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UK’s 1st commercial geothermal Lithium production facility approved in Cornwall

ThinkGeoEnergy

Reported locally, Cornish Lithium announced having received planning permission to develop the UKs first commercial geothermal lithium production facility at its Cross Lanes Lithium Projec t, marking a significant step in the countrys efforts to establish a domestic lithium supply.

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Recycling e-waste should be a legal requirement in the EU, says report

Envirotec Magazine

The report by the CEWASTE consortium – led by the Switzerland-based World Resources Forum – says this requirement should apply to certain e-waste categories, including: End-of-life circuit boards, certain magnets in disc drives and electric vehicles, EV and other special battery types, and fluorescent lamps.

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Smart home solutions providing much needed resilience

Smart Energy International

In the midst of wildfires, energy security concerns and grid reliability questions, two smart home solutions are providing respective approaches towards adaptability and resilience through smart technology. EcoSmart Home solution. SEMS includes the GoodWe EV charger which can supply solar power to electric vehicles.

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Enphase Sees Megawatt-Scale Uptake of Encharge Batteries in North American Debut

GreenTechMedia

Enphase Energy has booked about 50 megawatt-hours of sales of its long-promised Encharge battery in North American markets since launching it in July, tapping a growing demand for energy storage from residential solar customers, and laying the groundwork for a more complete home backup power system set to arrive early next year.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.

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Norwegian startup uses solid hydrogen for solar energy storage breakthrough

Hydrogen Fuel News

Photoncycle claims it can store solar power from summer to winter cheaper than batteries. Photoncycle, a startup from Norway, is tackling interseason storage of solar energy, which could save the abundance of solar energy generated in sunny months to be used for heat and electricity in the winter.

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Vapes, chargers, and other ‘invisible’ e-waste are a 9-million-ton problem

The Verge: Energy

That’s like half a million dump trucks worth of electric toothbrushes, ugly holiday sweaters adorned with LEDs, drones, and other small electronics. Hoarding the devices at home isn’t ideal, either. Demand for copper, important for renewable energy, electric vehicles, and more, is expected to skyrocket this decade.

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