A considerable volume of ground water (1000000 litres) is required for the extraction of lithium from mining. If this is the case, there will be a scarcity of ground water in the future. Also, there will be a recycling difficulty with discarded lithium-ion batteries. It has the potential to pollute gases, resulting in respiratory problems. With these issues, scientists and experts are claiming that it is a clean energy source.
Yes of course. Therefore, a better alternative for the development of clean energy is hydrogen energy. To the above problems, I would also add the currently rapidly growing demand for rare metals and the fact that companies producing components and prefabricates for many different technological products and motor vehicles are not keeping up with the production of this range. For example, companies producing components and technological prefabricates are not keeping up with the production of semiconductors necessary to equip cars and other motor vehicles, computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, machines equipped with electronic systems, other technological products and household appliances, etc. In many countries The economic crisis caused in 2020 by the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic is dynamic. In addition, electromobility is developing rapidly. These factors have caused demand to outweigh supply in the markets for semiconductors and other electronic components, as well as those manufactured from rare metals, which are also being mined at a certain pace.
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
In terms of the development of electromobility, the problem of recycling waste generated from used lithium-ion batteries is of course a serious problem and a threat to the natural environment. Therefore, it is necessary to develop and improve the technology of recycling this type of waste. In addition, therefore, a good solution is to develop renewable energy and electromobility based on hydrogen engines. When hydrogen is burned with oxygen, water vapor is formed. It is the cleanest source of energy in terms of the natural environment. The development of hydrogen energy is an important element of the pro-environmental transformation of the energy sector and the implementation of the sustainable development goals. The development of hydrogen energy is an important factor in counteracting the progressing process of global warming and reducing the scale and pace of climate change, more and more frequent weather anomalies and climate cataclysms.
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
Dariusz Prokopowicz Sir,
Thank you for your response. The largest problem with hydrogen-powered engines as a clean energy source for transportation, as you mentioned, is hydrogen storage.
I agree most of your comments, Dr. Mukund A Patil except potential shortage of groundwater resources due to production of lithium battery. I am not an expert on the processing but I think groundwater can be treated and recycled through injection. Groundwater injection is a very popular method of groundwater replenishment in California and may be, in other parts of the world.
Wow is that true then that energy is not as green as it claims
Right now, current methods of extracting lithium from brine pools and reservoirs include natural evaporation and techniques requiring extensive processing. These processes can take months and produce copious amounts of waste while posting an actual lithium recovery rate of 30%. EnergyX’s LiTAS™ technology not only increases lithium recovery rates while keeping costs and time low, but also decreases the energy needed to extract it. Lithium and lithium-ion batteries will play a major role in the rapid growth of the clean energy industry. Furthermore, if commercialized, energy systems like LiTAS™ will not just revolutionize the energy storage sector, but help define a new chapter in global sustainability.
Sourcehttps://energyx.com/resources/how-lithium-reduces-our-carbon-footprint/
The challenge of sustainably mining and processing lithium for batteries and other green technologies “represents a rare opportunity in which the needs of fundamental research and global policy are aligned”, write six researchers. The time is ripe for the industry to upgrade its inefficient, wasteful and damaging methods, which have changed little over the past century. “If nothing changes, simply ramping up lithium production at existing sites could negate the benefits of the clean technologies they power,” they write...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00978-2
California’s Salton Sea Eyed for Lithium Extraction With New Tech
With the rising demand for lithium during the clean energy transition, the Salton Sea has become an attractive location for major energy companies. While frontline communities are cautiously optimistic about the economic potential, they also remain wary about health, water, and environmental issues...
https://undark.org/2023/09/05/californias-salton-sea-eyed-for-lithium-extraction-with-new-tech/
A BIRN investigation shows that Rio Tinto has spent more than a million euros on land in Serbia at the proposed site of a lithium mine that was eventually cancelled a year ago, while a redacted readout of a meeting with the EU makes clear the company’s fear of a national referendum on the issue...
In November last year, the government also signed declarations of intent with Slovakian battery maker InoBat to build an electric vehicle battery factory in Serbia, Reuters reported. Rio Tinto is an investor in InoBat.
Activists and the opposition say this all points to a likely revival of the Jadar project.
Meanwhile, a proposal to ban the mining of lithium and boron in Serbia, signed by more than 38,000 people and submitted to parliament last year, has still to come before the competent committee of ministry, despite rules that it should do so within 30 days...
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/02/23/rio-tinto-spends-million-euros-on-serbian-land-since-mine-cancellation/
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