The study found that projected U.S. light-duty EV adoption could cut life cycle GHG emissions by 61%, primary energy use by 20%, and total material extraction by 34% compared with an ICEV-only counterfactual. However, EVs increase demand for metals and critical minerals, making battery durability, recycling, and responsible mining central to maximizing climate gains.
Researchers found that green hydrogen’s freshwater demand can be substantially underestimated when evaporative cooling for large-scale electrolyzers is ignored. Their global analysis shows that solar-rich, arid regions face the highest water risks, while wind-rich regions often align better with water-sustainable hydrogen production.
In a constantly growing global medical device market, marked by increasingly strict regulation and rising demands in patient safety, the certification and validation of medical devices has become a critical requirement for market access.
This paper argues that the net-zero transition will require major new investment in energy transition minerals, but supply will remain constrained by financing gaps, geopolitical concentration, demand uncertainty, and ESG risks. It calls for responsible mining, sustainable finance, green premiums, and circular economy strategies to secure mineral supplies while reducing environmental and social harm.
We are thrilled to announce that the new standard test method ASTM D8606 has been officially confirmed and published by ASTM International.
Delta Electronics, a global leader in power management and smart green solutions, today announced a microgrid system at its own Detroit-area facility, developed in partnership with DTE Energy and through the seamless integration of its smart energy solutions.
Lead-free perovskite solar cells are emerging as lower-toxicity alternatives to lead-based devices, but they still face major barriers in efficiency, stability, defect control, and scalable fabrication.
This review shows how compositional engineering, crystallization control, passivation, and device architecture have enabled tin-based cells to reach 17.13% efficiency, while highlighting the durability trade-offs that still limit commercialization.
Researchers developed a machine learning framework to map ESG-driven conflict risks across energy transition mineral mining projects, using 112,766 conflict events and 16 environmental, social, and governance indicators. The study found that environmental factors drove most modeled risk, with tungsten showing the highest overall risk, platinum the lowest, and lithium most affected by water-stress-related environmental risk.
Element Six (E6), a global leader in synthetic diamond and advanced material technologies, has partnered with UK-based clean-tech innovator Oxi-Tech Solutions to make industrial cleaning safer, greener and more effective, eliminating the need to rely on harsh chemicals
A new UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre report finds that demand for technology metals used in EVs, batteries, wind turbines, and solar PVs will rise sharply as the UK moves toward net zero.
Secondary supply from end-of-life technologies could become important after 2040, but the UK must invest in recycling, refining, and reverse supply chains to capture that value.
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