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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

Green Car Congress

Improved energy storage technologies will allow for expanded integration of renewable energy resources like wind and photovoltaic systems and will improve frequency regulation and peak energy management. Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project. Notrees Wind Storage. Wind Firming EnergyFarm. 29,561,142. 125,006,103.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Charged EVs

This is the case at our gigafactory in Europe, which relies on wind energy, and it’s also what we plan for our soon-to-come plant in Canada. Companies producing upstream precursors, such as Umicore, will be able to access critical raw materials like nickel, manganese and cobalt sourced from the US, Canada and Mexico.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

This is the case at our gigafactory in Europe, which relies on wind energy, and it’s also what we plan for our soon-to-come plant in Canada. Companies producing upstream precursors, such as Umicore, will be able to access critical raw materials like nickel, manganese and cobalt sourced from the US, Canada and Mexico.