Tag: mining
Reclaiming Coal Country: 300 GW Solar Goldmine From Coal Mine Conversions
In a landmark report released this month, Global Energy Monitor reveals that converting recently closed and soon-to-be-retired coal mines into solar farms could boost global solar capacity by nearly 300 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 — a 15% increase over today’s total installed solar base. The report, titled “Bright Side of … [continued]
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The Solar Energy Whack-A-Mole Continues, & Coal Power Plants Keep Closing
Solar energy innovators are still hard at work in the US, as demonstrated by a new concentrating solar power project in California.
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This startup turns steel and aluminum waste into usable metals
By Kari Lydersen
This story was originally published by Canary Media.
A Chicago-area startup says its technology could shave emissions from the global metal industry by allowing companies to recycle grimy metal slivers and sludge left over from steel and aluminum production.
The “EVs Are Big Polluters” Circus Is Back In Town
EVs are under attack again. Blame it on Akio Toyoda. In April, the scion of the Toyota Motor Company said in an interview with Automotive News and republished by Toyota Times, “When the term carbon neutrality became popular, we said as a company the enemy is carbon. We have to … [continued]
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A Deeper Look at Hidden Damage: Nano-CT Imaging Maps Internal Battery Degradation
The minerals that power lithium-ion batteries—including lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite—are both highly valuable and difficult to come by. As battery storage capacity across the United States continues to grow, constraints on the mining, refining, and processing of key minerals leaves our energy systems vulnerable to the fluctuations of … [continued]
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