Huge lithium mine gets key greenlight in Portugal by AFP Staff Writers Lisbon, Portugal (AFP) May 31, 2023 Portugal’s environmental protection agency gave a green light Wednesday for a massive lithium mine that could become western Europe’s biggest and give a boost to the continent’s growing electric car industry. The southern […]
The next generation of solar energy collectors could be rocks by Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) May 31, 2023 The next generation of sustainable energy technology might be built from some low-tech materials: rocks and the sun. Using a new approach known as concentrated solar power, heat from the sun is stored then […]
France opens its first electric car battery factory By Caroline Nelly PERROT Billy-Berclau, France (AFP) May 30, 2023 France launched its first factory for electric vehicle batteries on Tuesday, taking a big step in its race to build up a sector dominated by China. The plant in Billy-Berclau is the first in a […]
