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: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 02:20:53 +0000
Oliver Gunasekara, CEO and co-founder of Impossible Mining, recently sat down with me to share a bit about the company and what inspired him to take on the critical metals, EV batter materials, and mining industry. This is part one of our interview. In this part, we discuss: Reinventing The Mining Industry Inspired By The […]
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: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 19:10:53 +0000
The next Tesla factory may be in Indonesia.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 03:47:27 +0000
There is enough nickel and lithium to meet the world’s electric car needs, but Europe’s policymakers must do more to shore up supplies of sustainably sourced clean-energy metals.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:28:10 +0000
LFP batteries are Tesla’s response to raw materials shortages.
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 […]