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implemented into batteries that can store energy and be used for 25 years , and then hopefully recycled , which is another growing focus for our industry .
“ On the utilisation side , there are essentially no carbon emissions with rechargeable batteries . Accessing the natural resources needed will always leave a carbon footprint , but we can try to make that more efficient and look at the process in two ways … One is the actual environmental footprint of these huge evaporation ponds that lithium is currently produced in . The ones in South America are bigger than Manhattan island - they ' re in the middle of the desert , but that ' s a huge footprint for surrounding indigenous cultures and ecosystems . The second is water usage . Operations use a tremendous amount of freshwater with current systems , and that ' s something that we aim to improve upon with our technology and its approach to direct lithium extraction ( DLE ).”
Renewable Energy Egan views sustainability from two standpoints : the carbon emissions reduction that utilising lithium in a renewable energy ecosystem has and the mining process itself … “ Everything we see around us originates from a natural resource we take from the ground , and there ' s a carbon footprint associated with that and beyond when we look at how it ' s used in society ,” highlights Egan . “ Fossil fuels deliver a onetime use with a certain carbon emissions footprint . Lithium , on the other hand , is
Orocobre & Galaxy Resources In 2020 , EnergyX announced a pilot partnership with Orocobre to offer the DLE tech that will support cleaner , more efficient energy extraction . Last month , Orocobre announced a multi-billion dollar deal with Galaxy Resources to create a lithium giant with the potential to become the thirdlargest producer in the world .
“ Orocobre is already one of the top lithium producers in the world ,” notes Egan . “ The merger with Galaxy further enhances an important partnership for us . EnergyX is also working with tier one producers that have sent us real-world brine and lithium brine material to test in our laboratories here in the US . But we ' re getting ready to ship these pilot plants that are in our lab into the field , and Orocobre couldn ' t be a better partner to pilot
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