Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Future of Carbon Policy Forum Is where you want to be on January 4th at Amazon’s Seattle Campus Our annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum always sells out. Leading companies, tribes and entrepreneurs are leveraging incentives to decarbonize and create clean energy careers. Don’t delay, register today ! Last year, the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Lithium-ion batteries, a key enabler of today’s lightweight and handheld electronics as well as electric vehicles, have plunged in cost since their introduction three decades ago at a rate similar to drop-in solar panel prices, as documented by a study published last March. The research was supported by the Alfred P.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

shares his expectations for the clean energy transition in 2024. The year 2023 was a record-setting year for investment and growth in clean energy, with the International Energy Agency projecting over 500GW of new renewable capacity to come online by year-end globally. Have you read? This is not limited to the U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 31, 2022

In two previous articles, I have discussed China’s commanding lead in the rapidly-growing lithium industry. In a nutshell, it’s because China has invested heavily into developing its lithium supply chain, while the U.S. However, a number of companies are working to commercialize a lithium industry in the U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 17, 2022

Our continued dependence on foreign oil has influenced American foreign policy for decades, and it has contributed to multiple military conflicts in the Middle East. received a rare second chance to regain energy independence as a result of the shale oil boom. This will result in a tremendous increase in lithium consumption.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The $30 million cash injection was a rare sign that there may still be life in an energy storage technology class that had almost faded from view in recent months. EnSync Energy Systems pivoted away from flow batteries last year and folded in March. EnSync Energy Systems pivoted away from flow batteries last year and folded in March.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 12, 2022

PNE), an emerging growth company engaged in the regeneration of lithium-ion battery (LIB) material, announced its closure of a seed funding round at $7 million for LIB recycling. It can, according to PNE, significantly reduce CO2 emission, energy consumption and water usage while avoiding landfill waste production.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The findings are published as the COP28 presidency pushes for global commitments to triple renewable energy by 2030, with the report outlining the real-world challenges that will need to be overcome to achieve these ambitions. C above pre-industrial levels. C above pre-industrial levels.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 7, 2020

The world-renowned thought leader, entrepreneur, educator and author accurately predicted the rapid decline in solar photovoltaic costs and lithium ion batteries. We also discuss the collapse of incumbents and the impact this will have on societies around the world, and what policy leaders can do to get out ahead of these changes.

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Energy Storage News

MAY 15, 2024

US asset manager Stonepeak has entered Japan’s energy storage market, forming a partnership with CATL-backed developer CHC.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

But the limited availability of raw materials used to manufacture lithium-ion batteries -- the primary power source for electric vehicles -- complicates the transition. Researchers and investors alike believe lithium-ion battery recycling is poised to make a big jump. Lithium-ion batteries are an environmental problem… No.

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Solar Power World

MARCH 5, 2020

A new report from Navigant Research provides a database of global energy storage projects along with a regional analysis of technology choice, capacity and market share for deployed projects and projects in the pipeline.

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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 Storage News

APRIL 18, 2024

Rapid technology improvements and trade policy risk pose a dilemma for US battery storage procurement decision-makers, write George Touloupas and Jeff Zwijack of consultancy and market intelligence firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

and China will lead, claiming over half of the global installations by the end of this decade, according to a new outlook by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). This boom in stationary energy storage will require more than $262 billion of investment, BNEF estimates. Global adoption. See educational sessions here.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

A solid state battery, which stores more energy with less materials, can reduce the already decreasing carbon footprint of an electric car battery by a further 24%, the study finds. Solid state batteries could require up to 35% more lithium than the current lithium ion technology, but far less graphite and cobalt are used.

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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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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We caught up with Birger Steen, CEO of lithium-ion gigafactory company Freyr Battery, about its recent decision to minimise European investments in light of the Inflation Reduction Act, discussing a potential policy response and its approach to ESS and using conventional technologies.

