Tag: May
Why Molten Salt Won’t Be the Future of Industrial Heat Storage
Molten salt has long been positioned as the workhorse of high temperature thermal storage. Its story began with research in the 1980s and early deployment in Spanish parabolic trough plants in the 2000s. The technology was appealing on paper. A mixture of sodium and potassium nitrate has a high heat … [continued]
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Storm Clouds Are Gathering Over The Volkswagen–Rivian Bromance
The partnership between Volkswagen and Rivian is under strain as the two companies struggle to meet different objectives with one package.
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Get an Electric Car for More Freedom!
This is going to be a short one. But it’s a good one. FREEDOM is a popular buzzword in the United States, as you may have noticed. Many people want to be free to do basically anything and everything … but then don’t want other people to be free to … [continued]
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After 5 Years of Driving An EV Every Day, Driving Old ICE Cars Is Just Painful
I had been driving an EV for about 5 years until a series of unfortunate events got me driving some old fossil-fueled (ICE) vehicles for the past 8 months. This is what happened…. On Christmas Eve, December 2024, at around 3pm, I was coming from the grocery store using my … [continued]
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Seabed Mining Under the Microscope: A Techno-Economic Reality Check
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with a global expert on minerals processing and battery minerals, Lyle Trytten. We were closing out an engagement to do a technoeconomic assessment of seabed mining and it was a great opportunity to discuss the space and some of the things we … [continued]
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