Energy Central

OCTOBER 12, 2022

A detailed look at the social and environmental trade offs, politics and geo-strategy behind the Lithium Ion battery and EV revolution Episode 117: AUTHOR BOOK REVIEW: Volt Rush: Winners and losers in the race to green with Henry Sanderson.

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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. Although more energy is required to make electric vehicles than petrol, you still save more energy in the long run.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 8, 2023

Much hullabaloo has been made about the federal government’s clean energy transition plan. million Canadian jobs currently exist in sectors that will be transformed by the global energy transition, according to a ministerial briefing note. Alberta’s premier went so far as to suggest that 2.7 This is, well, nothing close to accurate.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Oil major Total and carmaker Groupe PSA have taken the next step in their lithium-ion battery manufacturing collaboration with the launch of a new joint venture company and the first management appointments. Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, European automakers were focused on developing domestic sources of lithium-ion batteries.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

The measure will be essential to safeguard these components against supply disruption, say the authors, who warn that access to the critical raw materials (CRMs) in these products is vulnerable to geo-political tides. Fluorescent powders from cathode ray tubes (CRTs; in TVs and monitors) and fluorescent lamps.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 12, 2024

Bryant Jones, Executive Director of US-based nonprofit organization Geothermal Rising (GR), provided expert testimony during a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing in 12 December 2023 on a proposed amendment to the Energy Policy Act of 2005. HR 6474 is currently under review by the Committee on Natural Resources. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.),

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Recent years have seen energy storage installations dominated by lithium-ion battery technology around the world. Department of Energy announced an alliance of 11 national governments and more than 60 organizations to speed up the development and deployment of pumped hydro projects around the world.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4 billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. EVs, green hydrogen and energy storage.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In a relatively short amount of time, this paradigm has been upended by the growth of affordable renewable energy, both utility-scale and distributed, that does not burn any fuel, and the political, regulatory, and corporate drive to cut emissions. This new era of power has only begun but is already quickly evolving. Why “hybrid?”.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The battery is the most valuable part of an EV, and by 2030, the International Energy Agency predicts we could see a hundred times more EVs on the road than there were in 2020. Join Clean Energy Canada for a pointed conversation to explore these topics with experts Ilka von Dalwigk and Andrew Miller. If so, what will it take?

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

The global economy could face many more years of energy market turbulence if governments do not take steps to turbocharge their clean energy and technology investments, the IEA has warned. The stakes for nations that fail to unhitch themselves from gas markets are incredibly high, according to the global energy think tank.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 6, 2020

Rosen met Isaac a decade ago while working on energy and water issues in the region. “We deal with land, we deal with resources, we deal with politics,” Isaac said in an interview. The 200 megawatt project is first on the docket, but Navajo Power has grand ambitions for massive clean energy capacity in the region.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

She didn’t foresee, however, the high energy bills that would result from cranking up the gas heater when her apartment would turn into an icebox in the winter. She hired a contractor to test the apartment’s energy efficiency. She was drawn to its affordability and space. “It It was a great work-from-home spot,” Spears said.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 27, 2022

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. GHG emissions would drop by 8 percent or approximately 37.5

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

And the political challenge of building public support for what is set to be the biggest and fastest industrial revolution in history. They are the materials that make our buildings, the components inside our technologies, the fuels that provide our energy, and even the food we eat.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

One of the primary reasons Germany cannot use all of the renewable energy it produces is because the nation’s fleet of coal and nuclear plants is still needed to ensure power system resilience when the wind slows or clouds cover the sun. ” Hawaii already has plans to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2045.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Renewable energy is set to lead efforts to temper climate change and expand access to electricity. But as the third energy transition gathers pace, a deeper examination of the industry’s supply chains and operational practices reveals a darker side when it comes to human rights. Solar energy’s risk hot spots.

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Green Market Oracle

JUNE 3, 2020

Although COVID-19 has decimated the energy sector it will disproportionately enfeeble the fossil fuel industry and embolden renewable energy. We can achieve decarbonization by electrifying the energy, transportation, manufacturing and industry. However, Matt also expressed concern that we will miss the opportunity.

