(Yahoo Finance) – One of the world’s largest battery storage facilities is being consumed by flames near San Francisco on Friday, and officials say the best solution is to let the factory continue to burn, even as it releases toxic fumes into the air. Vistra Corp’s 3000-megawatt Moss Landing energy storage facility went up in flames on Thursday, in a blaze
Reuters Last September, in the arid hills of northern Nevada, a cluster of flowers found nowhere else on earth died mysteriously overnight. Conservationists were quick to suspect ioneer Ltd, an Australian firm that wants to mine the lithium that lies beneath the flowers for use in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. One conservation group alleged in a lawsuit that the flowers,
Houston Chronicle Lower costs and more capacity helped to drive growth in the renewable energy industry this year, according to a new study. The lifetime cost of operating utility-scale solar facilities declined by 18 percent and on-shore wind dipped by 10 percent during the first half of the year, according to the consulting firm Deloitte. The biggest decline in cost
Lithium-ion batteries will give way to newer, better, different technology From Stratfor Worldview In spite of potential global pushback against Beijing’s investments, Chinese companies will acquire control of a majority of the lithium-ion battery market, giving the country a significant advantage in a sector of growing geopolitical importance. The United States will exploit economies of scale and focus on finding
