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https://www.itia.info/tungsten-primary-uses.html Bit of info for any lurkers regarding tungsten main uses and markets

https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190102/advocate-to-use-100-percent-renewable-electricity-by-2030

https://www.powermag.com/best-practices-for-welding-critical-power-plant-systems/ This may help a little

10 trends shaping the electric power sector in 2019 From coal bailouts to batteries and wind and solar growth, here are the issues that will define the year to come. By Gavin Bade Published Jan. 2, 2019 Energy storage will have its biggest year yet As utilities plan to decarbonize their systems, many see the current boom in natural gas generation as a "bridge" to a low-carbon future — providing dispatchable power to balance out intermittent renewables on their systems. Continued advancements in battery technology, however, could make that bridge shorter than many anticipated. In November, California regulators approved four battery projects for utility Pacific Gas & Electric to replace three gas plants that had sought ratepayer financial support. The batteries, including two of the world's largest planned projects, represented the first time that a utility and its regulators sought to directly replace multiple major power plants with battery storage. California has ambitious environmental and battery storage targets, but large-scale storage is also spreading to states without those policies as battery prices decline. Last summer, generator Vistra announced plans for a 42 MWh storage facility connected to a solar farm in Texas, which would be the state's largest battery. While smaller in scale, the recent growth in utility-size batteries has been outpaced by behind-the-meter installations, which analysis firm Wood Mackenzie says grew more than 300% in 2017 alone. Going forward, Bloomberg analysts expect lower prices and increasing market participation options for storage — like FERC's recently approved Order 841 — will beget more than 100 GWh of storage capacity in the U.S. alone by 2040

https://www.powermag.com/10-takeaways-from-the-ieas-newest-world-energy-outlook/?pagenum=1 10. Cost competition by source and technology will ramp up. Despite its various scenarios, the WEO2018 appears certain that the future of power generation will look different. In 2040, under the New Policies Scenario, variable renewables will take on a 20% share, nuclear 10%, coal 38%, and natural gas 22%. Battery storage will also soar from 4 GW in 2017 to 220 GW in 2040 (and on a more optimistic trajectory, if battery costs fall 70% below where they stand today, 540 GW of batteries could be installed in 2040, making it the main technology for peaking capacity). The dramatic sectoral transformation is partly driven by the emerging competitiveness of renewables and storage technologies.

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2019/01/01/solar-tsunami/

https://youtu.be/7x2-jtYlF4E

https://oilprice.com/Metals/Commodities/Vanadium-Spikes-On-New-Chinese-Regulations.html

2018-12-28 15:33:58 Source: Lange Steel   Today, the domestic ferro-vanadium market price is stable. It is understood that the domestic vanadium market has gradually stabilized recently, and the prices of the upstream and downstream products of the vanadium system have entered a period of rational adjustment. After the vanadium price was promoted to promote the overall stabilization of the vanadium market, the high price was gradually adjusted, and the transaction was promoted with a price of 21-22 million yuan/ton. The ammonium metavanadate spot market also made a small profit-making market price of about 190,000 yuan / ton of cash-related tax. In the vanadium-iron market, the price of 230,000 yuan/ton is not high due to cost reasons. The vanadium-nitrogen alloy has no high price of 35-360,000 yuan/ton except for the single-signal. The small adjustment of the current market has a greater effect on unblocking the cost order of upstream and downstream products of vanadium, which is conducive to a healthy and stable development of the market for a longer period of time. It is expected that the vanadium market will be calmly tempered at the current price this winter. 　　 According to the monitoring data of the Lange Steel Cloud Business Platform, the domestic ferro-manganese FeV50 price is currently around 240,000 yuan / ton.

Europe’s Renewable Energy and EV Future Needs Homegrown Cobalt Supply Investing News Network - December 27th, 2018 Taken from above; Furthering the shift to renewable energy, European utilities are increasingly investing in large-scale energy storage systems, says a new report by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. In Spain, Siemens Gamesa recently tested a vanadium redox flow energy storage system to store energy generated from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources. “With the Redox-Flow technology commissioned at our La Plana test site, we are now active in all relevant storage technologies including Power-to-Heat and also battery storage systems,” says Antonio de la Torre, Siemens Gamesa’s chief technology officer. “Due to its scalable energy capacity the Vanadium redox battery is a highly promising option to support our advanced technology offers for isolated and grid-connected systems.” Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) can hold extensive amounts of energy, can be re-charged thousands of times without losing capacity and can allow large renewable energy projects to be integrated into electrical grids without the challenge of intermittent power. Although VRFB technology may be limited to the utility and manufacturing sectors, the massive scale of these global sectors could mean a significant increase in demand for vanadium. Roskill estimates that vanadium demand for VRFB markets could rise to 31,000 tons by 2025, up 3,100 percent from 2015 demand levels. In recognition of their importance to making this new green economy possible, the EU recently named energy metals such as cobalt, graphite, rare earths and vanadium to its list of critical raw materials. Cobalt, primarily mined as a by-product of nickel and copper ores, is especially critical to cathode chemistry in the lithium-ion battery. EV battery manufacturers are increasingly looking for ways to secure solid supply chains outside of the DRC and closer to their own facilities to cut down on transport and logistical costs, as well as to heed to call of consumer demand for more ethically sourced materials.

https://www.army.mil/article/215494/sustainable_energy_projects_help_army_garner_award

https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-battery-storage-facility

https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-demand-for-stronger-steel-makes-vanadium-a-hot-commodity-11545912002

Being quoted 38.15 hsbc

https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/1817697-viewpoint-rising-supply-to-weigh-on-fev?backToResults=true

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/26/c_137700105.htm This may require “a bit” of steel

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-24/canada-battery-maker-says-flow-storage-costs-to-tumble-by-half

Apologies if this has already been posted. https://whatsonthorold.com/2018/12/22/bushveld-minerals-ltd-ordinary-shares-gb-otcmktsbshvf-sellers-covered-40-61-of-their-shorts/

https://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFL3N1YR03Z

https://www. metalbulletin.com/Article/3850960/Stainless-and-special-steels/EUROPE-VANADIUM-SNAPSHOT-V2O5-ferro-vanadium-prices-plummet-amid-year-end-trader-selling-and-improved.html