ChatGPT generated panoramic illustration of a geothermal energy site in California’s Imperial Valley, with a drilling rig, pipelines, and a power plant under a desert sky
The Hell’s Kitchen project in Imperial County, California, has attracted attention because it brings together two ambitions in one place. Controlled Thermal Resources is building a facility that would generate geothermal electricity while also extracting lithium from the same brine. The plan is to deliver 25,000 tons per year of … [continued]
Pure Lithium Corporation, a disruptive Boston-based, vertically integrated lithium metal battery technology company, is pleased to announce a strategic agreement with Kingston Process Metallurgy (KPM) to collaboratively scale, design, construct, and commission Pure Lithium’s proprietary pilot-scale lithium metal anode production reactor. Pure Lithium is advancing battery technology with a lithium … [continued]
Pure Lithium Corporation, a disruptive Boston-based vertically integrated lithium metal battery technology company, announces that Kenneth Hoffman (CFA, CIM) will join the company as a Special Advisor, leveraging his vast experience across the battery value chain to advance our drive towards full commercialization. Mr. Hoffman, who was previously Global Head … [continued]
A recent study in China shows that pregnant women in Beijing have a LOT more lithium in their systems than women in other Chinese cities. While it’s natural for everyone to have some lithium in their systems from natural food and water sources, the levels can only be explained by … [continued]
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is committed to helping Australian companies ascend the value chain in battery materials. Australia has vast mineral resources to supply to battery manufacturers, but to date is only just starting to initiate value-added processes. To spur development, ARENA has recently committed AU$30 million to … [continued]
The battery-grade lithium producer Stardust Power is leveraging renewable energy to set up shop in Oklahoma...if it survives the Trump chopping block, that is.
The battery-grade lithium producer Stardust Power is leveraging renewable energy to set up shop in Oklahoma…if it survives the Trump chopping block, that is.
a) Before Li extraction; b after Li extraction; c after Li release. From left to right: TEM image of FePO4 particle, Fe Energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) elemental mapping, Na EDX elemental mapping, and Li Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) elemental mapping (the color bar legend is only for Li elements).
Lithium extraction from alternate sources is crucial for the renewable energy transition and resource independence in countries such as the United States. Researchers continue to discover methods to obtain efficient and ecologically sound lithium. In partnership with other organizations, researchers at George Washington University have created a novel technique for … [continued]
ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a big mine with critical mineral symbols floating in the air overhead
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]
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]
The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program has been stimulating, funding, and supporting early-stage energy technologies and companies for several years now, since it was formed in 2009 under the Obama administration. From cutting-edge batteries to next-gen solar, ARPA-E aims to be ahead of the curve … [continued]
