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Re-Thinking Energy Security and Lithium-Ion Batteries

Jim Greenberger2021-04-23T13:12:19-04:00

Lithium battery technology will be one of the most important technologies of the 21st Century. That is not because there is anything special about batteries. Battery technology has been known to man for 2,000 years. But the development of batteries based on the lithium atom, the fourth lightest element in the universe, has made batteries a critical, strategic technology. The significance of the light weight, high energy lithium-ion battery is that it can supply electricity to any point in space without the need of an electrical cord. This has opened the possibility of consumer electronics, electric vehicles, drones, renewable energy, [...]

Testimony to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling

2019-07-19T23:48:15-04:00

I had the honor of testifying on July 17 before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the subject of lithium-ion battery recycling in the United States. The Senate's interest in the topic is timely, given NAATBatt's just ended workshop on the same subject in Buffalo, New York. A copy of my oral testimony is reproduced below. The longer and more detailed written version of my testimony can be seen by clicking here: Oral Remarks Good morning Chairman Barrasso, Ranking Member Carper, and members of the Committee. My name is James Greenberger. I am the Executive Director of [...]