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LONG TSX-V: GGG $0.25 OTCQB: $GPHBF $0.19, July 28, 2016 Graphene 3D Lab Introduces New Type of Single Layer Graphene Material:
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$FYI – A Look At The Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Industry And Companies
by Matt Bohlsen @sa
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4139266-look-lithium-ion-battery-recycling-industry-companies?uprof=46&isDirectRoadblock=true
$AMYZF long
MGXMF– Long…..Article from Rockstone Research on MGX… http://rockstone-research.com/index.php/en/research-reports/4105-MGX-Assembles-Dream-Team-For-California-Lithium-Strategy …..Cowboy
Entire island goes alternative power
https://www.altenergymag.com/article/2018/01/st-eustatius-100-solar-power-in-the-caribbean/27727
The diesel generators are going off as much as possible. Customers will not even notice. I think it is a vanadium redox installation.
Company who got the contract is a TecDAX listed German company, SMA.
Looks interesting.
It looks like they will have a hybrid system for a while, switching back and forth from diesel to solar. Expansion of the solar component is planned for phase-in.
$BLDP
Well this doesn’t happen to me often! A VERY nice bounce back on Ballard Power after rebutting a short sellers report. Which of course brings out another lawsuit.
Most of these lawsuits are as bad as the errant reports published by gamers…..uh “investment” funds.
The United Arab Emirates is building a $354 million city with driver less cars, greenhouses, and solar-powered villas
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/dubai-sustainable-city-uae-2018-1?r=US&IR=T
Squirrel…confirms solar, but can you find out what kind of batteries are being bought for the energy storage ?
Who is getting the contracts for batteries and panels ?
“What Type of Battery, and Who Got the Contract ?”
Guys and girls, this is not to be critical at all. We need to know about major solar installations going in,
it confirms the foundations of our investment thesis.
But when we see a new announcement of a giant solar installation somewhere, what we need to know as investors is what type of storage was selected (VRB, Li-NCM, zinc, or what), what type of panels, and who got the contract.
We are all convinced already that solar is happening. What we need to know is the corporate, material, and technology winners.
The Dubai installation may not have contracts awarded yet.
Again I am not being critical of the post, just calling out the info we would like to have.
Been looking, but only finding bits and pieces.
This article is very long, could be something in there?
The World’s Most Improbable Green City
A decade ago Dubai had one of the largest ecological footprints of any city in the world. By 2050 it wants to have the smallest. Can it get there?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/urban-expeditions/green-buildings/dubai-ecological-footprint-sustainable-urban-city/
Dubai green city…on the one hand the announcement looked like the project was in very preliminary stages. There may be nothing yet on contracts or decisions on panel and storage technologies, there may not even be bids yet.
On the other hand they show photos of cars at charging stations. Could be stock photography or power-sourced from conventional sources.
Point is, we want to know what formats and companies are winning bids and market share.
Masdar City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masdar_City#Renewable_resources
Lots here:
Contents
1 Design and intent
1.1 Architecture
1.2 Transport system
2 Commercial tenants and population
2.1 Masdar Institute
2.2 International Renewable Energy Agency
2.3 Siemens
2.4 Incubator Building
3 Renewable resources
4 Reaction
5 Gallery
6 References
7 External links
Not our one, but anyway – Partners in the project through its Clean Tech Fund are Consensus Business Group, Credit Suisse and Siemens Venture Capital.
The participation of Siemens VC is a clue, but Siemens is in so many sectors we cannot conclude that VRB will be supported.
MGXMF…long…News today…. https://www.mgxminerals.com/investors/news/2018/319-mgx-minerals-commences-development-of-next-generation-zinc-air-mass-storage-system.html ….Cowboy
$VRB
I found some interesting articles on this new release from VRB. This link will get you to the main sight, although it talks about using former and current mine sights for renewable generation and storage locations.
http://www.vanadiumcorp.com/news/grid-storage/1280-why-closed-mines-are-good-sites-for-renewables-storage-and-microgrids
Another question for youz guyz…….has anyone looked up what companies Al Gore is invested in? Simple question, but could yield valuable info.