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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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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The price of lithium-ion batteries, which power most mainstream EVs, has been dropping dramatically the past several years. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) says that between 2010 and 2019, lithium-ion battery pack prices fell 87 percent. Policy & Politics. In 2019, they dropped 13 percent more. . Pull Quote.

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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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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 30, 2022

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading industry alliance on energy storage, e-mobility, and green hydrogen, has released its 3rd annual edition of the 2021 India Electric Vehicle and Component Market Overview Report 2021-2030. Register to join World Energy Storage Day. The market is of 6.5GWh, just like in 2021.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 25, 2024

Indeed, Clean Energy Canada previously projected that an EV battery supply chain could create 250,000 direct and indirect jobs across the country by 2030, assuming it landed two gigafactories—Canada is now on track to open four such factories. A recent Clean Energy Canada study found that EVs can save drivers tens of thousands of dollars.

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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. The surge in installations is expected to involve more than $262bn of investment, as energy companies around the world rush to deploy storage capacity alongside wind and solar plants.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 15, 2024

France’s Ministry of the Economy , Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty has announced measures to simplify the mining procedures related to geothermal energy, CO2 storage, and critical minerals. “Geothermal energy, critical metals, rare earths, carbon storage: the keys to successful decarbonization lie beneath our feet.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

A few states that wanted to incubate storage industries of their own proved that sharp policy really can create new markets in relatively short periods of time. All the headlines made it possible to forget that the scientific pioneers of lithium-ion batteries won the Nobel freakin Prize this Fall. Storage comes to the South.

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Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 29, 2020

Not everyone is tracking the cost curves of lithium ion batteries or the deployment rates of solar panels. Solving climate change with policy is paramount. Canada’s oil patch could have a bright future beyond combustion—whether in hydrogen , carbon fibre or lithium production—provided steps are taken now.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Approximately half of UK’s 2035 energy storage requirements will be long duration, Aurora Energy Research reports. Long duration storage needs more investment in UK, clean tech players say Long duration energy storage – 1.5-2.5TW Have you read? 2.5TW by 2040.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2022

details the critical need for long-duration energy storage (LDES) to create an efficient, low-carbon energy system and avoid the curtailment of renewable energy resources. In August 2022, energy generation within CAISO emitted approximately 233mTCO2/GWh. An issue brief released by ESS Inc. Curtailment implications.

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38 North Solutions

APRIL 19, 2024

38 North is thrilled to announce that we have a new Vice President, Chris Murray, who brings a long history in energy and environmental protection and has in recent years become an expert in clean energy programs at the U.S. Air Force, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). As an energy counsel in the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

As the global Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery market is forecast to grow from $57.4 billion by 2028, India is set to emerge as a market leader due to significant uptake and favourable policy measures, according to Research and Markets. Don’t miss out on the most important energy transition conversations. Register now

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, storing up a potentially huge waste management problem for the future, according to a new study. Individual cells are formed into modules, which are then assembled into battery packs.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Despite immense cost cuts and their deployment in the power sector last year more than doubling, batteries need to lead a sixfold increase in global energy storage deployments to enable the world to meet 2030 targets, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) issued a Request for Proposals for a consultant to conduct an energy storage market update and strategy study for mid- and long-duration energy storage in the Commonwealth.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Those trends suggest the grid will benefit from energy storage that covers a longer period of time than the lithium-ion batteries getting installed today. We need long-duration storage sooner than we think," CESA policy manager Jin Noh told GTM. Different model, different outcome.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 4, 2022

A new report by Transparency Market Research has found that the global energy storage systems market is likely to expand at a steady CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 5.6% Depending on the application, the global energy storage systems market can be split into transportation and grid storage. from 2020 to 2031 to reach $73.8

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 8, 2019

By Ashley Wald, partner, Holland & Hart Enthusiasm about solar energy and battery storage projects is reaching celestial heights. Thanks to the falling costs of lithium-ion batteries and new government policies designed to promote clean energy, deployment of utility-scale solar-plus-storage is growing rapidly.

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