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Student Energy at UBC Articles

Articles written by our writing team for energy literacy.

Rafe Chang

Wind Turbine Recycling Challenges and Solutions

The project-life assumption of wind turbines is around 30 years. Notably, around 85% of turbine components such as steel and copper wire...

Rafe Chang

Arkansas Transforms Old Oil Fields to Lithium Sites

Direct Lithium Extraction, DLE, is a technology that is faster and lower in energy and water use when compared to traditional brine...

Rafe Chang

Electric Vehicles Exacerbate Tire Pollution

Tesla’s Model Y generates 26 percent more tire pollution than a similar Kia hybrid, with the same distance traveled. Electric Vehicles...