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India enters Argentina’s lithium market with INR 200 cr investment, eyes on rich lithium reserves – ET Auto

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Argentina is part of the “Lithium Triangle” along with Chile and Bolivia with more than half of the world’s total lithium resources and having the distinction of having 2nd largest lithium resources. Ruben Dusso, Catamarca’s Minister of Mines Marcelo Murua, and the Indian High Commissioner to Argentina Dinesh Bhatia.

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

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Sankey diagrams can be used to frame important discussions around energy and material resources, use and disposition. Some water resources also flow up to energy resources (petroleum, biomass, natural gas, and coal). coal, natural gas, geothermal and nuclear) into electricity.

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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CMU county-level study shows plug-ins have larger or smaller lifecycle GHG than gasoline ICE depending on regional factors

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They then estimated the energy consumption rate for each vehicle based on Argonne’s Downloadable Dynamometer Database (D 3 ) temperature-controlled chamber vehicle test data together with information on temperature, drive cycle, and VMT patterns for each county. —Yuksel et al.

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CMU/DAI study finds shutting down US nuclear plants would have significant negative economic and environmental consequences

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Shifting from nuclear to other types of power plants could affect the reliability of the electricity supply, electricity costs, air pollution, carbon emissions, and the reliance on fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, the researchers said. The calculated cost of generation with the new mix of plants was a lower bound.

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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

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Last Thursday afternoon your Creative Greenius took yet another step on my journey to employ my professional skills, talents and resources for greater green good and not just to line my own pockets. Click Here to Download a PDF copy of my presentation ).

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NREL: battery second use offsets EV expense, improves grid stability; recommendations

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For B2U, NREL’s repurposing cost calculator is available for free to download , enabling users to explore the effects of different repurposing strategies and assumptions on economics. Resources. B2U Repurposing Cost Calculator. —“Identifying and Overcoming Critical Barriers to Widespread Second Use of PEV Batteries”. Neubauer, K.

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