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Why Molten Salt Won’t Be the Future of Industrial Heat Storage

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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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After 5 Years of Driving An EV Every Day, Driving Old ICE Cars Is Just Painful

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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

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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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