article thumbnail

Groundbreaking on new BMW Group high-voltage battery assembly plant in South Carolina

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group broke ground for a new high-voltage battery assembly plant in Woodruff, South Carolina. The BMW Group is particularly focused on keeping the carbon footprint and consumption of resources for production as low as possible, starting in the supply chain. The high-voltage battery assembly basically requires no water.

article thumbnail

Johnson Controls opens automotive battery recycling facility in Florence, South Carolina

Green Car Congress

has opened its $150-million Florence Recycling Center for automotive batteries in Florence, South Carolina. Department of Natural Resources Stewardship Program, and storm water management. Johnson Controls, Inc. Earlier post.)

article thumbnail

BMW Group to source lower CO2 aluminum from Rio Tinto in Canada from 2024

Green Car Congress

The planned supply volumes will be used exclusively in vehicle production at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, in body components such as the hood, for example. As a further contribution to resource conservation, recycled content will be mixed in with the end product to potentially reach up to 50% secondary material.

BMW 218
article thumbnail

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

Green Car Congress

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

Water 150
article thumbnail

3 Duke Energy subsidiaries plead guilty to 9 criminal violations of Clean Water Act; $102M settlement

Green Car Congress

Approximately 108 million tons of coal ash are currently held in coal ash basins owned and operated by the defendants in North Carolina. Duke Energy Corporation subsidiaries also operate facilities with coal ash basins in South Carolina (approximately 5.99 million tons of coal ash); Kentucky (approximately 1.5

article thumbnail

UGA study links heavy-metal contamination to antibiotic resistance

Green Car Congress

Thomas IV, an alumnus of the College of Public Health and the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, found commonalities in soils contaminated with heavy metals on the US Department of Energy's Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. When you expose the sample to a drug on a petri dish or assay, it only represents a fraction.

article thumbnail

PNNL study finds algal oil could replace 17% of US petroleum oil imports

Green Car Congress

The study also found that shows that water use for algae cultivation is much less if algae are grown in the US regions that have the sunniest and most humid climates: the Gulf Coast, the Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes. The paper is published in the journal Water Resources Research. gallons of water per mile driven.

Oil 281