Sorry, work is interrupting me……….
Edski, the article is the link is 100% right, but I think the author missed the forest through the trees. She thinks the abandoned mine sites are good for setting up wind and solar installations…empty lots for solar power and windmills.
A perfectly valid thought. But I think the real big upside will be in the re-processing of ore from the waste dumps to extract the left-over minerals. On some I suppose you could do both. (The abandoned 1910 Silver Bonanza Mine is re-born as the Silver Bonanza Germanium Extraction Plant and Windmill Farm.)
Ah yes, the “Leach Pit Petting Zoo and Wind Farm”.
Sometimes there can be too much going on in a smallish area, but I really liked the idea of having most of the work done in prep and permitting.
Infrastructure is normally in place to sell back power to the grid, and maybe the mine owner OR another company who just deals with power and storage, will run the power plant on Mining acrage, feed power to the mine, store it and feed the grid from the mine sight, and not go thru the hassles of permitting and construction of roads and building infrastructure.
BUT…….I digress! I found the main link interesting and covering many areas. I’m still waiting for Al Gore to return my call regarding his investments…..
On top of that, maybe they can get a tax credit for cleaning up the environment.
“Our concept of what ore is, is going to change completely.” Robert Friedland
Gummies….have a house full of company and I have been skiing but I did receive a ‘investment notice this morning that looks like it is plagiarizing- using Tony Seba’s work…..
Posted by Energy and capital” newsletter –
The Great Buy of China
Christian DeHaemer Photo By Christian DeHaemer
Written Jan. 30, 2018
In 2011, Morgan Stanley put out a 50-page investment note on Tesla with a price target of $70, up from the price at the time of $23.71……..bla bla bla
He is using pictures and quotes form Tony Seba’s report…..begins with the picture of New York city all horses and one car to the picture from 10 years later, all cars one horse.
Haven’t read the rest so I could be wrong but once these twits get a hold of something, they are like a fly to shit with continued sales pitches. Not sure what he is pitching…..
Company leaves tomorrow…..Hopefully I can catch up.
thanks
Those photos…I saw them in one of Friedland’s presentations.
Eventually everybody will be beatng the drums.
They are pretty good at getting the point across.
$VRB – VanadiumCorp News: PEA Technical Report Review
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – January 30th, 2018 VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. (TSX “VRB”) (the “Company”) announces the Lac Dore PEA filed on SEDAR dated December 28th, 2017 is currently under review by the BCSC to clarify disclosure pertaining to qualified persons and market data. As such, the current economic analysis and mineral resources are not supported by a compliant NI 43-101 technical report, contrary to NI 43-101, and that the estimates should not be relied on until they have been verified and supported by a technical report. The Company will amend and refile the PEA once further clarification is complete.
For more information, contact:
Adriaan Bakker
President, CEO
VanadiumCorp Resource Inc.
Direct: 1-604-385-4485
Fax: 1-604-385-4486
Email:ab@vanadiumcorp.com
Web: http://www.vanadiumcorp.com
VRB np
$FYI – Lithium Junior Miner News For The Month Of January 2017
by Matt Bohlsen @sa
Summary
Lithium spot and contract price news – Spot prices down 3.24% for the past month.
Lithium market news – SQM/Corfo deal drags down the junior lithium miners.
Junior lithium miner company news – Nemaska Lithium releases a blockbuster 2018 Feasibility Study result.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4141162-lithium-junior-miner-news-month-january-2017?uprof=46&isDirectRoadblock=true
note: “An impressive result, with NPV increased ~107% from the 2016 FS.” Nemaska is using a new technology to mine lithium rock.
I found this link while searching for businesses that provide batteries, build batteries of any kind, and discovered “microgrids”.
Seems fascinating, and this link has nice coverage of many areas within microgrids, which means, information about the businesses that make it up.
I will hold this link for future research for myself.
https://microgridknowledge.com/energy-storage-projects/
Companies thought to be in the vanadium/VRB camp
From the Vanadium Corp website, these are companies named as “vanadium” companies.
No research, No opinion, No position.
