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Private equity bribed Trump $1M, then got $900M for a methane terminal

Electrek

The largest benefactor of the Interior Department’s most recent illegal wind buyout is an Australian-American billionaire whose private equity firm will receive $900 million in exchange for a stake in a methane gas terminal in Louisiana. The near-billion-dollar buyout comes after the same billionaire gave a $1 million bribe to the originator of the deal. Read more…

600 Wh/kg energy density is here – almost

ArenaEV
Colin Chapman’s sacred motorsport gospel – “Simplify, then add lightness” – has taken a proper beating in the electric era. Every time I fling a modern, high-voltage missile into a tight hairpin, I can feel the tortured rubber screaming under the mass of it all. We have built remarkable machines with earth-shattering torque, but the dirty secret beneath every carbon-trimmed… Read more…

Study highlights potential solutions to economic barriers in battery recycling

Batterierecycling ascend elements

Recycling EV batteries is currently not economically viable in Europe even thought it is technically well advanced. A study conducted as part of the EU project called Safeloop estimates the current loss at around 1.90 euros per kilogram of battery pack. Researchers estimate this could be rectified with different approaches – particularly in business models and more efficient processes. Read more…