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Northvolt postpones planned 60GWh battery production

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Northvolt has announced that the ongoing European energy crisis is forcing them to postpone battery production at the company’s new facility in Germany; it is now considering U.S. battery production instead. According to Reuters , the company’s new plan is to focus on starting battery production in the United States.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Mini Cooper S

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When BMW bought the Rover Group in 1994, the original Mini (which began production by the British Motor Corporation in 1959) was still being built. They're cheap, quick enough to be fun, and junkyard parts are plentiful. Here's an '07 Cooper S model in a Colorado yard. There is a lot of room in here, huh?

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OneD, Koch Modular partner to scale up silicon-graphite EV anode materials – ET Auto

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Over the last decade, Chinese suppliers have flooded the market for polysilicon – high-purity silicon – market with cheap supplies, making new U.S. production uneconomical, Koch Modular president George Schlowsky told Reuters. Koch Modular, minority-owned by U.S. silane plant a viable option.

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Tesla flooded with new invitations from Mexican States vying to host automaker

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border, has historically hosted numerous industrial giants such as Siemens and Caterpillar, and seemed to even be in talks with the American automaker on where to place its new production facility specifically. Veracruz noted that it had an abundant supply of water and cheap electricity , thanks to Mexico’s only nuclear power plant.

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Baker Institute expert: crude-oil production increase a risky strategy for Saudi Arabia

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A number of factors are pushing Saudi Arabia to raise its crude-oil production capacity, but the wide range of potential outcomes suggests that such an increase is a risky strategy for the kingdom and the global environment, according to a new article by an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

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The alarmingly large η charging indicates severe kinetic bottlenecks in gas-evolving solid products (for example, Li 2 O and Li 2 O 2 ) being dynamically dismantled during charging. Overall, the new battery system is “ very scalable, cheap, and much safer ” than lithium-air batteries, Li says. V in O x− (condensed phase) → O 2 (gas).

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KTH team develops new cost-effective water-splitting electrocatalyst for H2 production

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The new catalyst also offers a competitive, cheap alternative to catalysts that rely on more expensive, precious materials, such as iridium oxide (IrO 2 ) or ruthenium oxide (RuO 2 ). The new material, composed of common earth-abundant elements, could help change the economics of large-scale hydrogen fuel production.

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