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Indonesia’s massive metals build-out is felling the forest for batteries – ET Auto

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Where trees once grew, there are dusty warehouses, mountains of black coal and water that runs silty brown. Fiery smelters and multiple coal-fired power plants burn nonstop to refine nickel ore into material for batteries and steel. ” The waste from coal power plants was another problem, he said.

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EPA: US greenhouse gases up 2% in 2013; increased coal consumption, cool winter

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The increase from 2012 to 2013 was due to an increase in the carbon intensity of fuels consumed to generate electricity due to an increase in coal consumption, with decreased natural gas consumption, according to the report. Total US emissions have increased by 5.9% from 1990 to 2013. Data Explorer. Climate Change Emissions'

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Government to launch roadmap for electric mobility R&D on July 16 – ET Auto

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To attain energy independence by 2047, India has to be self dependent for its value chain, and need to curb its import of petroleum and coal. He was earlier heading the electric mobility division of Ashok Leyland. Dr. Jabez Dhinagar, Senior Vice President, OLA Electric Ltd. India has recorded crude oil import of 232.5

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Lawrence Livermore publishes state-by-state energy/water Sankey diagrams

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Some water resources also flow up to energy resources (petroleum, biomass, natural gas, and coal). coal, natural gas, geothermal and nuclear) into electricity. Hydropower: The gravitational potential energy of water which fell as precipitation on elevated land is converted to electricity in hydroelectric turbines.

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EPA annual GHG report shows emissions from power plants declined 10% from 2010 due to growing use of natural gas

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This is due to a switch from coal to natural gas for electricity generation and a slight decrease in electricity production. The data are also published through EnviroFacts, which allows the public to download data for further analyses.

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Battery recycling shatters the myth of EV waste – ET Auto

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Making a battery for an electric vehicle typically requires mining hundreds of pounds of hard-to-extract minerals. Clean electricity matters Fully assessing when an EV hits its breakeven point depends on the source of electricity used for battery manufacturing and charging the vehicle.

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Indonesia’s Antam to start building new nickel smelter, HPAL plant in 2025 – ET Auto

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The projects are part of Antam’s deal with CBL to develop an “ecosystem” to produce materials used in batteries for electric vehicles (EV), and part of Indonesia’s bigger ambition to set up itself as a production hub for EVs. Most nickel processing facilities in Indonesia are currently powered by coal.