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heise online · Knappes Lithium: Wo der Rohstoff noch zu finden ist
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В какой-то момент заметил в себе нерациональные опасения сборки устройств с литиевыми аккумуляторами на борту.
Когда я их сам собираю и сам кладу LiPo пакетик или банку внутрь своими руками - это почему-то интуитивно кажется опаснее, чем когда это делают китайцы спутывая провода и заливая всё термоклеем.
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Clashes ongoing in eastern Ukrainian village near valuable lithium deposits, as military rejects claims of Russian capture (more) https://kyivindependent.com/clashes-ongoing-in-eastern-ukrainian-village-near-lithium-deposits-as-military-rejects-claims-of-russian-capture-moves-to-occupy-one-of-ukraines-largest-lithium-deposits-now-located-in/ #Ukraine #Mastodon #Brussels #SHAPE #LithiumBattery #Lithium #EV #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
The Kyiv Independent · Clashes ongoing in eastern Ukrainian village near lithium deposits, as military rejects claims of Russian capture
In June 2025 #Russia finally captured the village of #Shevchenko with documented #lithium reserves, that most media have already reported as captured in January 2025:
https://agora.echelon.pl/notice/Aq4YnEjXJfxGw4Yra4
That was not true, media simply mistook it for one of three villages (!) in Donetsk oblast’ with the same name. But now it actually is true.
This doesn’t mean #Russia will actually start extracting lithium there - more likely it will just leave it underground, because the idea is to protect the dominance of its sponsor #China on this market and prevent EU from getting its own resources.
Europe Faces Significant Lithium Challenges Amid EV Boom
A recent study from Lund University highlights the growing concerns over lithium supply shortages in Europe, driven by the rapid expansion of the electric vehicle (EV) market.
https://europeantrends.net/2025/06/24/europe-significant-lithium-challenge/ #lithium #EV #innovation #research #study #Europe #EU
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@tauon großartig fand ich das Bild mit den #Balkonsolar Enthusiasten :D
Die neue #Petition "Netzdienliche Zwischenspeicherung #erneuerbareEnergien durch Klein-#Speicher", an der auch #AkkuDoktor #AndreasSchmitz teilnimmt: https://epetitionen.bundestag.de/content/petitionen/_2025/_02/_13/Petition_177835.$$$.a.u.html
Ganz große Kudos gilt @ews & @balkonsolar
Europe's ambition to be a world player in decarbonized transportation depends on sourcing lithium abroad, but it has run into a trio of obstacles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/23/europe-lithium-china-cash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #europe #china #batteries #lithium #electricvehicles #panasonic #samsung #catl #byd
The Japan Times · Europe's lithium quest hampered by China and lack of cash
The ‘sacrifice zone’: villagers resist the EU’s green push for #lithium mining
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/21/lithium-mining-sacrifice-zone-portuguese-villagers-eu-energy-transition
Residents of a Portuguese rural idyll where four vast mines are planned are among those who feel they will pay too high a cost for the energy transition
Studies have shown that a societal shift away from private cars – such as creating walkable cities with good public transport – would greatly limit the rise in demand for lithium, as would halting the surge in SUVs that need big batteries.
The Guardian · The ‘sacrifice zone’: villagers resist the EU’s green push for lithium mining
Ukraine to announce bidding for lithium extraction in Kirovohrad region (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/4005806-ukraine-to-announce-bidding-for-lithium-extraction-in-kirovohrad-region.html #Ukraine #Mastodon #lithium #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
Укрінформ · Ukraine to announce bidding for lithium extraction in Kirovohrad region
Nous vous donnons rendez-vous ce mercredi, au Sew, à Morlaix (29), pour une soirée consacrée au travail de « Splann ! ». 
Morgan Large viendra présenter l'enquête qu'elle a co-signée l'an dernier au sujet du « renouveau minier » en Bretagne. 1/
From @sciencefocus: The electric vehicle (EV) revolution may be heading for a supply-chain snag. Why? The rising demand for lithium. Here’s more:
BBC Science Focus Magazine · Electric vehicle boom could hit major roadblock in just 5 years, study claims | BBC Science Focus MagazineWith sales skyrocketing, a shortage of this key critical material could halt progress
Australia has the cheapest solar & wind—but still high power bills. Why? Gas peakers set prices, markets reward inflexibility, & we underuse storage. Smart grids & V2G could be our game-changer. Let’s stop blaming renewables & fix the system. 
