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Renault Group and Managem Group sign agreement for sustainable supply of Moroccan cobalt

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Renault Group and Managem Group , a Moroccan player in the mining and hydrometallurgy sector, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at securing the supply of low-carbon and responsible cobalt sulfate for electric batteries. billion from 2025 and a target of €3 billion.

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ZF signs multi-year supply agreement with STMicroelectronics for silicon carbide devices for new inverters

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ST will manufacture the silicon carbide chips at its production fabs in Italy and Singapore with packaging of the chips into STPAK, an ST-developed advanced package, and testing at its back-end facilities in Morocco and China. The inverter manages the flow of energy in electric drivetrains from battery to e-motor and vice versa.

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The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector just came online

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High wind generation outputs in the UK and Denmark are unlikely to happen simultaneously, so surplus energy will be transmitted through the interconnector to where the level of demand is higher. The new Viking Link electricity interconnector has a capacity of 1.4 gigawatts (GW) and stretches for 475 miles under land and sea.

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Skeleton Technologies joins Flying Whales program to develop next generation of heavy-lift, large-capacity airships

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We’re designing the LCA60T to transport logging timber from remote locations, but that also means being able to deliver large items like wind turbines or electricity pylons in one piece to the side of a mountain, for example. For that purpose Morocco will become the “third parent country” of Flying Whales.

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Second evolution of Audi RS Q e-tron features all-new body, enhanced aerodynamics, more efficient drivetrain

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The innovative prototype, bearing the abbreviation E2, is significantly improved for the 2022 Morocco Rally and the 2023 Dakar Rally. In October, Team Audi Sport will prepare for the 2023 Dakar Rally with the new prototype in Morocco. RS Q e-tron E2. The body is completely new and features significantly enhanced aerodynamics.

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Elcora acquires vanadium sites in quest to further position in battery technologies

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which includes ten (10) Vanadium licenses/concessions sites in Morocco. This strategic acquisition supports Elcora’s plan to enhance both its mining and energy storage solutions by adding additional markets related to battery technologies. Elcora Advanced Materials has acquired STE ERMAZONE.A.R.L, —Troy Grant, Elcora CEO.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF). Source: BNEF.

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