Nickel: The Key to Electrification

02/21/22 • 16 min

THE CHARGE: Nickel and the electric revolution

Episode 1 provides a deep dive into the world of Nickel. You'll hear first-hand from industry experts why Nickel is the key to electrification; why it has the potential to empower the electric revolution; and how it can help ensure a cleaner, more sustainable, future - for everyone.

In this episode, we talk with leading Nickel and battery expert Ken Rudisuela and Canada’s research chair in clean energy, Professor David Wilkinson - as we look to better understand just how special Nickel truly is - and why we all need to be lovin it a little more.

What makes nickel so special? | Interview with Ken Rudisuela, mechanical engineer and the program manager for batteries at the Nickel Institute [02:55]
Understanding battery chemistry | Interview with Ken Rudisuela [03:38]
How green are EVs? | Interview with Ken Rudisuela [02:55]
How are EV trends driving nickel demand | Interview with Professor David Wilkinson, from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at UBC [11:09]
The dangers of high-demand | Interview with Professor David Wilkinson [12:25]

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What makes nickel so special? | Interview with Ken Rudisuela, mechanical engineer and the program manager for batteries at the Nickel Institute [02:55]
Understanding battery chemistry | Interview with Ken Rudisuela [03:38]
How green are EVs? | Interview with Ken Rudisuela [02:55]
How are EV trends driving nickel demand | Interview with Professor David Wilkinson, from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at UBC [11:09]
The dangers of high-demand | Interview with Professor David Wilkinson [12:25]

For more info, visit thechargepodcast.com or follow us on LinkedIn and @The_Charge_Pod on Twitter.

And if you feel so inclined, please leave us a review at Apple Podcasts and Spotify. We love to hear from our listeners.

The Charge is a Giga Metals Podcast, produced and marketed by Podium Podcast Co.

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Nickel Mining: Searching For Sustainability

As the world goes electric, we’re going to need a whole lot more nickel to build batteries - which means we’re also going to need a whole lot more nickel mining. In Episode 2, we learn how nickel mining can be done properly, relative to our net-zero goals. Sustainable mining has become a reality, built from necessity - and with the recent investments and innovation, we’re seeing this once stigmatised industry now changing: from an obstacle to overcome, to an opportunity we can all embrace.

Topics discussed in this episode:
- Mining and the sustainability stigma | Interview with Lyle Trytten, Manager of Development at Giga Metals - former General Manager Sustainability at Sherritt Corporation [01:06]

Sulphide vs. Lateritite | Interview with Lyle Trytten [06:08]

Nickel mining and carbon sequestration | Interview with Dr. Greg Dipple, Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of British Columbia [11:38]

The future: carbon-negative mining | Interview with Dr. Greg Dipple [14:14]

The Charge is a Giga Metals Podcast, produced and marketed by Podium Podcast Co.