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Producing Lithium Is Slow and Dirty. Is There a Fix?

By Annie Lee Lithium ore at a mine in Minas Gerais state, Brazil.Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg A substance seen as critical to the green energy revolution, lithium, is at risk of a future supply crunch. Even though a recent surplus of the metal has been crashing prices, demand for lithium is set to grow by almost …

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COMMENTARY: Overcoming Bottlenecks is a Prerequisite to Achieving the Energy Transition – Yogi Schulz

Overcoming multiple bottlenecks will be essential for scaling up key technologies required to reduce GHG emissions and address the adverse consequences of climate change. The technologies that must be scaled up and reduced in cost are: Geothermal, nuclear, solar and wind electricity generation. Batteries and hydro storage to increase the effective production of intermittent electricity …

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