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BMW Group sourcing aluminum produced using solar energy from EGA

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Sourcing 43,000 tonnes of solar aluminum valued in the three-digit million euros will supply nearly half the annual requirements of the light metal foundry at Plant Landshut. In an electrified vehicle, CO 2 emissions from the use phase are much lower, but producing battery cells or aluminum is very energy-intensive.

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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 lander is made by several commercial partners: ispace has provided most of its design and structures, but Europe’s ArianeGroup supplied all of HAKUTO-R’s engines, plumbing, and propulsion hardware and was responsible for most of the final assembly process.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

Cars That Think

Global solar energy supplies are growing rapidly, with nearly 10 times as much solar capacity installed today as there was a decade ago. Inside the tower, molten salts are heated to 565 °C and flow down into storage tanks, turning water into steam to drive turbines. Dubai, United Arab Emirates The massive US $4.4

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

Cars That Think

Global solar energy supplies are growing rapidly, with nearly 10 times as much solar capacity installed today as there was a decade ago. Inside the tower, molten salts are heated to 565 °C and flow down into storage tanks, turning water into steam to drive turbines. Dubai, United Arab Emirates The massive US $4.4