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Nickel & the Cleantech Revolution — Plus Alaska Energy Metals’ Role in US Energy Independence

January 24, 2025 admin alaska, batteries, battery metals, battery minerals, clean power, clean transport, cobalt, Copper, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery materials, green economy, investment, iron, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, nickel, platinum, Solar energy, Sponsored, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:54:09 +0000

The electric vehicle revolution is genuinely in full swing, with almost one out of every 4 new vehicles having a plug in 2024. The core element of that revolution is the batteries, and the essence of those batteries is a handful of metals. So, the most critical conundrum is how … [continued]

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Critical Minerals Global Expert Optimistic About Supply

January 24, 2025 admin Australia, battery materials, battery metals, battery minerals, carbon emissions, China, climate change, Copper, Europe, ev batteries, ev battery materials, green economy, green jobs, investment, lithium, Manufacturing, Mining, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:52:51 +0000

Late in 2024 I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the world’s leading experts on critical minerals, Gavin Mudd, director of the centre for critical minerals intelligence at the British Geological Survey. The second half of the conversation included a great deal on why we’re both optimistic … [continued]

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EV Battery Material Shortages by 2030? Which Ones?

December 29, 2024 admin batteries, battery metals, battery minerals, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery materials, lfp batteries, lithium-ion batteries, mckinsey & company, nmc batteries

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:21:52 +0000

Electric vehicle sales keep growing, and quite fast. Year over year, gas car sales have been going down and electric car sales have been going up. The transition is underway. But there are periods of faster growth and periods of slower growth. When growth is slower than expected, that can … [continued]

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Salton Sea Lithium Researchers Win Award for Societal Impact

December 22, 2024 admin batteries, battery metals, battery minerals, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery materials, geothermal lithium, geothermal technologies office, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), lithium, lithium-ion batteries, policy & politics, research, Salton Sea, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 02:55:05 +0000

If electric cars are the cars of the future (and they are), then batteries are sort of the gasoline of the future (well, really, they should be considered the gas tanks of the future … but gas tanks aren’t nearly as valuable, technical, or worth discussing). What’s in those batteries … [continued]

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Solaris to Deliver First EU Battery Passport–Compliant Buses

December 21, 2024 admin batteries, battery metals, battery minerals, battery passports, clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, ev battery materials, lithium-ion batteries, mass transit / public transit, solaris, solaris urbino, Sweden

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:44:08 +0000

Berlin’s BVG transit system has received the world’s first series-produced electric bus with a battery passport: the Solaris Urbino 18 electric. In a press statement, Solaris said the deliveries put BVG three years ahead of EU regulations, which will require a battery passport in all electric vehicles starting in 2027. … [continued]

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