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Azerbaijan Plans Caspian-Black Sea Energy Corridor

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It’s a huge project,” says Zviad Gachechiladze , a director at Georgian State Electrosystem , the agency that operates the country’s electrical grid, and one of the architects of the Caucasus green-energy corridor. “To The Morocco-U.K. GW over 3,800 km from Morocco to England. Power Project would send 3.6

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The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector just came online

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billion) project is a joint venture between the UK’s National Grid and Danish national transmission system operator Energinet. National Grid says that the world’s longest land and subsea interconnector can transport enough electricity for up to 2.5 billion ($2.16 GW interconnector between the UK and the Netherlands called LionLink.

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BMW targeting doubling energy density of battery cells by 2030, with current i3 as basis

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The company has also restructured its supply chains for the upcoming fifth generation of high-voltage batteries and will begin direct procurement of cobalt and lithium for battery cells in 2020. The relevant agreements guarantee a reliable supply of these materials until 2025 and beyond.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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In 2012, 70% of Estonia’s total primary energy supply (TPES) came from oil shale. There are also significant reserves in Jordan, Morocco, Sweden, Syria and Turkey. However, the direct combustion of oil shale, or its transformation into shale oil and then other fuels, emits more CO 2 than any other primary fuel.

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Elcora acquires vanadium sites in quest to further position in battery technologies

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which includes ten (10) Vanadium licenses/concessions sites in Morocco. Vanadium’s role in the growing energy grid storage will increase over the coming years. Securing a strong supply of quality vanadium minerals will be a factor contributing to the growth of such energy storage solutions.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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