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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., of global and 17% of European reserves.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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A transmission network contains webs of connections, which create a reliable, redundant power-supply system of massive scale. At any given time, thousands of power plants supply just enough energy to transmission networks to meet demand. Fourth, interregional lines threaten utility companies’ dominance over the nation’s power supply.

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

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Perhaps most importantly, though, they’re essential components of the permanent magnets used in the motors of most electric vehicles and many appliances, and also in the generators in most wind turbines. Department of Defense and other agencies to assess the vulnerabilities of critical US supply chains, including those for rare earths.

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