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BMW Group sourcing aluminum produced using solar energy from EGA

Green Car Congress

In an electrified vehicle, CO 2 emissions from the use phase are much lower, but producing battery cells or aluminum is very energy-intensive. The BMW Group has therefore already agreed with suppliers for its current fifth-generation battery cells that they will only use green power for producing battery cells.

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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.

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

Teslarati

The way the surface reflects that laser light will allow the spacecraft to prospect for water ice deposits that could one day be mined and converted into rocket propellant. .” SERIES-2 will be developed out of ispace’s US branch instead of its Japanese headquarters.

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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. Dubai, United Arab Emirates The massive US $4.4 It's flexible.

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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. Dubai, United Arab Emirates The massive US $4.4 It's flexible.