium’s shale moment? Lithium Mobil-ization Source: Company presentations, Bloomberg Last week, ExxonMobil unveiled its first-ever lithium mining operation in Arkansas, marking its first major foray into lithium production.

Lithium 72

Lithium Batteries Hydrogen Investment 72

CleanTechnica

JULY 22, 2021

Electric cars emit fewer air pollutants and if they’re powered by renewable energy, driving one wouldn’t add to the greenhouse gases warming […]. By Professor Sebastien Farnaud There are more than 1.4 billion cars in the world today, and that number could double by 2036.

Electric vehicle 0

Electric vehicle Electricity Batteries Pollution 0