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Mines increasingly use solar power so they increasingly need energy storage for hours, due to load-source mismatch, up to seasonal because solar is feeble in winter. This can transition to battery-free energy storage intimately using mine assets for grids and local industry and communities when the mine is expired as a source of minerals. This is what we cover in this article, ending with a slide on how the same applies for electricity generators.

Construction, agriculture and mining are progressing towards 100% electrics from off-grid zero emission electricity production on site, with mining sites and farm desalination particularly power hungry up to 100MW levels.

The control of industrial vehicle emissions has increasingly become the focus of stringent limitations on exhaust constituents such as NOx, CO and particulate matter, as such engine manufacturers have begun introducing innovative design changes and sophisticated engine control systems to reduce the major pollutants in diesel exhaust and comply with each successive tier level.

Over the last decade, wind energy prices have fallen 70% and solar photovoltaics have fallen 89% on average, with the cost of renewables continuing to trend downwards.

Mercedes-Benz is getting ready to go all electric by the end of the decade, where market conditions allow. Shifting from electric-first to electric-only, the car company is accelerating toward an emissions-free and software-driven future.

The amount of capital expenditure spent by mining companies is estimated by various organisations.

Mining investment and income tends to move in its own long cycle, the last one being about eight years.

Mining spans from about 1500 large mines for metal, metal-bearing material, diamonds and coal extraction down to tens of thousands of smaller sites such as gravel pits and marble quarries.

Malaysia Airports has signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding with Skyports and Volocopter. As a first step, the parties will combine their distinct aerospace and aviation expertise to conduct a feasibility study examining suitable vertiport solutions to enable the safe take-off and landing of passenger eVTOL vehicles, considering factors such as demand, customer flow, and how to integrate UAM operations.

To be useful, drones need to be quick. Because of their limited battery life they must complete whatever task they have - searching for survivors on a disaster site, inspecting a building, delivering cargo - in the shortest possible time.