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US DFC approves $150M conditional loan commitment for Balama graphite mine in Mozambique

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The US Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC’s) Board of Directors approved the provision of up to $150 million in financing to Twigg Exploration and Mining—a wholly-owned subsidiary of Australia-based Syrah Resources Limited—to fund investments in the company’s graphite mining and processing operation in Balama, Mozambique.

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Hyundai Motor to establish hydrogen refueling station for fuel cell electric buses at Incheon Airport with partners, provide buses

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Hyundai Motor Company is partnering with Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC), Air Liquide Korea and Hydrogen Energy Network (HyNet) to establish a hydrogen refueling station for fuel cell electric buses at Incheon Airport’s Terminal 2 by March 2021. In September 2019, Hyundai and Cummins Inc. Hyundai fuel cell bus.

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PGM leader Sibanye-Stillwater enters battery metals sector through a partnership with and investment in lithium miner Keliber

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International precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater has entered into an investment agreement with Finnish lithium miner Keliber Oy. Based on a feasibility study completed in 2019 and improved in 2020, Keliber currently has 9.3 The project financing would include both a debt and equity component.

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thyssenkrupp Automotive pressing on with transformation of its powertrain business towards e-mobility

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The unit is currently one of the world’s leading suppliers of components for internal combustion, hybrid and electric powertrains. Starting out from traditional valve train systems for internal combustion engines, around ten years ago we started developing and industrializing new products for electric powertrains.

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BNEF: E-buses to surge even faster than EVs; supply of cobalt potential risk to the pace of growth

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The latest long-term forecast from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) shows sales of electric vehicles (EVs) increasing from a record 1.1 million worldwide last year to 11 million in 2025, and then surging to 30 million in 2030 as they establish cost advantage over internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. and 17% in Japan.

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Soteria BIG licenses ORNL Li-ion battery safety technology

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Combining the technology with Soteria’s own current collector technology was selected in 2019 for a $750,000 DOE Technology Commercialization Fund project, “Li-on batteries with Safer Current Collectors,” with support from the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Vehicle Technologies Office.

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2020 Keeling Curve Prize application period open; transportation and mobility category

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of the International Institute for Environment and Development; Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D., Winners of the 2018 and 2019 Keeling Curve Prize are listed here. Keeling Curve Prize finalists and winners are chosen by a panel of climate scientists, public policy experts, and researchers, including Achala Abeysinghe, Ph.D.,

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