Create a free Manufacturing.net account to continue

Manufacturing Minute: Using Coal To Make Electronics

In this episode, a new use for a maligned source of energy.

Apr 27, 2016
Latest in Energy
Ap24110817775638
Biden Announces $7 billion in Federal Solar Power Grants
April 22, 2024
Zich Shirley Meng 051 1024x683
Resurgence Startup ExPost Awarded $8M from DOE in Bid to Improve Battery Recycling
April 19, 2024
People watch the sunset at a park on an unseasonably warm day, Feb. 25, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo.
Study: Climate Change's Economic Bite Will Hit $38 Trillion a Year
April 17, 2024
23 G07914 Direct Lithium Extraction Infographic Pcg V4 (1)
Chemists Invent Efficient Way to Extract Lithium from Mining Sites, Oil Fields, Used Batteries
April 17, 2024
Related Stories
Zich Shirley Meng 051 1024x683
Energy
Resurgence Startup ExPost Awarded $8M from DOE in Bid to Improve Battery Recycling
23 G07914 Direct Lithium Extraction Infographic Pcg V4 (1)
Energy
Chemists Invent Efficient Way to Extract Lithium from Mining Sites, Oil Fields, Used Batteries
Wind turbines operate at an energy plant near Stetten, north of Kaiserslautern, Germany, as the sun rises on, March 19, 2024. According to a new report published Tuesday, April 16, 2024, last year, marked the best year for new wind projects.
Energy
2023 Was a Record Year for Wind Installations
Mortar cubes rest in the product lab at Fortera's facility in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
Energy
Making Cement Is Very Damaging for the Climate. One Solution is Opening in California
More in Energy
Ap24110817775638
Energy
Biden Announces $7 billion in Federal Solar Power Grants
Solar is gaining traction as a key renewable energy source that could reduce the nation's reliance on fossil fuels.
April 22, 2024
Zich Shirley Meng 051 1024x683
Energy
Resurgence Startup ExPost Awarded $8M from DOE in Bid to Improve Battery Recycling
The startup’s patent-pending process removes impurities from recycled lithium battery materials.
April 19, 2024
People watch the sunset at a park on an unseasonably warm day, Feb. 25, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo.
Energy
Study: Climate Change's Economic Bite Will Hit $38 Trillion a Year
By 2049.
April 17, 2024
23 G07914 Direct Lithium Extraction Infographic Pcg V4 (1)
Energy
Chemists Invent Efficient Way to Extract Lithium from Mining Sites, Oil Fields, Used Batteries
The team has applied for a patent for the invention.
April 17, 2024
Wind turbines operate at an energy plant near Stetten, north of Kaiserslautern, Germany, as the sun rises on, March 19, 2024. According to a new report published Tuesday, April 16, 2024, last year, marked the best year for new wind projects.
Energy
2023 Was a Record Year for Wind Installations
There was a 50% increase from the year before.
April 16, 2024
Pipelines
Safety
Expanding Pipeline System Faces Critical Safety Concerns
The technology is there, but funding and implementation remain challenging.
April 15, 2024
Mortar cubes rest in the product lab at Fortera's facility in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
Energy
Making Cement Is Very Damaging for the Climate. One Solution is Opening in California
Fortera has developed a technology that reduces carbon dioxide in the making of cement.
April 11, 2024
Ussteel
Energy
U.S. Steel Reaches Agreement to Capture Plant's Carbon Emissions
The project will be located at one of North America's largest integrated steel mills.
April 5, 2024
Dji 20240206150717 0059 D
Operations
HUBER Unveils New Manufacturing Facility in North Carolina
HUBER has created 80 jobs in the last two years and plans to create 50 more in 2024.
April 4, 2024
Ap24093456755879
Energy
GE Aviation, Energy Businesses Open on NYSE, Marking End of the Conglomerate
A symbol of American manufacturing has completed its split.
April 3, 2024
I Stock 1412615365
Energy
America's Green Manufacturing Boom Isn't Powered By Renewable Energy
Yet.
April 2, 2024
The shaft tower at the Energy Fuels Inc. uranium Pinyon Plain Mine is shown Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, near Tusayan, Ariz. The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s.
Energy
Uranium is Being Mined Near the Grand Canyon
Prices are soaring as the U.S. pushes for more nuclear power.
April 1, 2024
A tanker truck transports crude oil on a highway near Duchesne, Utah on July 13, 2023.
Energy
EPA Sets Strict Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks, Buses
Officials say it will help clean up some of the nation's largest sources of planet-warming greenhouse gases.
March 29, 2024
Doe
Energy
DOE Announces $62 Million to Lower Battery Recycling Costs
The department selected 17 projects for the funding.
March 29, 2024
Nuclear
Laws & Regulations
Biden Administration Will Lend $1.5B to Restart Michigan Nuclear Power Plant
It would be the first nuclear power plant to be reopened in the U.S.
March 28, 2024