Recycling of batteries: 70% of lithium recovered by Staff Writers Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Mar 31, 2023 Recovering up to 70 percent of lithium from battery waste without corrosive chemicals, high temperatures, and prior sorting of materials being required: This is achieved by a recycling method developed by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The […]
Canada revs up its EV batteries manufacturing By Mathiew LEISER Montreal (AFP) March 30, 2023 As the world accelerates toward emissions-free driving, Canada is making a big push into batteries for electric vehicles — touting tax incentives, bountiful critical minerals and clean energy to attract multinationals. Its efforts appear to be paying off […]
EU deal to nearly double renewable energy by 2030 By Julien Girault Brussels (AFP) March 30, 2023 The European Union reached a deal Thursday to almost double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc’s energy consumption by 2030 amid efforts to become carbon neutral and ditch Russian fossil fuels. The provisional political […]
London hits out at Washington’s green energy subsidies By Roland JACKSON London (AFP) March 30, 2023 Britain on Thursday warned against the threat of protectionism as it slammed the United States for leading a “distortive” green energy subsidy race. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt’s remarks came as his government updated its energy security plan […]
Probe where the protons go to develop better fuel cells by Staff Writers Fukuoka, Japan (SPX) Mar 29, 2023 Solid oxide fuel cells, or SOFC, are a type of electrochemical device that generates electricity using hydrogen as fuel, with the only ‘waste’ product being water. Naturally, as we strive to reduce our carbon […]
UTEP joins project to 3D print batteries from lunar and Martian soil by Staff Writers El Paso TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2023 The University of Texas at El Paso has joined a project led by NASA to leverage 3D-printing processes with the aim of manufacturing rechargeable batteries using lunar and Martian regolith, which […]
