Lithium – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 02 May 2023 16:25:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 As lithium rush gathers pace, it’s time Zimbabwe leverages its ample reserves https://energytransition.org/2023/05/as-lithium-rush-gathers-pace-its-time-zimbabwe-leverages-its-ample-reserves/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/as-lithium-rush-gathers-pace-its-time-zimbabwe-leverages-its-ample-reserves/#respond Thu, 04 May 2023 08:00:59 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28143 Zimbabwe is reported to have Africa’s largest and the world’s fifth-largest lithium reserves. Lithium, a key component in energy storing batteries, is witnessing soaring demand as electric vehicles gain popularity. However, despite its abundance of the key resource, the country is lagging in terms of technology to process and fully utilise its lithium. In this story, Kennedy Nyavaya takes a closer...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/as-lithium-rush-gathers-pace-its-time-zimbabwe-leverages-its-ample-reserves/feed/ 0 Why Latin America’s environmentalist murder ranking won’t improve anytime soon https://energytransition.org/2021/09/why-latin-americas-environmentalist-murder-ranking-wont-improve-anytime-soon/ https://energytransition.org/2021/09/why-latin-americas-environmentalist-murder-ranking-wont-improve-anytime-soon/#respond Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:10:12 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24753 For the past years, Latin America has topped the list of the most dangerous region for environmental activists in the world. According to Global Witness, more than two-thirds of all respective assassinations recorded globally take place here with Colombia being the most dangerous country for environmental activists in the world. Following the IACHR hearing on the human rights situation in Bajo...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/09/why-latin-americas-environmentalist-murder-ranking-wont-improve-anytime-soon/feed/ 0 Change of power in Bolivia and the Global North’s raw materials demand https://energytransition.org/2019/11/political-change-of-power-in-bolivia-due-to-energy-interests-of-the-global-north/ https://energytransition.org/2019/11/political-change-of-power-in-bolivia-due-to-energy-interests-of-the-global-north/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:00:27 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21235 While the causes of rapid political change in Bolivia are currently being sought within the accusation of the electoral fraud-related presidency of Evo Morales, more and more voices in Latin America denounce to see a connection between the national lithium industry and the changing power structures. Kathrin Meyer evaluates the multiple facets of this conflict. Bolivia’s economy depends on the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/11/political-change-of-power-in-bolivia-due-to-energy-interests-of-the-global-north/feed/ 2 Is Latin America’s lithium industry sustainable? Environmental costs of the new white gold https://energytransition.org/2019/06/latin-americas-lithium-industry/ https://energytransition.org/2019/06/latin-americas-lithium-industry/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2019 13:00:17 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19913 The energy transition, and especially the increased electrification of transportation sector, moves forward at great speed. Its new center is Latin America’s lithium triangle, where new batteries of electric vehicles will be sourced. But there is an inevitable conflict coming between water availability and mining, says Rebecca Bertram. In the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, lithium is extracted on a...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/06/latin-americas-lithium-industry/feed/ 1 Lithium in Bolivia: beyond extractivism https://energytransition.org/2019/01/bolivia-beyond-extractivism/ https://energytransition.org/2019/01/bolivia-beyond-extractivism/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:00:32 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=18915 Although Bolivia has some of the largest lithium reserves in the world, the country so far has not focused on extraction. Now that lithium is in high demand for electromobility and renewable technologies, Bolivia’s geopolitical role may change. Maximiliano Proaño takes a look. At Lake Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia lithium can be extracted from the brine of the salt crust and from inside the brine...

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