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Month: September 2021

Bolivia: A New Era in Sustainable Mining

Introduction: Sustainability, Mining, and Ethical Dilemmas Mining has long been viewed as an unsustainable practice and brings with it contentious reputations when it comes to repartition of wealth, the ecological damage it can cause, and general compliance failures. Lithium extraction too has a spotty record globally, but lithium demand is skyrocketing amid the global transition …

From South Australia to Texas: The Benefits of Grid-Scale Lithium Batteries

Introduction: Finding an Opportunity for Grid Scale Lithium-Ion Batteries The state of South Australia is home to the Hornsdale Power Reserve, the world’s largest lithium-ion battery energy storage complex. It gained prominence thanks to a challenge issued by Elon Musk to a South Australian government seeking solutions to strengthen its grid and energy storage capacity …