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Roskill forecasts demand for neodymium for magnets to result in supply deficit; substitutions by 2021

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However, Roskill also projects that, driven by rapidly increasing demand for neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets (used in traction motors among other applications), neodymium will fall into deficit in 2016, although demand will initially be met by the drawdown of stocks. Global NEV production could rise by 3.5-4.0

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BMW Group enters long-term €2B supply contract with Northvolt for battery cells from Europe

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Northvolt will obtain 100% of the energy needed to produce the battery cells regionally in northern Sweden and exclusively from wind and hydroelectric power. The BMW Group recognised Northvolt’s potential and expertise early: In mid-2018, the BMW Group entered a cooperation to develop battery cells with the company formed in 2016.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. mpg by 2016.

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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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Bonanza Producciones Students require knowledge and skills to compete in a rapidly evolving global workforce. The students have fared well, placing third in the hardware competition in 2016 and 2018, winning the 2017 student paper competition, and garnering third place in the 2019 open hardware contest.

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LeMond Composites licenses ORNL low-cost carbon fiber manufacturing process; transportation, renewable energy, & infrastructure

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ORNL began accepting license applications in March 2016. Jackson and several of her ORNL teammates joined LeMond Composites in 2016. Growing demand from the automotive industry is due in large part to the global push to increase the fuel economy of nearly every vehicle produced. —Greg LeMond.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.

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BMW i4 EV’s debut at the Geneva Auto Show gets cancelled by COVID-19!

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Featuring unique lightweight carbon-fibre technologies, the i3 was manufactured at BMW’s stunning new hightech Leipzig plant, which uses its own wind turbines to power the factory. The i3 ranked third among all-electric cars sold worldwide from 2014 to 2016. The car’s sleek, rakish styling fuses with impressive power and range.

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