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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MARCH 23, 2022

billion) investment in a cylindrical battery plant. It is said to be the first-ever cylindrical-type battery manufacturing plant in North America. The Korean battery manufacturer will be the cylindrical battery plant’s sole investor. New EV start-ups using cylindrical batteries are on the rise.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 19, 2024

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has announced a Grant Funding Opportunity for projects that seek to address corrosion and/or scaling in geothermal installations in California or advance technologies to enhance extraction of lithium and other valuable minerals from geothermal brine at the Salton Sea geothermal field.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The global energy storage market quadrupled last year to 4 gigawatts of new installations and will surge to a 15-gigawatt annual market in 2024, even as system price declines slow down, according to Wood Mackenzie. where developers are increasingly pairing large-scale solar arrays with batteries.

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 18, 2024

GM has been teasing its new home energy products for months , including a home EV charger and vehicle-to-home (V2H) kit that enables a home to pull energy from an EV battery in the event of a blackout. Right now, GM only has one electric vehicle that’s capable of bidirectional charging: the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST.

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CleanTech San Diego

DECEMBER 20, 2023

UNIGRID Battery , a UC San Diego spin-off startup company and member of Cleantech San Diego’s Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN), announces that it has received its first commercial MWh-scale purchase orders for their advanced sodium ion batteries. Shirley Meng , prominent figures in the battery field.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Protecting satellite imagery from fraud, Citopia network for a global battery passport and a high performance non-flammable battery option for warm climates are on the week’s technology radar. Information that would be included would be on the battery’s composition, its state of health, history and more. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 7, 2024

In discharge the battery takes in oxygen from the air and converts iron metal to rust. Each individual battery module containing about 50 1m-tall cells is about the size of a side by side washing machine and dryer. Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published on Power Engineering International.

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The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 8, 2023

The first vehicle to be released with bidirectional V2H charging will be the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV , followed by the 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 , 2024 Chevy Blazer EV , 2024 Chevy Equinox EV , 2024 Cadillac Lyriq , and the upcoming Cadillac Escalade IQ (which is getting a proper debut later this week).

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

On Thursday, January 4th – just four days prior to the start of the 2024 legislative session in Olympia – we’ll gather at Amazon’s Day 1 Building in Seattle for the launch of another critical year for carbon policy and clean energy innovation. Group14 is building a battery materials manufacturing ecosystem in Washington state.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 8, 2024

Houston, Texas, is poised to become the focal point of the hydrogen and clean energy industry as it prepares to host the Hydrogen Technology Expo North America in 2024. Admission to the exhibition is complimentary, offering a unique opportunity to interact with pioneers in North America’s #1 dedicated hydrogen exhibition.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 22, 2022

DERMS for Australian rural microgrids, AI for rapid outage recovery in China, 3D printing of high performance battery electrodes and a partnership to discover new materials for the energy transition are in the technology radar. The deployment is set to start early next year and be completed by mid-2024.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Energy harvesting brings carbon benefits, Fike Blue to quench battery thermal runaways and a quantum-space collaboration are on the week’s technology radar. They are battery-free, eliminating the need for regular servicing and battery replacement and they are easy to install without any special cabling or power source setups.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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Business Green

APRIL 12, 2022

Japanese car giant unveils 10-year electrification strategy, as rival carmaker Nissan teams up with NASA to develop EVs using ‘game changing’ fast-charging solid-state batteries by 2028. It also said it planned to offer a "variety of solutions" to its customers, including swappable batteries and hydrogen.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

US and Japanese car firms step up collaboration on battery technology and manufacturing development in bid to drive down cost of EVs. First established as a battery firm in 1995, BYD - which stands for Build Your Dreams - has expanded to become the biggest EV manufacturer in China, which is also the world's biggest EV market.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

  In deals, major funding for transportation including $144M for Indian EVs, $33M for rare earth-free magnets, and $15M for battery recycling.    In a ray of sunshine, US solar generation is expected to surpass hydropower for the first time in 2024.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Scaling up battery production in Europe, advancing e-mobility with battery supply in Japan and a new community solar project in New York, are on the week’s technology radar. Scaling up battery production in Europe. As part of the plan, Prime Batteries Technology intends to attract and access new talent.

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Charged

JULY 19, 2022

An advance preview of the upcoming 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV suggested it’s very much a Chevy first and an EV second. Maximum EPA-rated range is expected to be up to 320 miles for at least one model (likely a 2WD version), and Chevy will offer no fewer than three battery sizes. All prices include the mandatory delivery fee.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at Skeleton Technologies’ €108 million funding round, with investors such as Siemens Financial Services and Marubeni Corporation, for supercapacitor manufacturing and development of new high-power battery technology, namely the SuperBattery.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

New blockchain startup CarbonEnfo hits the market running, the ChatGPT fusion ‘ambassador’ and a graphene nanotube facility in development in Europe for EV batteries are on the week’s technology radar. We’re very interested in driving trust and transparency across the supply chain,” he said of the association to Energy Web. Have you read?

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 8, 2024

In other news, a major $11bn HVDC line between New Mexico and Arizona, new EV battery sourcing rules reduce eligible models, and BYD surpasses Tesla in EV sales.  So crack those knuckles next for a deep dive on the 19th, where we’ll be publishing the results of the 2024 Climate Tech Oracle Survey. Not a subscriber yet?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Rolton and chief governance officer Tom Cowling sit down with BusinessGreen to discuss the company's plans to 'kickstart the UK's battery ecosyste. The company behind the scheme, Britishvolt, is only two years old and yet to commercialise a single battery. Battery technology is only at the start of its evolutionary journey.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 10, 2023

  By the numbers: Chinese battery and EV powerhouse BYD is now just ~3,000 vehicles shy of Tesla’s sales over the last three months, according to analysis by Bloomberg. In fact, Tesla buys batteries from BYD , which makes its own batteries and semiconductors. Tesla and BYD battle for the No.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 22, 2022

While the IRA’s US$374 billion over 10 years is less than the US$550 billion contemplated in the Build Back Better bill, the IRA’s climate and energy measures should be sufficient to put America on a path to cut greenhouse gas emissions 40 per cent by 2030. Even more important to Canada are the new rules on batteries.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

  In deals, major funding for battery recycling and dry electrodes, and additional late-stage funding for forestry projects and precision weed control. 🔋 Princeton NuEnergy , a Bordentown, New Jersey-based lithium-ion battery recycling developer, raised $16M in Series A funding from Wistron Corporation, Honda Motor Co.,

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

  This week, we get nerdy mining ExxonMobil’s lithium announcement - is this lithium’s shale moment? Lithium Mobil-ization Source: Company presentations, Bloomberg Last week, ExxonMobil unveiled its first-ever lithium mining operation in Arkansas, marking its first major foray into lithium production.

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