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Tellurium is a crucial component in First Solar's thin film semiconductor, and at the Rio Tinto Kennecott mine in Magna, Utah, it's refined from copper mining waste tailings. First Solar gives tellurium new life as the most eco-efficient and recyclable photovoltaic semiconductor available today. Just one kilogram of First Solar's tellurium-based semiconductor can be recycled 41x to produce clean energy for over 1,200 years. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3wR5mqY #AmericasSolarWorkers #AmericanSolar

#ICYMI: Tellurium is a crucial component in First Solar's thin film semiconductor, and at the Rio Tinto Kennecott mine in Magna, Utah, it’s refined from copper mining waste tailings. First Solar gives tellurium new life as the most eco-efficient photovoltaic semiconductor available today. Just one kilogram of First Solar’s tellurium-based semiconductor can be recycled 41x to produce clean energy for over 1,200 years. https://bit.ly/3uY09w0

Our latest report, Make It Here: Building Australia’s Clean Industrial Future, (https://lnkd.in/gz4ZqxJi) highlights our once-in-a-generation opportunity to re-industrialise Australia. Here are just what some  leaders of local #cleantech businesses and industry associations are saying about our report. It’s a little known fact that there are many companies here already in, or entering, the #mining, #processing, #assembly and #manufacture of the five key clean technologies we feature in our report - #solar, #wind, #batteries, #heatpumps and #commercialEVs. Ali McDonald Brian Craighead Thomas Nann Simon Currie David Harrison

Analysts predict a 75% increase in the price of #copper within the next two years. The metal is linchpin in the #greenenergy revolution. From electric vehicles to wind turbines and solar panels, the surge in demand stems from these technologies using significantly more copper. As the world embraces #renewableenergy, copper's role in efficient power generation is crucial. What other factors will contribute to the expected price rise? ➡️ https://loom.ly/Cv-00pg #CriticalMinerals

Great points by Resource Capital Funds! We are thrilled to be working with cutting edge companies like Ocean Minerals LLC, Chilean Cobalt Corp ("C3") & Cordoba Minerals Corp. to address this supply gap for #copper. With proper investments & regulatory reforms, we can address this challenge and meaningfully address market needs associated with expanded #criticalminerals consumption for the #energytransition, #carbon abatement, expanded #energystorage, increased energy consumption, and minimizing the worst potentential consequences of #climatechange.

Further developments in advanced materials R&D suggest the emergence of disruptive technologies which may challenge the current domination of lithium-ion as the key ingredient of batteries. A new roadmap plots development trajectories for solid-state batteries as a safer, higher-energy successor to today's lithium-ion batteries. Hybrid solid electrolyte systems may well emerge as a promising strategy for advancing battery technology and optimising energy storage solutions.  This may in turn have long-term ramifications for the global mining industry. Simon Jemison Steve Blume https://lnkd.in/giYJdt3C

AVL's Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report is now available. Highlights for the period included: Australian Vanadium Project - first phase of the Optimised Feasibility Study completed, with the southern end of the orebody assessed as the most economic section to comment mining, Tenindewa near Geraldton to be the preferred location of the downstream processing plant and an updated Mineral Resource Estimate completed. VSUN Energy focusing on leveraging significant demand for long duration energy storage to provide support for grids increasingly powered by variable renewable energy, staff appointments to increase commercial and technical expertise and samples of AVL manufactured vanadium electrolyte under qualification for use in global vanadium flow battery technology. View the full report here; https://lnkd.in/gzkSbf7U #vanadium #VFB $AVL

We believe that no metal is more important to human progress than #copper. We expect that trend to continue, with copper needed in #EVs, wind, and solar energy, and electric charging stations. The #energytransition will create significant supply and demand imbalances as the world looks to decarbonize.  New investment into copper mining and production is needed to help meet global #decarbonization objectives. #miningintel

Nickel is an important metal, and increasingly so for the modern world. It is vital for the transition towards advanced energy due to its high energy density and great storage capacity provided at a lower cost than others. It is a critical resource for cleaner technologies such as EV batteries, wind, and solar power. The demand for Nickel is predicted to increase dramatically to meet the energy storage and EV market growth requirements. Discover more below ⬇ Found this post useful? Share the knowledge with your network 🔁 #CleanEnergy #SustainableFuture #CriticalMinerals #Mining #MiningInsights

The energy storage value chain is experiencing rapid development. This article summarizes some of the top questions in the industry and how industry thought leaders are thinking about them. 1. When is LDES coming? 2. What is the impact of the US-China battery tariff increase? 3. What would be the impact of an administration change in the US affect the energy storage value chain? 4. Will the industry switch from NMC to LFP battery chemistries? 5. Is volatility of the lithium market affecting the economic viability of the metal’s mining projects? If you find the article useful, please share and subscribe to the publication. Also, share your predictions below. https://lnkd.in/dPk4wVAF..