I have posted the names so to help us identify support for VRB when we see news releases.
Those that I recognize as major players or big-time industrials are starred.
Red T
*UET
Cellenium
VSun
*UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
Starwood Energy
Nextrader
Avalon
Schmid
Gildemeister (taken over)
PVH
*SUMITOMO ELECTRIC
Queensland
*SIEMENS
Vionx
*PU NENG
*RONGKE
H2
No opinion, no position
Here is another link to a new company, spun off from AES and Siemens, FLUENCE.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/aes-and-siemens-partner-to-create-a-new-energy-storage-powerhouse#gs.pLe0=qc
FLC:AX
EMFGF :OTC
I just started looking into this, just found it actually. I think we should keep this in our sights. The child of two companies that actually research and build battery storage systems, was spun off and left to be a standing company on it’s own.
Good evening…..
Great find, edski. Siemens is a powerhouse and they have got the distribution.
Note they have Li-NCM…it can be sold right now. They are working on sulfur sodium but it is a ways out.
Everybody is going to be working on something. Article confirms NCM dominance.
hn unsure if this is relevant, mentions Siemens and Li-NMC layered pouch cells.
http://corvusenergy.com/tag/li-nmc/
Implementation of lithium-polymer battery technology was fundamental to the development of the world’s first all-electric car ferry
(Article by Sean Puchalski, published in Electric & Hybrid Marine International – April 2015)
The world’s first fully battery-driven car ferry has been built and begins operation in the spring of 2015. Owned and operated by Norled and built by the Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand, the zero-emissions ferry is an integral part of Norway’s highway and transportation system, ferrying vehicles across the Sognefjorden, Norway’s largest fjord. Both a major route for north-south transportation and a popular tourist destination, the fjord sees almost one million cars crossing each year. In 2011, Norled partnered with Fjellstrand and Siemens to enter a design competition commissioned by Norway’s Ministry of Transport to encourage a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within its domestic ferry system.
For some years Fjellstrand had been working on the entry’s energy-efficient design platform. Siemens, a company with extensive expertise in power management and electric drive systems, had successfully implemented several lithium battery-powered marine propulsion systems using energy storage systems from Canada’s Corvus Energy. Not only did the collaboration win Norled the contract to operate the electric ferry on the Sognefjorden crossing for 10 years, but its innovative design earned the Norled Ampere – the first vessel produced using Fjellstrand’s ZeroCat design platform – the prestigious title of Ship of the Year 2014 from Norwegian trade journal Skipsrevyen. Passengers, crew and residents of the picturesque villages of Lavik and Oppedal at either end of the crossing will appreciate the ferry’s emissions-free and near-silent operation. Since the ferry is run entirely on battery power, it does not emit greenhouse gases or particulates.
The vessel’s batteries are recharged using low-impact hydroelectric power from the existing electric utility grid infrastructure in each village, further minimizing the impact of the ferry service. In contrast, each of the two conventional diesel-powered ferries traveling the route consumes around one million liters of diesel fuel annually – a cost that will not have to be borne by Norled to operate the Ampere. Moreover, each diesel-powered ferry produces around 2,680 tons of carbon dioxide and emits 37 tons of nitrogen oxides annually, at a considerable cost to the environment. Quick charge challenge The 5.6km Sognefjorden crossing takes just 20 minutes at an average speed of 10kts. But the ferries make the crossing 34 times during 17 hours of operation each day, 365 days a year, pausing for only 10 minutes at the quay. The quick turnaround creates an interesting challenge. For optimal energy efficiency, keeping battery weight low is desirable, so it was decided to size the battery with the capacity for only several crossings and recharge throughout the day. However, the villages’ electrical grid could not meet the sudden and high energy demand to recharge the batteries quickly, without cost-prohibitive grid infrastructure improvements being made.
