Battery Breakthroughs Make ICE Replacement Possible
Lithium finds itself at the heart of most of our technology today. It’s used in rechargeable batteries the world over and has largely been mined using environmentally costly methods. Some Auto manufacturers, like Mercedes and Volkswagen, have begun to invest heavily in means of recycling or producing lithium.
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One of the newest, most hopeful sources of Lithium that are being developed are found in Geothermal Brines, the liquid that geothermal energy companies use to run their generators. This could serve as a secondary income stream for these companies as the lithium is a highly sought-after commodity and seems fairly straight-forward to filter from the brine as it’s being pumped through the generator system.
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DuPont and Vulcan Energy Collaborate Toward Zero Carbon Lithium Extraction
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Project to Minimize the Water and Carbon Footprint of Lithium Extraction and Production to More Sustainably Power E-Mobility
“At DuPont, our goal is to create innovative product and process solutions that help the world thrive with 100 percent of our products by 2030 directly supporting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals,” said HP Nanda, global vice president and general manager, DuPont Water Solutions WILMINGTON, Del., (PRWEB) February 17, 2021 DuPont Water Solutions (DuPont), a leader in water filtration and purification, today announced a collaboration with Vulcan Energy Resources, a lithium and renewable energy project developer, to test and scale up Direct Lithium Extraction solutions for Vulcan’s world-first Zero Carbon Lithium® extraction process.