Remove Batteries Remove Companies Remove United Arab Emirates Remove Water
article thumbnail

BMW Group sourcing aluminum produced using solar energy from EGA

Green Car Congress

This is equivalent to about 3% of the CO 2 targets the company has set for its supplier network. In an electrified vehicle, CO 2 emissions from the use phase are much lower, but producing battery cells or aluminum is very energy-intensive. million tonnes of CO 2 emissions over the next ten years.

BMW 395
article thumbnail

Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ national oil companies plan to extract lithium from brine in their oilfields, in line with efforts to diversify their economies and profit from the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), three sources told Reuters.

article thumbnail

SpaceX set to launch Japanese Moon lander, NASA ice surveyor cubesat

Teslarati

Perhaps more importantly, ispace has the opportunity to become the first company in history to successfully land a privately-developed spacecraft on the Moon, a milestone that would arguably mark the start of a new era of lunar exploration. Targeting Wednesday, November 30 at 3:39 a.m.

article thumbnail

Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

Cars That Think

Inside the tower, molten salts are heated to 565 °C and flow down into storage tanks, turning water into steam to drive turbines. It's like a big battery of molten salt instead of lithium," said Fernando Gonzalez , CEO of Cerro Dominador. A 30-kilowatt, 42-square-meter aperture production unit is in development. It's flexible.

article thumbnail

Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

Cars That Think

Inside the tower, molten salts are heated to 565 °C and flow down into storage tanks, turning water into steam to drive turbines. It's like a big battery of molten salt instead of lithium," said Fernando Gonzalez , CEO of Cerro Dominador. A 30-kilowatt, 42-square-meter aperture production unit is in development. It's flexible.