“The key concept behind our ferry is the top-up charging of the batteries at both quays while the vessel is loading and unloading,” comments Ivan Fossan, CEO of Norled, in the Skipsrevyen Ship of the Year 2014 issue, referring to the shore power stations that use additional liquid-cooled lithium polymer batteries from Corvus Energy to store energy from the grid and enable battery-to-battery energy transfers. It took the combined expertise of Norled, Fjellstrand, Siemens and Corvus Energy to create the innovative and feasible solution. Built from the ground up, a primary consideration of the ZeroCat platform design was to reduce energy consumption compared with conventional ferries in order to minimize the size of the battery required. By using a slender catamaran style structure made of seawater-resistant aluminum, the ballast-free hulls are lightweight and have minimal resistance, resulting in energy savings of approximately 40% at 10kts. The double-ended ferry maintains its schedule by not turning round. The ferry foregoes side-thrusters in favor of Rolls-Royce azimuth thrusters at each end, only one of which is used for each direction of the crossing. The large-diameter propellers have slim blades and a low rotation rate optimized to reduce energy consumption. To reduce drag, the idle blades are feathered. The system results in a further energy saving of around 7%.
Energy-efficient LED lighting and HVAC systems, as well as solar panels, have been incorporated into the ZeroCat platform to reduce energy demand. As a result of the energy-efficient design of the vessel’s hull, propulsion and interior systems, minimum consumption was achieved. Low-load electric drive system The Ampere’s light weight – about half that of the dieselpowered ferries – and reduced drag place less demand on the drive system. Power is provided by two Siemens electric motors with variable speed drive, energized by Corvus Energy lithium-polymer batteries. The motors and other machinery are controlled from the bridge using Siemens power management, alarm and monitoring systems. Corvus Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) incorporating lithium-polymer batteries were selected by Siemens. “We have successfully implemented Corvus Energy battery systems in previous marine applications, including hybrid ferries, so have a good understanding of expected performance and deep confidence in Corvus Energy’s ability to deliver a safe and reliable product,” says Odd Moen, sales director at Siemens Marine and Shipbuilding.
Two Corvus ESSs with a combined capacity of 1,040kWh are mounted on the Ampere, one at each end of the ferry, occupying a total of just 20m³ . The Corvus ESS is made up of arrays of AT6500 battery modules, each of which contains 24 lithium-polymer cells. Advanced cell chemistry – Li-NMC layered pouch cells – are the foundation of the Corvus battery’s characteristics that make it ideally suited for the ZeroCat platform. Building on this foundation, Corvus’s marine-rated design and battery management system harness the capabilities of the cell in a safe and controllable manner. The Li-NMC battery module is known for its high power-to-weight ratio.
The power density of the Corvus battery is 951W/kg, compared with only 41W/kg for a lead-acid battery or 685W/kg for a typical lithium-ion battery. The energy density of Li-NMC is also high, as depicted above. With the Ampere design calling for 1MWh of energy to be stored on the vessel – enough for several crossings – a high energy density was critical to keeping the overall weight of the battery low, thereby minimizing the required output of the motors. Shore power solutions The Li-NMC batteries also boast a high maximum charge/ discharge rate, which provides rapid top-up charges to the ferry’s onboard batteries. One Corvus ESS is installed on the quay in each village, from which a rapid battery-to-battery charge is performed during the 10-minute docking. These shore stations use Corvus AT6500-LQ liquid-cooled battery modules and store 410kWh each. With active liquid cooling, these units support 2.5 times the continuous current of the vessel-mounted batteries, enabling use of the smallest onshore battery system possible on each shore while safely fulfilling rapid charging design requirements.
The shore power stations ensure sufficient onboard stored energy throughout the day. The onboard batteries get fully recharged directly from the grid overnight, when demand is lowest. The shore batteries, on the other hand, are continuously recharged from the village’s grid. Recharging is controlled through Siemens demand-management technology at a rate permitted by the grid infrastructure based on other demands, which vary throughout the day. As with the vessel batteries, the shore batteries fully charge overnight. A low impedance in the Li-NMC battery modules, combined with active cooling of the shore batteries, means the onboard batteries can be charged via a rapid discharge from the shore battery. Corvus AT6500-LQ modules can each support peak discharge/charge currents of 1,500A/450A and true continuous (root mean square, continuous alternating charge and discharge) currents of 225A – much higher than in other lithium-ion batteries.
