Smart Energy International

JANUARY 7, 2024

Have you read? Form Energy will use the grant funds to develop and operate the project, and PG&E will provide the land and an interconnection point at the substation site.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 18, 2020

An electric vehicle is a useful tool that would allow us to start controlling CO2 emissions and other pollutants produced by transport activity. The production of batteries, the key element of electric cars, involves the extraction of materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, or copper.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It’s part of Google’s plan to run on carbon pollution-free electricity around the clock by 2030. To reach that goal, it’ll have to get more sources of clean energy online. And it sees geothermal as a key part of the future electricity mix that can fill in whenever wind and solar energy wane. “If

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Green Living Guy

JULY 26, 2022

Lithium-ion batteries are perhaps the most critical components of EVs, enabling these cars to operate efficiently. […]. The benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) have grown more evident in recent years, from greater fuel economy to significantly reduced transportation emissions.

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Charged

AUGUST 3, 2021

generation liquid electrolytes, lithium-sulfur and lithium-air battery cells, high power density inverters and energy-efficient mobility systems technologies. The full list of the projects describes the research goals and lists the federal funding amounts. Research areas include next?generation

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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. Dr Gavin Harper, Faraday Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, is lead author on the paper.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

They also damage the environment as they are most likely to end up in landfill where they will decay, release toxic metals, increase the risk of water pollution and cause potential onsite fires at landfill sites or waste plants. This will recover valuable materials, keep resources in use for longer and reduces pollution.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

For every car on our roads to be zero emission by 2050, just under double the current total annual world cobalt production, 75% of the world’s lithium production and at least 50% of the world’s copper production would be required. The mining process also causes terrible pollution in local rivers. Lithium mining. Cobalt mining.

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Charged

APRIL 26, 2024

A team from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology has used a formic acid-hydrogen peroxide system for selective leaching of lithium ions from spent lithium iron phosphate batteries. Under these conditions, the extent of lithium leaching reaches 99.9%, while iron leaching is only 0.05%. Source: Green Car Congress

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Charged

AUGUST 2, 2023

Through its subsidiary, Yulho Materials, the company collects and processes battery manufacturing scrap and spent lithium-ion batteries into black mass —the mixture of lithium, nickel, cobalt and other valuable battery materials that Aqua Metals’ process is designed to recover.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Companies interested in this process cover a range of technologies, including pumped hydro, gravity-based, compressed air and flow batteries, as well as current market leader lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries have absolutely dominated new storage construction in recent years.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

The new 18-tonne and 26-tonne trucks will be powered by 100% recyclable lithium-ion batteries, rather than diesel, and will help with the continued reduction of air pollution in the City. Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health with up to 36,000 people dying prematurely every year in the UK. “We

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“With transportation emissions responsible for a quarter of Canada’s carbon pollution, and personal vehicles making up around half of that, EVs are vital for fighting climate change and protecting the health of Canadians. More than 15,300 premature deaths each year in Canada are linked to air pollution.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 4, 2022

Of the two, transportation is expected to register higher growth owing to soaring sales of battery-operated electric vehicles, which help to keep vehicular pollution in check, and expanding railway networks. Vehicle pollution as a market driver. This, in turn, has boosted the sales of energy storage systems.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Of the myths tested, the one with the most widespread buy-in was: “Mass adoption of EVs swaps one problem (pollution from oil and gas) with another (lithium and cobalt mining, dead batteries).” All respondents were homeowners over 18, and they represented a variety of ages, genders and regions.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Long-duration energy storage -- five hours or more -- is a crucial piece in the world's transition away from polluting fossil fuels toward renewable energy resources. The company also inked a massive 2 GWh deal with SB Energy and reached an agreement to supply Enel Green Power with 17 battery systems in Spain.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 2, 2020

The world is in transition between a lead-acid battery past, and a future in which lithium-ion batteries are poised to supplant lead-acid batteries and to displace increasing volumes of transportation fuels. Lead-Acid Versus Lithium-Ion. Exide’s struggles will likely benefit the lithium-ion sector.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

For decades, many mining activities have caused acid runoff into essential water and food sources, noise and air pollution, and even the uprooting of native communities. A car or computer has dozens of mined materials including cobalt, lithium, copper, gold and zinc. The supply chain is extremely lengthy and confusing. "In

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Also of interest is new debt financing for 80 microgrids in India and a successful Series A for Silicon Anode Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, aiming to bolster the market in Europe. ESG for utilities: decarbonisation on the up. The 80 solar microgrids will benefit an estimated 60,000 people and connect 10,000 new customers.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Department of Energy (US DOE) has published the results of a study done by the Lawrence Berkey National Laboratory quantifying the domestic lithium resources from the geothermal brine in the Salton Sea region in California. resource of lithium due to the brine-hosted lithium in the deep subsurface geothermal reservoir.

