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This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.What Is Carbon Capture? With Gizmodo’s Molly Taft | TechmodoIn a first among United States automakers, Tesla will begin refining its own lithium, a critical material for electric vehicle batteries.The company broke ground on a $375 million lithium refining plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, this week, which CEO Elon Musk said will process enough lithium for 1 million vehicles annually.“We thought it was important to address … a…

Tesla officially broke ground Monday on a Texas lithium refinery, making it the only U.S. automaker to refine its own lithium. CEO Elon Musk said the refinery will produce enough battery grade lithium for 1 million electric vehicles by 2025, which would make Tesla the largest processor of lithium in North America. Tesla will continue to rely on existing suppliers like Albermarle and Livent as it aims to reach its 2023 sales goal of around 1.8 million cars globally. Lithium is the key critical…

Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTesla CEO Elon Musk joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott to break ground at the site of the electric vehicle maker's new lithium refinery in Corpus Christi on Monday.Tesla plans to invest $375 million to build the facility on the Gulf coast that will help it secure a domestic supply of lithium hydroxide, a key ingredient used to make batteries for its electric vehicles, and its home- and utility-scale batteries.Musk said that Tesla is aiming to produce enough battery-grade…

Tesla has officially broke ground at its new Lithium Refinery outside Corpus Christie, Texas. The automaker plans to produce enough battery-grade lithium at the new factory to support the production of 1 million electric cars annually. In September 2022, we learned that Tesla has a plan to build a lithium refining facility on the Gulf Coast of Texas. The goal of the new plant is to produce lithium hydroxide to support its own battery cell production at Gigafactory Texas in Austin. At the…

An aeroplane fueled by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) taking off at Brussels Airport earlier this year. Scaffolding and green pipes envelop a refinery in the port of Rotterdam where Finnish giant Neste is preparing to significantly boost production of sustainable aviation fuel. Switching to…

Suncor Energy’s Commerce City refinery is returning to full-scale operations after a shutdown that lasted more than two months. The company is restarting Plants 1 and 3 in the coming days, according to an alert Friday from its community notification system. Suncor restarted the refinery’s Plant 2 on Feb. 9. Suncor described the renewed operations as a “progressive restart” because it can take several days for equipment to heat up and run at full capacity. “Over the coming weeks, we’ll be safely and steadily increasing…

Gas prices in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region continue to climb as the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City undergoes repairs following its late-December shutdown. The average retail price of gasoline increased 51% in Colorado and 27% in the Rocky Mountain region between the end of December and Feb. 20, according to a U.S. Energy Information Administration report released Tuesday. The average price of a gallon of gas in Colorado rose by $1.39 to $4.10 as of Feb. 20, the report said. On Tuesday, AAA showed…

The suggestion surfaces almost every time Suncor Energy is in the news in Colorado. Close the refinery. It comes up during permit hearings or when the company is tagged with another air pollution violation or, most recently, with the extended shutdown of its Commerce City operations. Suncor is one of the largest single-source polluters in Colorado, and for decades the refinery has released toxic chemicals into the air and water, sometimes exceeding the amounts allowed under its federal permits. Those substances include…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Thursday signed an agreement with Daewoo Engineering & Construction Nigeria Limited for the rehabilitation of the Kaduna Refinery & Petrochemical Company (KRPC) Limited. The signing of the agreement took place at the NNPC headquarters in Abuja. “NNPCLimited’s Kaduna Refining & Petrochemical Company Ltd (KRPC) & Daewoo Engineering & Construction Nigeria Ltd. signed a contract for maintenance services for quick-fix repairs of KRPC,” the oil…

Commodities trader Trafigura Group struck a deal to exit a major joint-venture with Rosneft Oil Co. in India, unwinding a relationship with Russia’s energy giant that was a decade in the making. Trafigura said Wednesday it had sold its 24.5% take in India’s Nayara Energy Ltd. to Hara Capital Sarl. Hara is a subsidiary of Italy’s Mareterra Group Holding, which used to be known as Genera Group Holding SpA and invests in energy companies. The companies didn’t disclose a price,…