James Murray of GreenBiz reports on Bridgestone’s release of its new tire which is made with 75% recycled and renewable materials. “The tire is the first street tire to be made using rubber derived from the guayule plant, the subject of a $100 million R&D program from Bridgestone over the past decade. The company said the plant...
The Lithium Shortage Is Real—but There Is Room for Optimism
"Secondarily, we should not be closing doors on alternative energy storage solutions. Lithium batteries are a major part of moving sustainable energy forward, but they are not the only way to get there. Investors and policymakers should look seriously at new players and emerging technologies, and do as much as possible to foster new talent and startups in this area."
An L.A. Startup Aims To Turn The Oceans Into A CO2 Sponge And ‘Green’ Hydrogen Machine
Alan Ohnsman of Forbes reports on a startup that is lowering ocean acidity and creating green hydrogen. “This approach was sketched out in a paper Sant and other UCLA scientists published in 2021 on what they call ‘single-step carbon sequestration and storage.’ It envisions future plants that would be large electrochemical reactors, with lots of tanks, plumbing...
Onsite Nuclear Provides 24/7 Clean Power
"SMRs promise data centers what they’re looking for: a reliable, low-cost, carbon-free energy source that yields round-the-clock uptime. Data centers of all sorts (hyperscale, colocation, or telecom) can use SMRs to secure the energy independence they need to overcome bottlenecks in the grid and to avoid competition for energy with local communities."
This Texas geothermal startup is storing energy in the ground
"The startup installed a ground-level storage facility that holds some 30,000 barrels (1.26 million gallons) of water, the source for which is a nearby private water well. Sage pumps water into the fracture in various volumes and measures the water’s flow rate — or how many barrels are moving through the well per minute. Computer models use the data gathered during testing to simulate how much electricity the site could discharge, like a battery, over certain periods of time."
Microsoft plants seeds in the agriculture industry
"Project FarmVibes is part of a larger strategy, according to Chandra. Microsoft, he said, is building tools specifically designed for industries like retail, sustainability, and finance, and it is now building tools specifically designed for the agriculture industry. By building tools for farmers and researchers alike, and by focusing on open-source, Chandra said that Microsoft is aiming to 'make advances in democratizing data driven agriculture.'"
UK Power Grid Could Have First Commercial Fusion Reactor By 2030s
"'Fusion can offer low impact, zero carbon, effectively limitless energy produced through a triumph of science,' concludes Edelman. 'It can do this without the drawbacks of most other sources of energy...Fusion can make up the yawning gap between the energy we know we need by 2050 and the energy that we know can be produced in low and no carbon ways by 2050.'"
How a Canadian Small Reactor Will Support Industrial Decarbonization
"The ARC-100 is an advanced small modular reactor (aSMR) with a very simple design and small footprint, approximately 10 acres. It is a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) which uses liquid sodium as a coolant instead of water. This allows the coolant to operate at higher temperatures and lower pressures than current traditional reactors which improves the efficiency of the system. Our technology is an advanced reactor and meets the goals for Generation IV nuclear technology: improved safety, sustainability, efficiency, and cost."
Sila Introduces Titan Silicon™, Nano-Composite Silicon Engineered for Mass Scale to Power a 20% Increase in Vehicle Range and Dramatically Reduce Charge Time
"Last Spring, Mercedes-Benz, the company’s first automotive customer, announced that it had selected Sila’s NCS for its luxury electric fleet, starting with the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, due out by mid-decade."
Mine waste finds new life as source of rare earths
"Australia's RMIT University estimates there are 16.2 million tonnes of unexploited rare earths in 325 mineral sands deposits worldwide, while the U.S. Idaho National Laboratory said 100,000 tonnes of rare earths each year end up in waste from producing phosphoric acid alone."
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