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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) announced a request for information (RFI) ( DOE-FOA-0002358 ) on challenges and opportunities in the upstream and midstream critical-materials battery supply chains. Source: DOE. fabrication generally flow through China.
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China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments. —Allan Ray Restauro, metals and mining analyst at BNEF and lead author.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expected to be the source for approximately 69% of mined cobalt in 2020—i.e., In its current form, the production conditions are causing many automotive manufacturers to question their reliance on cobalt in battery technology. ASM cobalt value chain in the DRC. Source: Roskill.
Roughly 62 percent global cobalt output is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I fully anticipate we’re going to keep a lot of pressure on that cobalt production,” Ted Miller, head of energystorage strategy and research at Ford, said at a mining event in South Africa.
Lithium-ion battery recycling took a big step forward this week, as a Hawaiian utility announced it is undertaking one of the biggest examples of grid-storage recycling in North America to date. The Anahola recycling project is one of the earliest examples of stationary storage recycling.
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These suppliers provide essential parts such as batteries, electric motors, power electronics, and charging infrastructure coordinating these metrics is a complex and tedious job. LG Chem LG Chem, based in South Korea, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries. Electric Vehicle Supply Chain #1.
Last month, Tesla released its Conflict Mineral Report for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2019, and emphasized the importance of sourcing only responsibly produced materials.
One argument that often comes up against Tesla and Elon Musk is that they “own child slaves” or “own slave labor.” ” I’ve seen those in my notifications quite often (and randomly, too). But the fact remains that neither Tesla nor Elon Musk owns slaves, nor do they support slave labor or child labor.
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15:48 PT – More energystorage projects will likely happen in Texas. So mining for battery materials will stop when the transportation sector becomes electric. By this time, key battery components could be recycled. 15:38 PT – Elon highlights the importance of solar and batteries. Credit: Tesla/YouTube.
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