SPREMBERG, Germany: A German far-right party is using a simple message to attract voters in a mining region threatened by government plans to phase out coal: jobs are more important than the environment. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s aim to wean Europe’s biggest economy off fossil fuels is the main issue in a September election in the […]
India likely to invest in Bolivia lithium industry
India has expressed interest in investing in the lithium industry of Bolivia, home to vast untapped mines of the mineral that is used in rechargeable batteries for portable electronics and electric vehicles. Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales held wide ranging talks on ties in sectors like space, mining, information […]
India likely to invest in Bolivia lithium industry
India has expressed interest in investing in the lithium industry of Bolivia, home to vast untapped mines of the mineral that is used in rechargeable batteries for portable electronics and electric vehicles. Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales held wide ranging talks on ties in sectors like space, mining, information […]
A New Path to Market for Flow Batteries: Rent an Electrolyte
The newfangled arrangement lowers the upfront price of vanadium flow batteries, potentially making them more competitive with lithium. When you’re competing with mass-produced lithium-ion batteries, every bit of cost reduction counts. The dominant energy storage technology benefits from massive economies of scale. Flow batteries, a major class of alternative storage technologies, lack that scale, and […]
NLC collaborates with NPTEL to offer courses on Power Generation, Mining
NEW DELHI: NLC India Limited (NLCIL), formerly Neyveli Lignite Corporation, is collaborating with National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) to co-offer courses on Power Generation, Mining and renewable sector. Also, this step is taken to provide the industrial perspective to enhance technical content created by course instructors from IITs/IIScs. Speaking on the development, about […]
NLCIL to collaborate with NPTEL to co-offer courses related to power generation, Mining
Chennai: NLC India Limited (NLCIL), formerly Neyveli Lignite Corporation will collaborate with National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) to co-offer courses related to their domain expertise of Power generation, Mining and renewable sector and provide the industrial perspective to enhance technical content created by course instructors from IITs/IIScs. A release from IIT Madras said […]
PM reviews performance of key infrastructure sectors of Energy, Mining
New Delhi [India]: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reviewed the progress of key infrastructure sectors of power, renewable energy, petroleum and natural gas, coal, and mining. The two-hour-long review meeting was attended by top officials from infrastructure-related Ministries, NITI Aayog, and Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), read a statement. In a presentation made by NITI […]