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Last updated at 4:34 PM on April 25, 2024 (Pacific Standard Time)
"...But she says a lot of cartridges are not easy to remove, and end up in the landfill. She says the battery and carcinogenic chemicals can leach into groundwater..."
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"...The X-ray technology is the newest technology on the market to be able to do that, said Norm Yorke from EDI Inc. The sorting equipment has allowed the Orillia-based recycling company to double its capacity and process almost 500 kilograms of batteries per hour. It is looking for the chemistry of the battery..."
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"...A lot of people say electric vehicles are too expensive. I say they need to do the math, said Harold, the owner of the electric truck..."
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"...Since January, the nature youth food forest design teams have been learning about local food systems with a focus on ecosystem regeneration, lead by Nikola Barsoum. She said its all about reconnecting to nature..."
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"...Farmers in Wilmot were on edge after a major electric vehicle (EV) announcement in Ontario, which includes plans for two battery parts facilities. However, CityNews 570 has since learned neither facility..."
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"...B. C. 's first wildfire evacuation order of this season lasted under 24 hours, but local officials say dry conditions mean the risk is still high..."
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"...An annual festival celebrating walkable communities and neighbourhoods hits the streets this weekend and next at a time when the conversation about walkability and public safety are top of mind for many..."
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"...The small oily fish enjoyed by humans are also essential food for whales, dolphins, sea lions, pelicans and salmon. The loss of sardines can create problems throughout ocean ecosystems, environmentalists said..."
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"...The Peace River Regional District has rescinded an evacuation order issued last night in response to an out-of-control wildfire in northeastern British Columbia..."
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"...BHP said the deal would boost its presence in the copper market, which is seeing demand soar amid the shift towards clean energy, as well as giving it greater access to potash, and coking coal in Australia. Copper is particularly sought after as the metal is used widely in electric vehicles, batteries and charging stations..."
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"...The federal government is giving Honda five billion dollars in incentives to build electric vehicles and EV batteries in Ontario..."
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"...Canada's Building Trades Union says Canadian workers are being sidelined in favour of foreign workers at the NextStar battery plant in Windsor, Ont. , owned by Stellantis and LG Energy Solution..."
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"...CHETWYND, B. C. An out-of-control wildfire in northeastern British Columbia has triggered the province's first evacuation of this year's fire season..."
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Recent episodes relevant to the latest news and opinion.
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"...Jon Stika is a writer, agronomist, and former soil health instructor with the USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)..."
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"...Thanks for tuning in to this episode of RealAg on the Weekend! On this weekends show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Saskatchewan farmers including: Keith Fournier of Lone Rock, Sask; Kris Mayerle of Tisdale, Sask; Scott Hepworth of Assiniboia, Sask; and, Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel of Mossbank, Sask..."
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Recent peer-reviewed papers relevant to the latest news and opinion.
"...Under the specific demand response program, the paper proposes an optimal control method of coordinating thermostatically controlled load (TCL) and battery energy storage (BES)..."
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"..., photovoltaics (PVs) and battery energy storage systems (BESSs)) in an islanded ac microgird, which can achieve the self-consistent proportional power sharing across the whole microgird system with time delay merely through limited noncontinuous communication among DERs based on their status and capacities..."
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"...Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have been promoted by the government over the last several years, driven by public concern over pollutant emissions from internal combustion engines..."
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"...The energy management techniques have been proposed for minimizing the energy cost of locally generated electricity with maximization of PV contribution and battery energy throughput to meet the institutional load demand..."
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"...The current paper introduces a realistic solution for energy demand in Makadi Bay, Red-Sea, Hurgada, Egypt using energy system crossbred of Renewable Wind Energy System (WES) and Photovoltaic System (PVS) in the presence of Battery Energy Storage (BES)..."
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"...Lithium-ion battery (LIB) nowadays plays a key role as one of the most widely used energy storage technologies such as the application in electric vehicles..."
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"...Compared to HOMER, GA based HRES of combination-1( biogas+biomass+solar+ wind+ fuel cell with battery) is found to be the optimal solution supplying energy with 0% unmet load at the least cost of energy, which is at $ 0..."
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"...Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), which are one solution to combat the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources, also require private investment for widespread deployment..."
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"...This paper proposes a smart coordinated control of photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage system (BESS) integrated in an EVCS in order to avoid transformer overloading..."
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"...This work assesses the economic feasibility of replacing conventional peak power plants, such as Diesel Generator Sets (DGS), by using distributed battery energy storage systems (BESS), to implement Energy Time Shift during peak hours for commercial consumers, whose energy prices vary as a function of energy time of use (ToU tariffs)..."
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"...A multi-objective optimization was further formulated to optimally schedule the gas and electricity consumption of a smart home equipped with the hybrid heating system as well as an onsite photovoltaic (PV) system, a battery energy storage system, an electric vehicle and various types of flexile loads..."
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