Jonathan renewableenergy.bsky.social built a feed for recycling on Bluesky, but it picks up hardly anything other than craft-level projects. Here is what we really want—battery recycling and such on the industrial scale. Repurpose used EV batteries for storage, and later extract all of the minerals for circular production.
But no nuclear batteries, except in space probes to bodies too far away for solar power, where the craft will never return to Earth. The practical limit for solar power is the orbit of Jupiter, so nuclear batteries have been used in probes to Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and out of the Solar System. Rovers and that one helicopter on Mars have used them where carrying enough solar panels around was wildly impractical.
Rover without solar panels
Base station with solar panels
BlueSky, but Not from Climate Feeds
We’re still trying to get Jonathan’s attention to fix his Bluesky renewables feeds. We will publish WesMorgan1’s Howto here soon.
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In the long run, the energy transition to fully electrified everything is happening, no matter who is in charge.
But we can't endlessly rip metals out of the earth forever. This ex-Tesla battery guy is betting we will eventually recycle 100% of them.
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— Christopher Mims (@mims.bsky.social) November 30, 2024 at 8:38 AM
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Through #InvestEU, we are supporting the expansion of Europe's first circular battery production gigafactory.
The InvestEU support for Northvolt's gigafactory in Sweden, is expected to increase the output capacity for battery production to up to 60 GWh/year.
Read more ↓
europa.eu/!jtPWy9
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— European Commission (@ec.europa.eu) January 16, 2024 at 6:39 AM
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Envirostream Australia signs battery recycling deal with Hithium Energy – pv magazine International
https://www.byteseu.com/657321/
Envirostream Australia, a subsidiary of Livium, has signed an exclusive recycling agreement with Hithium Energy to recycle lithium-ion batteries supplied by …
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— BYTESEU (@byteseu.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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We cannot mine our way to the future. #EV cars, trains, bikes, buses depends on the 3R’s: reuse, repurpose & recycle. @Li_Recycling collects, dismantles, shreds, and separates out lithium, manganese, cobalt, and nickel metals. @Call2Recycle @NSACTION_US @_CFEE_ #CFEE #Battery
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— CA State Treasurer Fiona Ma, CPA (@fionamacpa.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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EV batteries commonly breeze through their first 100,000 miles, and can go on to drive 200,000+ miles.
Old EV batteries can find second lives in forklift trucks or as domestic batteries.
There are increasing numbers of EV battery recycling plants, able to recycle 95% of key battery elements.
— Abigail Dombey (@abigaildombey.bsky.social) November 24, 2024 at 11:46 AM
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The North American Volvo subsidiary Nova Bus is joining forces with the Canadian battery recycler Lithion to collect and recycle batteries from the manufacturer's buses used throughout Canada at the end of their service life in the vehicles. www.electrive.com/2025/01/07/n...
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— electrive global (@electrive.com) January 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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EV Battery Recyclers “Quality News Links” EVBatteryRecyclers.com by Gene Downs The Generic Strategist > Redwood Materials Gears Up To Recycle First Big Wave Of Used EV Batteries www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
— GeneDowns.com Global (Australian) (@genericgene.bsky.social) November 2, 2023 at 1:26 PM
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4. Marubeni 🇯🇵 announced that it invested $5 million in the battery recycler Altilium 🇬🇧 to help expand operations, which aims to recycle 24,000 EV battery packs by 2026 and 150,000 by 2030.
— Mobility Prof (@mobilityprof.bsky.social) January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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In the long run, the energy transition to fully electrified everything is happening, no matter who is in charge.
But we can't endlessly rip metals out of the earth forever. This ex-Tesla battery guy is betting we will eventually recycle 100% of them.
1/🧵
www.wsj.com/podcasts/tec...
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— Christopher Mims (@mims.bsky.social) November 30, 2024 at 8:38 AM