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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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China also dominates in other technologies including wind and solar components, controls, sensors, and communications—a gamut of industrial equipment, including much that is pertinent for defense. —Baker Institute report Need Nickel?

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020. The manufacture of lithium batteries for EVs, like those shown here, is energy intensive, as is the mining and refining of the raw materials. And it produces almost all its electricity from hydro and solar.