Safety measures The Corvus ESSs have received type approval from DNVGL, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Lloyd’s Register – demonstrating the measures taken by Corvus to ensure the quality and safety of the energy storage system incorporated into the Ampere ferry. The Corvus ESS is built to withstand impact and vibration, and its advanced mechanical design and rack construction provides fire suppression and antipropagation in the event of thermal runaway. All Corvus ESSs are current- and temperaturemonitored by a battery management system that provides warnings, fault, charge and discharge management. In the Ampere installation, Corvus has incorporated an advanced active liquid cooling system for the shore batteries, which uses a proprietary thermal conductor to remove heat generated during intense use. As an added bonus, modifications to the mooring systems to accommodate recharging the Ampere also enable the diesel ferries to operate more efficiently.
“The electric ferry has to be kept completely steady while at the quayside in order to plug it in. To make this possible, we developed a unique automated docking system,” says Norled’s Fossan, explaining that when the ferry is safely moored and stabilized, a laser sensor guides the power connector to a hatch at the side of the ferry, connects the vessel’s battery and begins recharging. This mooring system can also stabilize the diesel ferries, and can therefore decrease fuel consumption. Ferry fleets and beyond Norled’s Ampere project is likely to create a buzz in the marine industry.
“The Ampere will prove the feasibility of battery-powered ferries and rapid shore charging,” says Andrew Morden, CEO of Corvus Energy. “She demonstrates that sufficient energy can be stored on a vessel, and offers a solution for rapid battery recharges where the local grid may not have sufficient capacity.”
“Norled will continue the development of electric ferries and encourage the rest of the shipping industry to follow,” Norled’s technical director, Sigvald Breivik, comments in World’s first battery-driven car ferry, published in the Skipsrevyen Ship of the Year 2014 issue. Norway’s ferry fleet is aging, and Fjellstrand counts 40 crossings that could potentially be operated by batterydriven ferries employing designs similar to its ZeroCat platform. It is estimated that in the Norwegian domestic ferry system alone, as much as 400,000 tons of CO2 emissions could be eliminated with the use of batterydriven ferries. In the search for zero-emissions solutions, the lithium-polymer battery could play a starring role.
MF Ampere, Single Line Diagram
It looks like there are going to be a lot of technical solutions for batteries. The question is, how can we invest in the commercially important formats, via commodities or otherwise ?
The article indicates that the ship batteries have “Li-NMC batteries” manufactured in some special method involving polymers. The batteries were produced by Corvus, and bought by Siemens, which looks to be a go-to project manager.
No opinion, no position on Corvus.
Like Siemens in the energy space but they are very divesified;
edski’s identification of Fluence seems like a more focussed
target.
Thanks, like you say seems there are numerous companies working on different projects.
Lots of information here on Fluence.
https://hotcopper.com.au/asx/flc/
I believe we are on the trailing front edge of a new trend Asia i.e., China and Europe are being pushed to accept Alternate energy and need storage batteries to even out the demand on the electrical grid as such have a head start. China is pressing for the use of the VRB. I’m not sure what the Europeans are doing for batteries. Americans are collecting their and letting their batteries support the grid. I hoping that there will be a catalyst from PNNL that will spur the use of storage batteries and a shake out in storage batteries. It looks like Li-ion will always have a place in EVs and consumer electronics. I think a storage battery should be able to charge and discharge at the same time and that is flow batteries both vanadium and zinc.
Vanadium and cobalt. VRB, Li-NCM, and a
touch of zinc.
Clean Teq, MGX and a cast of thousands.
Investment choices are profilerating like crazy, it is going to be difficult to keep focus. New mining developers, new technologies, solar companies, Chinese car companies, tech giants like Siemens, VRB start-ups. Getting dizzy.
Very disruptive.
For the time being I am going focus on cobalt & vanadium sources, and flow battery opportunities in vanadium and zinc. Maybe a big tech or equipment tech or two, like Siemens and Fluence.
Siemens at least does some business in VRB, and the Norwegian ferry uses Li-NCM with a polymer twist.
Sounds like the polymers are used in separating layers in the battery.
