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Jacob Goldstein
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Megan O'Connor
Jacob Goldstein: 世界正经历从化石燃料到可再生能源和电池存储的转型，这既带来了机遇也带来了挑战。为了满足对电池日益增长的需求，我们需要大量的金属，而这些金属的开采和提炼主要集中在中国，这引发了供应链安全和环境可持续性的问题。此外，如何处理废旧电池也是一个亟待解决的问题。因此，开发高效的金属提炼和电池回收技术至关重要，尤其是在美国和欧洲，以确保关键材料的供应，并减少对环境的影响。
Megan O'Connor: 我创立 Nth Cycle 的初衷是解决电池金属回收和提炼领域的技术瓶颈，并建立一个更清洁、更可持续的供应链。通过参加绿色电子产品峰会，我意识到电子垃圾处理和关键金属供应是行业面临的两大难题。为了解决这些问题，我们开发了一种电提取技术，该技术可以更高效、更环保地从废旧电池和矿产资源中提取有价值的金属。我们的目标是成为采矿和回收公司首选的提炼技术供应商，并推动清洁能源经济的发展。目前，我们面临的挑战包括资金筹集、团队建设和技术推广，但我们坚信，通过不断创新和多元化发展，Nth Cycle 能够在电池金属回收和提炼领域取得成功。
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The podcast discusses the challenges of battery production and recycling, highlighting the need for a new system that can efficiently refine raw metals and recycle old batteries. Megan O’Connor, co-founder and CEO of Nth Cycle, introduces the company's innovative electro-extraction technology, which addresses these challenges by creating smaller, modular facilities to process recycled materials.
- Global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy and battery storage creates a massive demand for batteries.
- Metal refining for batteries primarily occurs in China due to its intensive and often dirty industrial process.
- Existing refining methods are not suitable for recycling batteries due to the low volume and inconsistent nature of recycled materials.
- Nth Cycle's electro-extraction technology uses electricity to produce chemicals needed for refining, enabling smaller, more efficient facilities.
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