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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development – A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The real chemical secret to make aluminum and sulfur work together this way seems to be in the type of molten salt they use as an electrolyte. BBC reported recently on how this was being applied in Finland for storing wind and solar power in a community using 100 tons of low-grade sand and a giant, silo looking storage building.

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China’s Export Restrictions on Germanium and Gallium  

Resilinc

This is not the first time China has threatened the supply chain in retaliation. While China exports about 60% of the world’s germanium, the other 40% comes from Canada, the US, Finland, and Belgium. With Resilinc’s Multi-Tier Mapping , your company can gain crucial visibility into your supply chain.

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3 Uses of IoT Tech Spurring Sustainability in Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

IoT Tech is Driving Sustainability in the Supply Chain. But perhaps the most far-reaching changes will center around the use of large data systems to drive sustainability in logistics and supply chains. billion tons of oil in 2011, worth approximately $743 billion.