Global, South America, Supplies and Water

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

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MARCH 24, 2012

Our work establishes a new method to couple geographic information system data with global climate outputs and statistical analysis. Our tool provides a simple method to integrate disparate climate and population data sources and develop preliminary per capita water availability projections at a global scale.

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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

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MARCH 31, 2021

Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. Livent employs an innovative method that emphasizes sustainable water use and minimizes the impact on local ecosystems and communities. The value of the multi-year contract will total around €285 million.

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Maersk parterning with 6 companies to source at least 730,000 tpy of green methanol by end of 2025

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MARCH 11, 2022

To boost the global production capacity of green methanol, A.P. European Energy is a global renewable energy company and project developer (wind, solar and Power to X). It develops, builds, and operates renewable electricity projects globally with a pipeline consisting of 20 GW renewable energy capacity. Orsted (Denmark).

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Why is Hydroelectricity So Green, and Yet Unfashionable?

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2022

I live in Manitoba , a province of Canada where all but a tiny fraction of electricity is generated from the potential energy of water. In 2020 the world’s hydro stations produced 75 percent more electricity than wind and solar combined and accounted for 16 percent of all global generation. GW; and Wudongde, 10.2

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Study Finds Unexpected Decadal Decline in Global Evapotranspiration, Links It to Moisture Limitation in Southern Hemisphere

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, according to the first major study of evapotranspiration on a global basis. —Jung et al. millimeters per year per decade.

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IFQC annual ranking of gasoline sulfur standards sees progress around the world; US drops to 46th

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APRIL 13, 2011

A trio of European countries and one from South America made major strides in reducing their levels of sulfur content in gasoline, allowing them to advance in the annual global ranking published by Hart Energy’s International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC). Maximum gasoline sulfur limits. Click to enlarge.

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EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

China is the global leader in methanol use and has recently expanded its methanol production capacity. Methanol, like ethanol, is an alcohol with inherent issues such as its solubility in water and corrosiveness. Most of China’s methanol supply is from domestic production.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol.

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IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

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JANUARY 17, 2015

State officials should take this opportunity to regroup and consider a deep water wind farm that will allow the Commonwealth to remain a national leader in renewable energy — and keep its competitive edge. Their cost range in China, North America and South America has fallen within the range of fossil fuel-fired electricity.

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UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Losses of tropical and temperate mountain glaciers affecting perhaps 20-25% of the human population in terms of drinking water, irrigation and hydro-power. Global emissions were growing by 1.1% The developing and least-developed economies, 80% of the world’s population, accounted for 73% of the global growth of emissions in 2004.

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Roskill expects only 3.2% reduction in shipping emissions of spodumene concentrate by 2030; order of magnitude below IMO ambition

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Shipping emissions form a significant part of the commodity supply chain’s carbon footprint, particularly for those commodities reliant on the mass transport of low-grade ores and concentrates. This highlights the benefits increased economies of scale would have on this part of the spodumene supply chain, Roskill said.

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Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

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JANUARY 13, 2013

The session is expected to culminate in the adoption of a new convention by the 147 states attending the session to reduce mercury emissions and releases to the air, water and land. UNEP produced its first Global Mercury Assessment in 2002 and a subsequent study in 2007.

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Study Finds That Plankton Blooms Do Not Send Atmospheric Carbon to the Deep Ocean; Weakens Iron Fertilization as Geo-Engineering Approach

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MAY 7, 2009

Iron Hypothesis adherents suggest global warming can be slowed or even reversed by fertilizing plankton with iron in regions that are iron-poor but rich in other nutrients like nitrogen, silicon, and phosphorus. Bishop and Wood report their results in a forthcoming issue of the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

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APRIL 14, 2016

Driven by the rise of battery gigafactories and game-changing Powerwall and energy storage businesses, the world now finds itself at the beginning of a lithium super cycle that is all about securing new supply, much of which is poised to come from lithium superstar Argentina. Remember—this is one man, one company.

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New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

Maersk parterning with 6 companies to source at least 730,000 tpy of green methanol by end of 2025

Why is Hydroelectricity So Green, and Yet Unfashionable?

Study Finds Unexpected Decadal Decline in Global Evapotranspiration, Links It to Moisture Limitation in Southern Hemisphere

IFQC annual ranking of gasoline sulfur standards sees progress around the world; US drops to 46th

EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

Roskill expects only 3.2% reduction in shipping emissions of spodumene concentrate by 2030; order of magnitude below IMO ambition

Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

Study Finds That Plankton Blooms Do Not Send Atmospheric Carbon to the Deep Ocean; Weakens Iron Fertilization as Geo-Engineering Approach

Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

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