As far as I can tell, the European battery material profile for storage has to be discerned anecdotally, company by company, project by project.
It is not an exact method but I do not know how else to get a feel for the dominant market formats.
Oh NOOOOooooooo……The above links DO NOT……refer to the make up of the newborn Fluence Company. They are a water purification company that has been around for a while, and also looks appealing,,,,,,, for water purification.
The new power and battery company Fluence is not a listed company, (yet?)
Check out AES or Siemens to start your DD, if and when it does spin off.
If not…..maybe one of the companies is a good investment by itself. I am thinking AES.
Sorry………………………………
Northvolt–Private, Vestas… ( US )ADR– VWDRY — Found this on a new battery partnership in Europe. At least one is a public company ! http://northvolt-ab.mynewsdesk.com/news/vestas-and-northvolt-partner-on-battery-storage-for-wind-energy-to-support-the-further-integration-of-renewables-285784 ….Cowboy
$MGXMF – MGX Minerals Receives Approval to Conduct 3D Seismic Survey at Utah Petrolithium Project, Blueberry Unit, Paradox Basin
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / January 31, 2018 / MGX Minerals Inc. (“MGX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XMG / OTCQB: MGXMF / FKT: 1MG) is pleased to announce the Company’s operating partner (the “Paradox Partner”) has received approval from the State of Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining to conduct a 3D geophysical survey (the “Survey”) on the Blueberry Unit (“Blueberry”) at its Paradox Basin Petrolithium Project (the “Project”). The Survey will outline subsurface geological formations and structures favorable for accumulations of oil and gas as well as lithium brine bearing formations.
The Project represents the first large scale integrated petroleum and lithium exploration project in the United States and is located proximate to the Lisbon Valley oilfield within the Paradox Basin, which has shown historical brine content as high as 730 ppm lithium (Superior Oil 88-21P).
The Company’s cumulative Project land position comprises over 110,000 acres of oil and gas leases and 118,000 acres of largely overlying mineral claims, including 80,380 acres of unitized Federal, State and Private lands within the Blueberry Unit where MGX controls the overwhelming majority of mineral claims. The Project is being simultaneously explored for oil, gas, lithium and other brine minerals as part of the Company’s exploration, testing and analyses strategy to determine locations for deployment of the Company’s lithium and mineral extraction clean technology.
Lisbon Valley and Paradox Basin Geology
The Lisbon Valley oilfield has approximately 140 wells. According to production statistics, as reported by the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Oil, Gas and Mining Division, cumulative lifetime production within the Lisbon Valley oilfield has totaled 51.4 million barrels of oil as of June 2017 (“Oil Production by Field, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil, Gas and Mining”; June 2017; Click Here). The Paradox Basin has been noted by the USGS as having one of the largest undeveloped oil and gas fields in the United States (“Assessment of Oil and Gas Resources in the Paradox Basin Province…”; USGS; 2011; Click Here).
Blueberry Unit
MGX is currently earning a 75% working interest in the Project, with the remaining interest primarily controlled by a private Utah corporation. The Paradox Partner has been engaged by MGX as subcontracted operator of the Project. The Project is host to National Instrument (N.I) 51-101 estimated prospective resources for oil and gas (the “Estimate”) consisting of leasehold and royalty interests in San Juan County, Utah and Miguel County. Colorado. The estimate was prepared by the Ryder Scott Company, L.P. (“Ryder Scott”), an independent qualified reserves evaluator within the meaning of N.I. 51-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities (“NI 51-101”), with an effective date of June 30, 2017. The Estimate was prepared in accordance with N.I. 51-101 and the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook.
MGX may decide to advance its petrolithium projects into production without first establishing mineral resources supported by an independent technical report or completing a feasibility study. A production decision without the benefit of a technical report independently establishing mineral resources or reserves and any feasibility study demonstrating economic and technical viability creates increased uncertainty and heightens economic and technical risks of failure. Historically, such projects have a much higher risk of economic or technical failure.
About MGX Minerals
MGX Minerals is a diversified Canadian resource company with interests in advanced material and energy assets throughout North America. Learn more at http://www.mgxminerals.com.
