CLEAN ENERGY • FINANCIAL PLANNING
In this week’s newsletter check out an interesting graphic visualizing the rise in U.S. debt interest payments over the last 70 years. In our news section learn about a groundbreaking technique to mass-produce a critical battery component, how to help clients implement their financial plan, Texas’s solar output surpassing coal generation and more.
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“Scientists at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea have developed a new technique for mass-producing a crucial component of electric vehicle batteries. Polymer solid electrolytes are a part of the EV battery that conduct ions through polymer chains. While the traditional method of mass-producing them involved melt casting, the new method developed by the researchers at UNIST consists of horizontal centrifugal casting — the same process used to create iron pipes. “By adapting the iron pipe manufacturing process, we have developed a method capable of mass-producing uniform and high-performance solid electrolytes,” said Professor Seok Ju Kang, who led the research.”
“The Texas clean energy juggernaut hit a new milestone as the state’s solar production outpaced coal-fired generation over an entire month for the first time. For years, coal and fossil gas ruled the competitive ERCOT market, which supplies power to almost all of Texas. A decade ago, in 2014, gas produced about 41% of Texas generation, followed by coal at 36%, with nuclear and wind roughly splitting the remainder, per ERCOT data. Gas still delivers the lion’s share of electricity, but wind and solar have surged over the last ten years, and coal has plummeted. Last year, it only managed to supply 14% of ERCOT generation, according to data from the grid operator. Now the numbers are in from March, and coal’s share slipped below 10%, while solar surged above 10%, as noted last week by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.”
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