Other Cleantech News of the Week
Other cleantech news from around from the past week or so, stuff that didn’t fit into my other five categories too well — politics, solar energy, wind energy, transportation, and energy efficiency.
rare-earth metals
Clean Transportation Link Drop
Some of the best or biggest clean transportation news from the past week (other than what we covered): Road Trains This is actually an idea my dad had a few years ago. I figured at that time someone was probably working on it, but had never heard of such a … [continued]
U.S. Risks Running into Rare Earth Metal Supply Problems, China Controls 97% of Market
The United States may run into major supply disruptions of rare earth metals, metals which are used in many clean tech products (i.e. wind turbines, electric vehicles, and solar cells), unless it finds a way to diversify where it gets these minerals from, according to a report being released today … [continued]
U.S.-China Trade War on the Horizon? I Sure Hope Not
Jeremy Bloom of Red, Green and Blue wrote an excellent piece this week on a possible trade war between China and the U.S. (which our own Susan Kraemer also had a good story on this week), the complexity of rare-earth-metal mining and export, and the risk of a clean energy … [continued]
Decline of Rare Earth Metals Used In Clean Tech Might Compromise Future Innovations
Rare earth metals are a key component in the clean technologies of today, with elements like neodymium, lanthanum, dysprosium essential to the creation of hybrid and full-electric vehicles produced by Toyota in the Prius line of vehicles and their competitors in the green car market, as well as for use … [continued]