Contact Information
Jared Lazerson
President & CEO
Telephone: 1.604.681.7735
Web: http://www.mgxminerals.com
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements…
A mention of Friedland’s interests in China…..
http://www.vanadiumcorp.com/news/grid-storage/1249-vanadium-help-yourself
#No ticker…Speed of uptake on EVs
Got a teaser from Doug Casey. His mind has been disrupted on the speed of EV uptake. He saw Tesla charging stations (Li-NCM) in Tulun, Mexico and it blew his mind. EV’s coming “faster than he ever imagined.”
Seattle is installing two of projected 20 charging stations at $110,000.00 each.Claim power cost in Honda Leaf would be about $0.06 per mile.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/seattle-city-light-opens-two-electric-car-charging-stations-on-beacon-hill/
Speed of uptake…in one day we hear of Doug Casey in Mexico having his brain disrupted by charging stations in a Mexican beach town, and the Seattle Times running an article on installs in Seattle with Leaf getting 6 cents a mile.
Tesla was the car in the photo in the Seattle article but the shot credits indicate it was taken in Olympia, WA. Tesla’s number coming up a lot.
Good for Li-NCM.
$TSLA no position
MGX Minerals Announces Acquisition of 20 Patents for Zinc Air Fuel Cell Battery
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / February 1, 2018 / MGX Minerals Inc. (“MGX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XMG / OTCQB: MGXMF / FKT: 1MG) is pleased to announce as a result of the recently closed acquisition of now wholly-owned subsidiary ZincNyx Energy Solutions, Inc. (“ZincNyx”), the Company now controls 20 metal air battery and fuel cell patents. To date ZincNyx has been awarded 20 patents covering its mass storage technology. A list of existing published patents are as follows:
Table 1. Existing ZincNyx Patents…
Figure 1. Typical 5kw Modular System
Overview of Technology
ZincNyx has developed a patented regenerative zinc-air flow battery that efficiently stores energy in the form of zinc particles and contains none of the traditional high cost battery commodities such as lithium, vanadium, or cobalt. The technology allows for low cost mass storage of energy and can be deployed into a wide range of applications.
Unlike conventional batteries, which have a fixed energy/power ratio, ZincNyx’s technology uses a fuel tank system that offers flexible energy/power ratios and scalability. The storage capacity is directly tied to the size of the fuel tank and the quantity of recharged zinc fuel, making scalability a major advantage of the flow battery system. In addition, a further major advantage of the zinc-air flow battery is the ability to charge and discharge simultaneously and at different maximum charge or discharge rates since each of the charge and discharge circuits is separate and independent. Other types of standard and flow batteries are limited to a maximum charge and discharge by the total number of cells as there is no separation of the charge and discharge components.
To watch a short video outlining ZincNyx technology, please visit http://www.zincnyx.com/technology/
About ZincNyx Energy Solutions
To learn more about ZincNyx technology visit http://www.zincnyx.com.
About MGX Minerals
MGX Minerals is a diversified Canadian resource company with interests in advanced material and energy assets throughout North America. Learn more at http://www.mgxminerals.com.
Contact Information
Jared Lazerson
President & CEO
Telephone: 1.604.681.7735
Web: http://www.mgxminerals.com
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Forward-Looking Statements
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CTEQF—Long…. https://www.livewiremarkets.com/wires/chinese-aerospace-deal-could-send-clean-teq-to-new-heights ….Cowboy
OK great. MGX adding confidence in zinc flow. Now they got IP and Teck, and a system that works. A-OK.
Just wish we could get a lock on a VRB company that was a slam-dunk.
I’m still long and optimistic on SRI, but it is not good enough to be my only position in VRBs. It could be someday. But it isn’t yet.
Long $MGXMF, long $SPNRF
MGXMF–Long…. List of ZincNyx Patents…. http://rockstone-research.com/index.php/en/research-reports/4167-Scores-of-Tail-Winds-for-MGX-becoming-a-Leader-in-the-New-Energy-Economy …..Cowboy