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Scottish seaweed sparks idea to boost electric vehicle batteries

Envirotec Magazine

Materials from Scottish-grown seaweed could help to improve the life-span and charge time of lithium-ion batteries used for the likes of electric vehicles, with a new first-of-its-kind prototype already being tested by expert researchers. million per year by 2040, using a combination of both wild and cultivated seaweed.

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Government advisory body says electric vehicle revolution can be a boon to the UK’s energy system

Envirotec Magazine

The Electric Vehicle (EV) Energy Taskforce was established in 2018 to make proposals to Government and industry to bring together the auto and energy sectors to ensure that the GB energy system is able to accelerate the mass take-up of electric vehicles while also delivering benefits to the electricity system.

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Renewable Properties Expands Community Solar Portfolio With 50 MW Across Four States

POWER Magazine

Renewable Properties, a developer and investor in small-scale utility, community solar, energy storage, and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure projects, added 50 MW of completed projects to its portfolio in 2024, […] The post Renewable Properties Expands Community Solar Portfolio With 50 MW Across Four States appeared first on POWER Magazine. (..)

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Green Living Guy Talks to PhotoBook Magazine on Energy Efficiency and Living Sustainably

Green Living Guy

PhotoBook Magazine interviews the Green Living Guy: 1. I am a Program Manager of Drive Electric Hudson Valley, run Green Living Guy Blog, and the Author and Editor of Green Guru Guides with TAB […]. Name: Seth Leitman. Where are you from? Where do you live now? Briarcliff Manor, NY. Profession?

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Groundbreaking tech gives EV users the full picture on battery health

Envirotec Magazine

This spotlights the urgent need to boost dealers confidence in selling and consumers assurance in buying used electric vehicles, in order to build a sustainable, profitable market. Generationals toolset, optimised for vehicles in the UK market, is designed from the ground-up to provide a comprehensive solution to these challenges.

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Full Circle Lithium demonstrates Li-ion firefighting agent by setting a Nissan Leaf and a Kia EV9 ablaze

Charged

It’s not uncommon to see blazing headlines in newspapers and magazines, not to mention on the local evening news, reporting yet another electric vehicle fire. In actuality, it turns out that the reverse is true: the risk of an internal-combustion-engine vehicle fire is between 20 and 80 times greater.

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Toyota report grapples with energy storage challenge in logistics

Envirotec Magazine

“There is no doubt that high-capacity batteries will become a part of the overall energy landscape,” said Toyota Material Handling’s Gary Ison, Product Development Manager.

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