Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

After a difficult couple of years which saw the trend of falling lithium battery prices temporarily reverse, a 14% drop in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack cost from 2022-2023 has been recorded by BloombergNEF.

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

Piedmont Lithium has been selected to receive a $141.7-million The funding will support the construction of Piedmont’s Tennessee Lithium project, which has a budget of approximately $600 million and a goal of establishing lithium hydroxide production capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year. Source: Piedmont Lithium.

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MAY 18, 2023

Lithium producers are hustling to establish production in North America, and that’s a positive thing. Piedmont has agreements with LG Chem and Tesla to provide spodumene from NAL beginning in H2 2023. Sayona Quebec is undertaking a prefeasibility study to explore downstream production at NAL, and expects results in Q2 2023.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

A team including University of Tokyo researchers has presented a viable alternative to cobalt metal that it says can outperform current lithium-ion battery (LIB) chemistry. Source: University of Tokyo Image: ©2023 Yamada et al. The new LIBs can deliver 4.4 V, compared to the 3.2-3.7 CC-BY-ND

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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

lithium operation will power a new generation of electric cars. has hundreds of thousands of tons of “recoverable” lithium, which could go to use in batteries for cars, handhelds and renewable energy storage, a 2021 U.S. Yet, the country has just one […] © 2023 TechCrunch. Geological Survey said.

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MARCH 21, 2023

Battery manufacturer LG Chem will make a $75-million equity investment in Piedmont Lithium. LG will also commit to the offtake of 200,000 metric tons of spodumene concentrate (SC6) from Piedmont’s jointly-owned North American Lithium over a four-year term. Source: Piedmont Lithium of Piedmont common shares.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Lithium de France has been awarded a new “lithium and related substances” license for a 151-sq. This is the fourth license awarded to the company previously known as Arverne Geothermal before a rebranding that emphasized a renewed focus on combined geothermal and lithium work. parcel in the Bas-Rhin region of France.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Tees Valley Lithium (TVL), a subsidiary of Alkemy Capital Investments, has received planning permission to build a lithium hydroxide refinery at the Wilton International Chemicals Park in Teesside, UK, following an environmental impact assessment and local consultation over an 18-month period.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Geothermal Engineering Limited (GEL) has announced plans of producing around 10o tonnes of Lithium Carbon Equivalent (LCE) per year from the company’s geothermal projects in Cornwall, UK. High lithium concentrations at the United Downs site had been reported as early as 2021.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

Battery material supplier Lyten has commissioned a lithium-sulfur battery pilot line with a capacity of 200,000 cells per year at its facility in Silicon Valley. It will begin delivering commercial battery cells to early-adopting customers within the defense, automotive, logistics and satellite sectors in 2023.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Battery manufacturer SK On has signed a lithium hydroxide supply deal with Chile’s SQM. The terms of the agreement will enable SK On to purchase up to 57,000 tons of lithium hydroxide over the course of five years starting in 2023—enough to produce batteries for approximately 1.2 million EVs. Source: SK.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Sakuu has developed a number of technologies for the commercial-scale production of solid-state and lithium metal batteries. Now the company says it has achieved several important milestones for its lithium metal battery tech.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

LGES will purchase cobalt from Electra Battery Materials, and lithium from Snow Lake Resources and Avalon Advanced Materials. LGES signed a binding term sheet with Electra, which will supply 7,000 tons of cobalt sulfate for three years starting in 2023. Source: LG Energy Solution.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sixteen startups joined our climatetech community during some of the hottest days of the summer in Q3 2023, working on breakthroughs such as reliable energy storage , detection of green-hydrogen gas leaks , and carbon-footprint reductions in the trucking industry. It’s part of our Go Energize 2023.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The event will be held at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on the 10th of October 2023, 11 AM. The deadline to register is on the 5th of October 2023. Market actors from the geothermal sector are invited to participate in this hearing to present their views. Yet it is only 2% of final electricity and heating production.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

Australian battery specialists Li-S Energy and Janus Electric are working together to develop lithium-sulfur and/or lithium metal battery cells for Janus’s swappable battery packs. Janus’s current battery packs feature lithium-ion cells. MWh) by the end of 2023” if testing and supply of the cells are successful.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Amprius Technologies , a battery manufacturer in California, has announced a new ultra-high-power, high-energy lithium-ion battery cell that discharges at 10C and delivers 400 Wh/kg specific energy. Amprius aims to offer samples by the end of 2023 and commercialize the new cell in early 2024.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tapping its expertise in copper refining, Sumitomo says it can cheaply extract copper, nickel, cobalt and lithium from used EV batteries by crushing them, heating the resulting powder to specific temperatures, and adjusting oxygen levels. EV-related demand has sent prices for these materials surging.

