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

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Through the JuiceNet platform, these facilities can be remotely controlled and aggregated for grid balancing purposes relying on unidirectional and bidirectional (vehicle-to-grid, V2G) electricity flows. The acquisition of eMotorWerks marks Enel’s entrance into the US electric mobility market.

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Start-Up MOBI LATAM partners with EnergyX to develop Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain

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Both companies will work towards creating a Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain to develop the region’s electric mobility market. Bolivia is lithium-rich; the USGS estimates identified lithium reserves in the country to be 21 million tons—ahead of Argentina and Chile, the other members of the “lithium triangle”.

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Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand

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If today’s demand for EVs is projected to 2050, the lithium requirements of the US EV market alone in 2050 would require triple the amount of lithium currently produced for the entire global market. The authors examined four cases of lithium mining: Argentina, Chile, the United States, and Portugal. Riofrancos et al.

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

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While other commodities are floundering or completely collapsing in this market, lithium—the critical mineral in the emerging battery gigafactory war—is poised to explode, and going forward Nevada is emerging as the front line in this pending American lithium boom. Tesla knows this, and so do its competitors.

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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Gridded street networks, on the other hand, promote efficient, dense urban form in Bolivia, Argentina and Peru. Their data showed that southeast Asia is now home to some of the most sprawling cities on the planet – —and sprawl is getting worse.

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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This translates into over 600,000 in PEV sales expected in 2018, creating a new level of demand for which the market will need two new lithium mines in operation to even begin to satiate. Electrical Grid Connections. Grid storage is designed on a variety of scales, each with a different price point. Demand Response: A Wild Ride.

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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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Electricity from the grid will most likely be used more and more to charge batteries for ship operations in ports, but also for propulsion. LNG bunkering for ships is currently only available in a number of places in Europe, Incheon (Korea) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) but the world’s bunkering grid is developing.