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The Brazilian Amazon Is the Next Battery Frontier

Going green deep in the rainforest.
Valcléia Lima, of the Foundation for Amazon Sustainability, shows where the batteries for the Três Unidos power plant are stored.Photographer: Michael Dantas/Bloomberg

What better way to close Battery Week than a boat trip up the Amazon? There, remote villages are reducing their reliance on dirty, noisy diesel generators by turning to batteries and solar panels. That’s doing more than bringing light: Batteries are helping radically improve the quality of life.

Today’s newsletter takes you on a cruise to see the next frontier of battery deployment. Plus, your weekend listen with London Mayor Sadiq Khan and your weekend watch on — what else? — batteries.