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AGreenLiving

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. In 2019, they dropped 13 percent more.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2021

The combination of the hot weather and the increased energy running along wires go beyond what they were built to endure. America’s energy infrastructure scored a C-minus on the U.S. With the political will and urgency aligning, it’s important to get those improvements right. . All-electric HVAC systems are more efficient.

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Tangible research, development, and demonstration support for new energy technology was also included in the infrastructure bill. Gridlock is still a problem, but there is optimism as climate has risen in the US to become a top-tier political issue (as it is already in western Europe).

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2020

It is technologically and economically feasible for us to achieve this - and the Supreme Court has now affirmed that there is no legal basis for a lack of political will," she added. The process, which relies on sea water and lithium as fuel, is carbon free and its only biproduct is helium, an inert, non-toxic gas.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

APRIL 20, 2021

Managing Director | New Energy Nexus | Oakland, CA. New Energy Nexus is an international non-profit organization that supports clean energy entrepreneurs with funds, accelerators and networks. Our mission is to support diverse entrepreneurs to drive innovation and build equity in the global clean energy economy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2020

Critical metals, so-called because they are central to high-tech sectors, including green energy and defence industries, are also commonly found in the thermocouples of appliances that are used to heat or cool, such as stoves and fridges. The cost is just as great, if not greater, from an environmental perspective too.

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Business Green

JUNE 26, 2020

million European households, as well as creating two 'Energy Islands', which will both have enough capacity to generate 5GW of power. Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Dan Jørgensen, hailed a "historic day" for the country's climate action efforts. Australia mining trade body's net zero pledge incurs criticism.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

The technologies and solutions required to combat the climate crisis are ready, available and increasingly affordable, the report notes, highlighting the drastic cost reductions seen in solar, wind, and lithium-ion battery production over the last decade or so. It is vital that they recognise the lessons it contains.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Dylan White , and Sam Wong As countries around the world accelerate the transition to clean energy, the race to gain shares in the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing market is intensifying, with global sales of EVs rising 31% in 2023. [1] By Jean-Philippe Brisson , Jim Cole , Eli M. Katz , Qingyi Pan , Rob Thompson , J. Scenario 2.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The ensuing rush for lithium, cobalt, nickel and other materials to feed the growing demand for battery cars has in led to pollution and environmental damage , as well as political disputes between mining prospectors and local populations and in some instances allegations of human rights abuses.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Banks are also making more money from loans and underwriting to clean energy than to fossil fuels. One memorable headline read, “ Morgan Stanley Doubles Down on ESG Despite the Politics.” Other coverage of company action found plenty continuing their work on sustainability, even in states that are hostile to it.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

Whether it’s politically possible for the U.S. to meet the study’s assumptions of doubling its transmission network capacity and creating new interregional and cross-country links to shift clean energy from where it’s most efficiently generated to where it’s needed remains an open question.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Clean energy has the potential to usher a new era of geopolitics, one where the fortunes of nations are no longer bound up with their relationship with powerful petrostates and national economies are not beholden to oil and gas supply chains. How will they react as their main revenue streams are curtailed?

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

He is joined by Jed, the family’s farmhand and general purpose distributed energy resource mechanic. The lithium-ion cells burned out after seven years of daily cycling, so we turned our fire moat into the low reservoir for our residential pumped hydro system. Traveler: Why not switch to flow batteries when the lithium went bust?

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 16, 2021

Over the past decade, no major energy source has grown faster than solar power. According to the 2020 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity has grown at an average annual rate of over 42% over the past 10 years, translating into a doubling of global capacity every 1.7 energy infrastructure.

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Charged

MARCH 11, 2024

There’s much hand-wringing in the press these days about battery raw materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. Rare earths are used in nickel metal hydride batteries, but not really to a significant extent in lithium-ion batteries. Also from an energy security point of view. Q&A with MP Materials’ Matt Sloustcher.

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Clean Energy Trust

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

January Cleantech Roundup: Corporations Claim Their Carbon | How Public Chargers Influence Electric Vehicle Adoption | Investor Climate Initiatives Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. a real zinger to throw at a 16-year old.

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