ADVERTISEMENT COP28 host UAE pledges to triple renewables by AFP Staff Writers Dubai (AFP) July 3, 2023 The oil-rich United Arab Emirates said it would triple renewable energy production as part of a raft of environmental initiatives announced on Monday, months before it hosts UN climate talks. The UAE, one of the world’s […]
ADVERTISEMENT Norway’s quest for ‘black gold’ from used car batteries By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES Oslo (AFP) June 30, 2023 Wearing a white lab coat and with a gas mask within reach, Ole Jorgen Gronvold measures the humidity of an intriguing dark powder touted as the planet’s next “black gold”. But this “black gold” — […]
ADVERTISEMENT China, Russia pledge $1.4 bn for lithium plants in Bolivia by AFP Staff Writers La Paz (AFP) June 30, 2023 China and Russia will invest $1.4 billion in lithium projects in Bolivia, a South American nation with vast reserves of the metal crucial for batteries to power electric vehicles, the government said […]
ADVERTISEMENT Chinese, Russian firms to build lithium plants in Bolivia by AFP Staff Writers La Paz (AFP) June 29, 2023 Chinese and Russian companies will invest more than $1.4 billion in the extraction of lithium in Bolivia, one of the countries with the largest reserves of the mineral used in electric car batteries, […]
