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Enel acquires eMotorWerks to provide grid balancing solutions and tap into US e-mobility market

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—Francesco Venturini, Head of Enel’s Global e-Solutions division. Enel is planning to use JuiceNet platform’s functions in all of its EV charging stations globally. Enel has installed around 5,000 charging stations in Italy, Spain, Romania, Greece, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

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Toyota Tsusho to acquire 15% stake in lithium miner Orocobre for US$232 million

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Toyota Tsusho and Orocobre have been long-term partners in the development of the Salar de Olaroz Lithium Facility in Jujuy Province in northern Argentina, a lithium brine project, which was brought into successful production in 2014. Demand growth to date has seen the lithium price more than doubled in the past few years.

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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

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Most of the world’s lithium comes from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Australia and China, but American resources being developed by new entrants into this market have set up the state of Nevada to become the key venue and proving ground for game-changing trade in this everyday mineral.

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DNV GL paper suggests near-term success for LNG in shipping; alternative fuel mix to diversify over time

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DNV GL has released a position paper on the future alternative fuel mix for global shipping. The global merchant fleet currently consumes around 330 million tonnes of fuel annually, 80-85 per cent of which is residual fuel with high sulfur content. Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternative fuels. Source: DNV GL.

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Evidence from glacier ice: Until it was banned, leaded gasoline dominated the anthropogenic lead emissions in South America

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The introduction of leaded gasoline in the 1920s initiated a period of unabated growth in the global emissions of Pb. While the lead isotope ratios agree with those in the rock of local mines (brown) prior to 1960, they correspond to those of urban air samples in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil (green) after 1960. Click to enlarge.

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Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

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Second, recent global efficiency standards for passenger vehicles, international freight, and domestic freight present significant changes from decades of stagnation in efficiency. Gorelick (2013) Peak Oil Demand: The Role of Fuel Efficiency and Alternative Fuels in a Global Oil Production Decline. —Brandt et al.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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While 80% of EV drivers globally charge their EV at home which can be done from inside your garage or carport with appropriate safety in place, there is still a need for public charging infrastructure. 40% of our energy comes from renewable sources, such as hydro, geothermal and wind. In 2021, Global EV purchases jumped to 6.6