Nickel-Mining Plants To Juice EV Battery Supply Chain
A new, plant-based source of nickel could help spare the EV battery supply chain from the burden of environmental impacts related to mining.
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“Hibernating” Energy Storage Solves Seasonal Power Generation Problem
Fossil energy stakeholders continue to cast doubt upon the power of renewable energy to transform the global economy, but their grip on reality is loosening with every new development in the clean tech field. The large-scale energy storage field provides a good example. Just a few years ago battery life … [continued]
Rare Minerals in Batteries? Greener, Friendlier Alternatives Already in Use — RMI Reality Check
© 2021 Rocky Mountain Institute. Published with permission. Originally posted on RMI Outlet. By Amory Lovins The Myth For years, commentators have been handwringing about the extraction practices, environmental and social harms, and corporate ownership of mining operations that contribute to clean energy technology, with a focus on cobalt, rare … [continued]
$120 Million “Manhattan Project” To Avert Critical Materials Shortage
Dysprosium, terbium, europium, neodymium and yttrium: if you can’t pronounce them that’s okay, all you need to know is that the near-term supply of these five rare earth metals is on shaky ground, just when they have been emerging as critical materials that the U.S. depends on to develop … [continued]
Supply Risks for 16 Materials Key to Clean Energy Technologies
Rare earth metals and other raw materials are critical to continuing the transition to a clean energy economy. In its “2011 Critical Materials” report, the DOE identifies and assesses the importance of 16 key clean energy raw materials and plots them against supply risk over short and medium-term scenarios.
