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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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New project announcements have increased the resource under development to about 30,000 MW. In Nevada, NV Energy is looking to replace coal plants with 300 MW of renewable energy, including geothermal. GEA President Craig Mataczynski of Gradient Resources has challenged the industry to reach 5% of total US electricity production.

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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First, environmental plant closures in the raw material coal needle coke industry hampered the production of graphite electrodes. Syrah Resources jump-started the ROW graphite supply chain when it brought its Balama flake graphite project online in November 2017. ROW still far from developing a spherical graphite supply chain.

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