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RusNano, Chinas Thunder Sky to Manufacture Li-ion Batteries in Russia for EVs

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The supervisory board of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies ( RusNano ) has approved the state corporation’s participation in a project with China-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Thunder Sky to manufacture Lithium-ion batteries, the first such project in Russia. Tags: Batteries China Russia. billion rubles (US$575 million).

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Chinese-Russian JV launches worlds largest Li-ion battery factory in Novosibirsk Oblast; lithium iron phosphate

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Liotech , a joint venture between RUSNANO and Chinese holding company Thunder Sky, has launched the world’s largest high-capacity lithium-ion battery factory near Novosibirsk. Implementation of public electric transport equipped with our lithium-ion batteries will significantly improve the environment in large cities in Russia.

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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In practice, the call for a change is a call for Saudi Arabia and Russia, the two dominant global crude exporters, which each daily export over seven-plus mmbbls (including condensates and NGLs) and which each see the other as the key to any "balancing" moves, to bear the brunt of any production cuts.

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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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Global emissions of CO 2 have increased by 45% between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010 despite emission reductions in industrialized countries during the same period. By comparison, Chinese per capita CO 2 emissions of 6.8 After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a.

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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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How Electrifying Transport and Chinese Investment are Playing Out in Indonesia —focuses on nickel as a critical mineral, but has implications for the broader minerals and materials supply chains needed for broad-scale energy transition. Global Nickel Trade and Chinese Dominance. The detailed report— Need Nickel?

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Government and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing the steel industry to cancel out its emissions by 2050. The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition.

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RusNano and Thunder Sky Form Joint Venture Company Lithium-Ion Technology; Battery Production Begins in 2011

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The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RusNano) and Thunder Sky Group Limited (China) have signed an agreement establish the joint venture Lithium-ion Technology for the first Russia-based production of high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. Tags: Batteries China Russia. Earlier post.)