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Charged

JUNE 22, 2021

The all-electric TRU achieves zero emissions by using a high-efficiency refrigeration system powered by roof-mounted solar photovoltaic panels, a “wheel-momentum generator,” lithium-ion batteries, and an auxiliary power unit that eliminates the requirement for a diesel generator to power the refrigeration system.

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Charged

OCTOBER 7, 2019

A grant from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (aka Valley Air) will cover half of the $30.8-million Frito-Lay plans to make its Modesto, California manufacturing site, one of the company’s largest in the US, a “near zero-emission freight facility.”. million cost of the project.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

Other drivers include the rising use of energy storage systems based on lithium-ion batteries and use of grid energy storage solutions. Additional drivers include the modernisation of the grid, represented by novel technologies such as smart grids where batteries aid in the capabilities of such technology.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2021

Some kinds of water pollution, such as algal blooms and plastics that foul rivers, lakes, and marine environments, lie in plain sight. Wang managed to crack these problems — based on her investigation of the behavior of graphene foam used for lithium-sulfur batteries. Image credit: CORE-Materials , CC BY-SA 2.0

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Plastics recycling, especially for mixed and contaminated plastics, remains a major pollution concern. At the same time but seemingly unrelatedly, we need more plentiful and sustainable sources of graphene (useful for everything from solar cells to battery storage) and graphite (a key component of lithium-ion batteries).

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

million – To develop, design and construct two stand-alone energy storage systems and perform field demonstrations of a six-hour zinc hybrid cathode energy storage system in New York City to help demonstrate that zinc hybrid technology is economically competitive with lithium-ion. JC Solutions, LLC dba RCAM Technologies – $1.2

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Applying machine learning techniques to data on the condition of lithium-ion batteries during their charging and discharging cycles, the scientists at Idaho National Laboratory report predicting lifetimes and the ways that different designs would eventually fail, which could then be fed back to identify and optimise new charging protocols.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The first prototype unit is now up and running, powered by lithium-ion battery modules extracted from a MINI Electric development vehicle. Off Grid said it expects this to be the first of many similar opportunities, using high tech know how to prolong the life of previously used batteries for the long term benefit of the environment.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 17, 2020

It sends an important signal that the federal government doesn’t intend to back away from its climate plan, but rather is inclined to orient relief, and we hope, subsequent stimulus efforts, towards activities that are aligned with their climate commitments and will reduce pollution. So it is good to see $1.7

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Lithium-ion battery pack prices have for the first time dropped under the $100 per kWh threshold widely regarded to be the price point required where electric vehicles (EVs) will be able match the upfront cost of fossil fuel vehicles, according to BloombergNEF.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

These changes could allow the bank to lend money towards not only supporting some of the world's least developed countries, but increasingly also to highly-polluting middle-income locations, using climate vulnerability as a key consideration in its borrowing criteria, according to the news site.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

ESS utilizes iron flow technology, as opposed to lithium-ion battery storage, to provide storage of 4-12 hours. Long-duration storage is seen as the Holy Grail of the energy world right now-- a crucial piece in the world's transition away from polluting fossil fuels toward renewable energy resources. NYSE) October 11, 2021. billion.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Brausch for The Verge Homeowners who want to reduce their carbon footprint by getting rid of polluting appliances have the US government’s full support. The pollution from using a gas heater was also a major concern. Illustration by Nico H. Not so with apartment dwellers. It was a great work-from-home spot,” Spears said.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Utilities operating fossil-fueled power plants, and the low-income and disadvantaged communities that face the brunt of their pollution, may have a new model for resolving their differences. ” Balancing health and reliability.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Unfortunately, our current transportation systems don’t seem to have a path to a pollution-free world. In fact, the transportation sector remains to be one of the most polluting bodies we have right now. This transportation option runs solely on electric power stored on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 25, 2021

Burns & McDonnell said on Monday that it was selected by LG Energy Solution and Sustainable Environmental Renewable (SER) Capital Partners to provide engineer-procure-construct (EPC) services for three 10-MW/20-MWh lithium-ion, stand-alone battery energy storage systems. The three facilities are located in the West Texas region.

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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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