Rocketing Vanadium Price Primed For 'elon Musk Moment'
By Frik Els Spiking cobalt and lithium demand from booming sales of electric vehicles grabs all the headlines, partly thanks to Tesla CEO Elon Musk's propensity to make news, but another battery metal has actually experienced more action this year. Vanadium is primarily used to strengthen steel (today it makes up more than 90% of the market) and prices for ferro-vanadium hit decade highs this month. Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) which makes its way into so-called vanadium redox flow batteries used in energy storage systems breached $20 a pound for the first time since 2005 this month.
Power Plant Could Turn Waste To Energy Within Five Years Under $400M Queensland Plan - Abc News (australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Queensland's first waste-to-energy plant will be built at Swanbank, west of Brisbane and -- spurred on by a $100 million boost from the State Government's waste levy -- could power 50,000 homes within five years.
Closed Ports, Lost Power: How Storm Could Hurt Area Economy | National Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ports are closing. Farmers are moving hogs to high ground. Dealers are parking cars in service bays for refuge. And up to 3 million energy customers in North and South Carolina could lose power for weeks.
Closed Ports, Lost Power: How Storm Could Hurt Area Economy
Closed businesses, drowned livestock, washed-away cars: Hurricane's likely economic impact. : Ports are closing. Farmers are moving hogs to high ground. Dealers are parking cars in service bays for refuge. And up to 3 million energy customers in North and South Carolina could lose power for weeks. Across the Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia, businesses are bracing for the economic damage Hurricane Florence is expected to inflict on the area. Industries like tourism and agriculture will likely suffer, and the losses won't be easily or quickly overcome.
Closed Ports, Lost Power: How Storm Could Hurt Area Economy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ports are closing. Farmers are moving hogs to high ground. Dealers are moving cars into service bays for refuge. And up to 3 million energy customers in North and South Carolina could lose power for weeks. Across the Carolinas and parts of Virginia, businesses are bracing for the economic damage Hurricane Florence is expected to inflict on the area. Industries like tourism and agriculture will likely suffer, and the losses won't be easily or quickly overcome. Once it makes landfill, Florence is expected to lash coastal communities with 130-mph winds and to dump several feet of water.
Off-grid Mines: Powering Operations With Sustainable Energy
Sustainable energy applications are rather new to the mining sector and are just at the beginning of the scaling stage; however, renewables have gained a lot of momentum The post Renewed hope: powering off-grid mines with sustainable energy appeared first on Compelo Energy.
Canadian Solar Completes Jpy11.5 Billion Solar Plant Asset Drop Down To Csif In Japan
GUELPH, Ontario, Sept. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar power companies, announced that it has completed the sale of three additional solar power plants totaling 30.4 MWp for JPY11.5 billion...
Energy Executives Lament Trump Tariffs As Costs Rise On Pipeline Projects
U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to double tariffs on steel and aluminum from Turkey could push up costs even further for domestic oil and gas pipeline projects, as energy executives said they were already struggling from earlier tariff rises.
Energy Executives Lament Trump Tariffs As Costs Rise On Pipeline Projects | Business Standard News
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to double tariffs on steel and aluminium from Turkey could push up costs even further for domestic oil and gas pipeline projects, as energy executives said they were already struggling from earlier tariff rises.
Energy Executives Lament Trump Tariffs As Costs Rise On Pipeline Projects
U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to double tariffs on steel and aluminum from Turkey could push up costs even further for domestic oil and gas pipeline projects, as energy executives said they were already struggling from earlier tariff rises.