Colorado’s recently passed battery recycling law defines producer responsibility for end-of-life electric vehicle batteries. And California’s SB 615 may soon follow in a state committed to addressing the problem of large-format battery waste. These laws are an important step toward collecting waste and aiming to recover valuable minerals. But without stronger environmental transparency, disclosure and […]
Back in the late ’90s, I would meet occasionally with the project manager of the construction of the new Science Museum of Minnesota in downtown St. Paul. She occupied a cramped cubicle just outside the president’s office. Every time I met with her, my eyes were drawn over her right shoulder to an image of […]
Nearly five years after Ford Motor Company announced a massive electric vehicle and battery manufacturing campus poised to change the economic landscape of rural West Tennessee, the plant has yet to start production. The project’s initial roadmap had production starting in 2025, but a series of delays, changed plans and the dissolution of Ford’s joint […]
Matthew Kandrach’s recent guest column, "The Grid Reliability Trap Behind Solar's Latest Milestone," warned us not to celebrate the fact that solar energy recently overtook coal-powered electricity in the United States. Kandrach did concede that this milestone was worth celebrating “by some.” Presumably he means those of us with lungs.
(The Center Square) - The Louisiana Public Service Commission has bypassed its own competitive bidding rules to greenlight a 100 Megawatt battery storage facility in Amite, according to a recent regulatory filing.
