Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2020
Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to be addressed urgently. Brazilian mine.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2021
Roughly 35 elements serve as key components to several clean-energy and high-tech applications: magnets in wind turbines, batteries in electric and conventional vehicles, phosphors in energy-efficient lighting and displays, and catalysts for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 13, 2023
Batteries pose a few key challenges alternative electric vehicle power sources could resolve. United Nations data shows the construction industry accounts for 37% of energy and process-related CO 2 emissions. The main factor that will determine the future of electric heavy equipment is batteries. The Challenges of Batteries.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 4, 2011
Gas-flaring countries and trends. A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Jervois Mining Limited will acquire 100% of the Sao Miguel Paulista nickel and cobalt refinery (SMP Refinery) in the Brazilian State of Sao Paulo from Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) (an investee company of Votorantim, one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Latin America). Background. SMP Refinery restart scenarios.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 23, 2022
With less than eight years for the United States to meet the objective of a 50-percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions , many environmental advocacy groups argue that an even faster transition to EVs is mandatory. The latest Edison Electric Institute projection is that only about 26.4
Electric Auto Association
OCTOBER 6, 2021
It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries?
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