Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 06:10:39 +0000
By James Morton Turner, an environmental studies professor at Wellesley College and author of the forthcoming book “Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future.” He published the lead op-ed in the journal Science’s special climate change issue last month (June 24, 2022).
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 03:10:29 +0000
Lithium-ion batteries are the most popular battery in use today. First commercialized in 1991, their cost has declined by a remarkable 97 percent over the last three decades, enabling the rapid growth of mobile phones, laptops, and, more recently, electric cars. Global demand for the batteries is projected to increase dramatically by the end of this decade, […]
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 03:57:09 +0000
An overview of electric vehicle battery materials, supply chains, key challenges, and current federal government actions.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:12:29 +0000
The timeline of a transition to a new technology can be seen as a series of constraints — obstacles that temporarily prevent the new technology from displacing the old. These obstacles aren’t always technological — sometimes they have to do with economic or social factors. Of course, to the croakers and boo-birds of the world, every […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 19:12:31 +0000
The Metals Company and Allseas have announced the successful deepwater commissioning of its riser pipe and jumper hose. These tools are designed to lift polymetallic nodules from the seafloor to the surface. The nodules typically fit inside the palm of your hand (they sent me one in 2020 as a sample back when they were […]
Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 02:24:41 +0000
In this article, I’m going to highlight a truly outstanding YouTube channel, “The Limiting Factor,” and in particular, a recent video summarizing the battery news that came out of Tesla’s recent 1st quarter earnings call. This 80-minute video has enough material to make about 10 articles, but I’m going to highlight 3 related points that […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 19:11:32 +0000
In its 2021 Impact Report, Tesla announced that it visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Argentina in order to assess both environmental and societal risks. Tesla said that it has taken steps to complete social and environmental risk assessments by visiting both the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Argentina. You may remember […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:15:51 +0000
While CleanTechnica has many readers, it would be fair to say that we aren’t a random cross-section of the general population. Our extra interest in clean technologies, on the part of both readers and on the part of people who write here, sets us apart. Sometimes, it’s important to take a look at what everyone […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 11:40:01 +0000
We don’t need nickel from Russia. There is a critical need for nickel and other EV battery metals worldwide, but we don’t need to get it from Russia. In March 2022, Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas shared worries about Russia’s outsized role in the nickel supply chain for EVs. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau then discussed the note […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:23:11 +0000
With the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), demand for materials used to produce batteries is expected to increase dramatically. Aside from the lithium needed to produce modern lithium-ion batteries, much attention is focused on the cost of the materials used for EV battery cathode production. Cobalt is an important ingredient in lithium-ion battery cathode production, […]