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MAY 26, 2023

LithTech, an Australian firm, has announced its 2023 capital raising drive to enhance its magnesium separation process, which increases the brine extraction of essential raw elements, including nickel, lithium, cobalt, copper and natural graphite, used in EV batteries.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Date: 08 September 2023 Time: 14:00 CEST / 05″00 PST Registration link: Register here Dr Genter’s team is exploiting two geothermal plants producing electricity (Soultz-sous-Forêts) and heat (Rittershoffen). The webinar “Geothermal energy in Northern Alsace: social acceptability as a success driver?”

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

PARTNERSHIPS + DEPLOYMENTS American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) started operating its lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Nevada. Greentown members Fervo Energy and Form Energy , alongside alum Sublime Systems , were named to MIT’s 2023 Climate Tech Companies to Watch.

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JUNE 27, 2023

Applications include the LytCell lithium-sulfur EV battery, lightweight composites and unique on-board sensors. Lyten’s lithium-sulfur batteries have a 60% smaller carbon footprint than lithium-ion batteries since they do not contain nickel, cobalt, or manganese.

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MAY 6, 2024

According to an article in Forbes, 2023 was the first time more than 1 million EVs were sold in the U.S. Sponsored by Parker Lord. The demand for electric vehicles continues to increase, with EV sales growing faster than any other major category of automobile. in one calendar year, reaching between 1.3 million and 1.4

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TechCrunch: Climate

JANUARY 21, 2024

Researchers have been scrambling to find alternative materials for lithium-ion batteries, from manganese to sodium. © 2023 TechCrunch. Now they might have another: TAQ. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2023

But will lithium follow that same trend? Last year saw lithium prices soar due to increased demand for lithium-ion batteries as well as supply chain impacts due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In February 2022, battery-grade lithium carbonate soared to $72,000 per metric ton, which was nine times higher than the 2020 price.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE): a $57M contract for its first-of-kind, commercial-scale, lithium-hydroxide-manufacturing facility in Tonopah, NV, and a $20M contract to advance next-generation battery-recycling technologies. The post Greentown Labs Member Milestones — September 2023 first appeared on Greentown Labs.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The COBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications), a European consortium that aims to develop a new cobalt-free lithium-ion battery technology, has chosen Millor Battery to make the prototypes and first batteries. Among these raw materials is cobalt, which is expensive, scarce and not found in Europe.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) unveiled its newly-developed sodium-ion battery at a recent launch event, together with its AB battery pack solution, which enables the integration of sodium-ion cells and lithium-ion cells into one pack. Source: CATL.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 24, 2023

Alma Energy signed an MOU with the University of Texas El Paso on direct lithium extraction from brine produced from geothermal wells. The post Greentown Labs Member Milestones — January 2023 appeared first on Greentown Labs.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The oil and lithium belong to the nation, they belong to the people of Mexico and to all those who live in this region of Sonora, says the president.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

While EVs made up less than 8 percent of total US new vehicle sales in Q3 of 2023, that number still represented a nearly 50 percent increase compared to the previous year. Well, not literal gold, at least not much, but there is plenty of lithium, cobalt, and other materials that are good for batteries but hard to find in the earth.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

BMW Group has signed a €540-million contract with China’s Ganfeng Lithium for the supply of raw lithium from mines in Australia. From 2020 on, it will directly source both lithium and cobalt. The automaker plans to have 25 electrified models in its lineup by 2023, more than half of which will be fully electric.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Vancouver-based Lithium Americas Corp. government for a proposed lithium mining project in Nevada. Lithium Americas said they expect final permitting to be approved in early 2021. Lithium Americas uses an acid leaching process to extract lithium. According to The Review, global lithium production dropped 19.2%

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TechCrunch: Climate

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The supply agreement marks a significant milestone for the 13-year-old lithium-ion battery company, which has raised over $900 million to date. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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CleanTech Group

AUGUST 22, 2023

Binding proteins for antimicrobial resistance; subterranean lithium extraction; and carbon footprint management – Recent deals worth looking at: Agriculture & Food Bactolife.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In 2023, Greentown startups installed more than 1,000 EV chargers, secured plans to deliver up to 1 billion gallons of sustainable air fuel, kicked off production at the United States’ first rare-earth refinery, began operations at a geothermal plant in partnership with Google, and so much more.

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CleanTech Group

JULY 11, 2023

Batteries in every form: Recycled lithium-ion for energy storage, battery swapping; alternative cement and alternative seafood – Recent deals worth looking at: Agriculture.

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