New Arizona factory to add $330M to economy making elements for 470K electric cars yearly
A small town in Yuma County will be the new home of the only cobalt processing facility in North America and will bring hundreds of jobs to the county. Evelution Energy plans to develop a solar-powered, carbon-neutral facility to process cobalt sulfate for electric vehicle batteries. Construction is expected to begin next year with completion […]
Korean battery giant LG announces huge expansion of plans for battery factory in Queen Creek
LG Energy Solution said it will quadruple its initial budget for a battery manufacturing plant in Queen Creek and now plans to spend $5.5 billion for the project, which will create thousands of jobs and could become the largest stand-alone battery complex in North America.
Solar Tomorrows Fellowship launches at ASU
ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination and Center for Energy and Society are proud to announce the Solar Tomorrows Fellowship, funded by EarthShare through their, “The Energy of One, The Power of Many” program. Arizona Horizon welcomes Professor Clark Miller, Director of ASU’s Center for Energy and Society, and Ruth Wylie of the Center […]
Which States Generated the Most Renewable Energy in 2022?
Earlier this week, President Joe Biden pushed his climate agenda in an unexpected direction by announcing he had approved ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil drilling project in Alaska. The decision “greenlights a carbon bomb,” the nonprofit Earthjustice responded. The executive director of the Sierra Club warned of the project’s potential to “entirely undo the clean energy progress we’ve made.” A mix […]
No Black Mesa Pumped Storage Project (BMPSP)
The Black Mesa Pumped Storage Project (BMPSP) is a pumped storage hydro project proposed by Nature & People First. This energy development company wants to build three “Pumped Storage” energy projects along the northeastern edge of Black Mesa. The purpose of the project is to generate and store electricity. The method is to generate electricity by pumping water uphill into […]
