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Energy

Utilities may soon pay you for your power

by Matt Simon

As more people install solar panels on their homes and use batteries to store energy, experts believe utilities will turn to those

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Supply Chain

Why Canada must protect its EV strategy amid a looming trade war

by Charles Conteh and Tia Henstra

OPINION | Trade tariffs hurt, but Canada remains well-positioned to continue building a thriving EV ecosystem

Fall 2024/Supply Chain

Can Quebec turn its green battery dreams into a reality?

by Natalie Alcoba

The province wants to build the “world’s cleanest batteries” and corner North America’s EV supply chain. Will it work?

energy storage, batteries, energy efficiency
Energy/Winter 2024

Hero: The energy-storage pioneers creating mind-bending solutions

by Rick Spence

From falling weights to compressed air, start ups around the world are taking on the challenge of building the energy-storage capacity we

lithium, battery power, renewables
Energy

Forget lithium: Are zinc batteries a better way forward?

by Storm William D Gourley and Drew Higgins

Finding a cheap, safe and abundant alternative to lithium batteries is the key to a completely renewable power sector. Zinc may be

batteries, clean energy, natural gas, electricity, Ontario
Energy

Will Ontario's ‘clean’ battery storage be powered by a fossil fuel?

by Mitchell Beer

Persistent questions remain about how much the batteries will rely on electricity from natural gas, a fuel whose primary component is super-polluting

lithium, batteries, green energy
Circular Economy

The vapes we throw out could be powering thousands of EVs

by Chris Bonasia

As demand for lithium soars, there's an untapped trove of the precious mineral in the millions of e-cigarette batteries that end up

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Climate Crisis/Mining/Winter 2022

What happens if Indigenous people say no to mining the minerals needed to run EVs?

by Mark Podlasly

Governments and industry need to ramp up their partnership game to bring new minerals to market in time to be part of

Killing convetional cars
Transportation/Winter 2021

The top trends killing the auto industry

by Jim Harris

Cheaper batteries, COVID-19 and autonomous tech are all driving the death of legacy car companies

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