#Renewables #Solar #Wind #Lithium #V2G #EVs #SWB #BESS
Why Isn’t Renewable Energy Mak...
EV Curve Futurist - · Why Isn’t Renewable Energy Making My Power Cheaper? - EV Curve FuturistThis post builds on themes from my earlier blogs: The Energy Revolution Won’t Wait for Baseload’s Obituary and Nuclear vs Renewables: Australia's Energy Future, which explore how outdated baseload thinking and nuclear distractions are holding back Australia’s clean energy progress. Australia has some of the cheapest solar and wind in the world. Yet households are
If mining for #lithium is going to add to climate warming and that with the exorbitant expense of smart phones especially for the bottom 50%, and google spewing fake information, and on top of it all it isn’t considered a necessity that is deductible, we should set strict regulations or vote for our government to not help finance it with tax revenue. Moreover legislators should be restricted from stock investments.
#EndCitizenUnited
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On the other hand:
“A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energy Economy”
https://www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-fuel-economy-requires-535x
Distilled · A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energy Economy
A dilemma.. “for Europe, as the continent races to start extracting and producing minerals like lithium that are critical to the clean energy transition, instead of relying on imports from China and other emerging economies….
communities where the resources are located question whether they will benefit from their exploitation.”
Climate Home News · Europe’s lithium rush leaves mineral-rich communities in the darkSome local residents say they haven't been adequately consulted before the rollout of Europe's lithium plans and fear for their incomes
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En Serbie, la lutte contre le lithium alimente une révolte historique
https://mcinformactions.net/en-serbie-la-lutte-contre-le-lithium-alimente-une-revolte-historique
#Serbie #lithium #Riotinto #resistances
mcinformactions.netEn Serbie, la lutte contre le lithium alimente une révolte historique - [mcInform@ctions]
Trump is going to threaten to annex Oregon and make it the 51 state when he reads this headline. https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/2210247/lithium-deposit-valued-at-15-trillion-discovered-in-oregon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
news.slashdot.orgLithium Deposit Valued At $1.5 Trillion Discovered In Oregon - SlashdotLongtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Earth.com: McDermitt Caldera in Oregon is attracting attention for what could be one of the largest lithium deposits ever identified in the United States. Many view it as a potential boost for domestic battery production, while local communities ...
→ Course dévastatrice aux minerais d’avenir
https://revue21.fr/article/mines-course-devastatrice/
« De l’extraction du lithium chilien à celle du nickel d’Indonésie en passant par le cobalt congolais, le photographe Davide Monteleone explore les sites dans lesquels les industries de la tech viennent puiser les ressources indispensables à la transition énergétique. »
Revue21.fr · Du Congo au Chili, une course dévastatrice aux minerais d’avenirLe photographe Davide Monteleone explore les sites dans lesquels les industries viennent puiser les ressources indispensables à la transition énergétique.
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Ja, @87Barner , das Problem #selteneErden und auch #Lithium sehe ich durchaus. Statt deswegen jedoch weiter die post-fossile #Transformation zu verzögern, plädiere ich auch als #Solarpunk für mehr #Recycling und die Entwicklung neuer #Batterie - Generationen. #Elektroautos erlebe ich seit 2017 als systematisch schlecht geredet. #Renault vs. #Fossilismus https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/batterien-fuer-elektroautos-laenger-haltbar-immer-mehr-fossile-luegen-werden-entlarvt/
Natur des Glaubens · Batterien für Elektroautos länger haltbar - Immer mehr fossile Lügen werden entlarvtNach den drastischen Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen im Irak 2015/16 war für mich klar, dass ich auch als Familienvater nie wieder ein Auto mit Verbrennungsmotor kaufen wollte. Ich war – und bin – nicht mehr länger …
#SodiumBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium
Lithium is relatively scarce and mostly refined in China. Sodium is neither
Oct 26th 2023
Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.
"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and 3nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #environmentally destructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the Democratic Republic of #Congo, where child labour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use electrodes built from iron and manganese, which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.
"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as grid storage or home batteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in electric vehicles.
"Perhaps the biggest disadvantage of sodium batteries is their late start. #LithiumIon batteries were first commercialised in the 1990s and have benefited from decades of investment. But the rest of the world is behind China on both fronts anyway. America and the European Union have announced enormous programmes of green industrial subsidies. If they are determined to bankroll batteries, some of the pot should go to sodium."
Read more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7x6JX#
The Economist · Sodium batteries offer an alternative to tricky lithium