Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom

Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom

Kathmandu is ground zero of an incipient transport revolution set to see the clapped out cars that clog its traffic-snarled streets make way for emissions-free alternatives. Photo: Prakash MATHEMA / AFPSource: AFP Taxi driver Surendra Parajuli’s decision to buy an electric cab would have been unthinkable a decade ago, when chronic power cuts left Nepalis unable to light their homes at night. But a dam-building spree has led to dirt-cheap energy prices in a landlocked Himalayan republic oth...
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Flower farm could supply nickel for electric vehicle batteries

Flower farm could supply nickel for electric vehicle batteries

Environment A start-up in Albania, co-founded by a mining industry mogul, backed by a mining industry billionaire, is farming plants to harvest carbon-neutral nickel from the soil while simultaneously removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere By James Dinneen Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon WhatsApp Linkedin Reddit Email The start-up Metalplant harvests nickel-accumulating flowers Courtesy of MetalPlant On a recent afternoon in northern Albania, workers gathered armfuls of freshly cut shrubs...
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