This article explores the potential of extracting rare earth elements from coal ash, a hazardous waste product, to bolster the US clean energy industry and reduce dependence on China.
Coal ash is currently a hot topic in United States politics. Just yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Biden administration to move forward with a plan to address toxic coal ash , in the latest update in a drawn-out legal battle over monitoring and remediation of the toxic substance. But while coal ash is a noted hazard to public health and the environment, it could also be a key new resource for the clean energy transition.
'Even though the level of rare earth elements in coal ash is relatively low when compared with those mined from geological deposits, the fact that the ash is readily available in large quantities makes it an attractive resource,' Texas Geosciences reports. The paper's co-author Davin Bagdonas, a research scientist at the University of Wyoming, adds 'There's huge volumes of this stuff all over the country,' Bagdonas said.
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