Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

Battery storage is set to play a central role in decarbonising the global economy, critical for renewable energy, electric vehicles and other key technologies. However, most lithium-ion batteries are not designed to be reused or recycled at the end of their average 8-10 year lifespan.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2019

A key point they made in the email was that lead-acid batteries are 99% recyclable, while lithium-ion batteries are recycled at a rate below 5%. However, when I look at the trajectory, I see lithium-ion batteries steadily declining in price, while the price of lead-acid batteries is relatively stagnant. They agreed. Several things.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2022

Auto manufacturer announces partnership with Pramac to repurpose old electric vehicle batteries into portable energy storage units. Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled plans to give a second life to electric vehicle (EV) batteries with the launch of a new portable zero-emission energy storage unit.

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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2020

UK-based redT energy and US Avalon Battery Corporation have merged to create a new company, named Invinity, which will produce vanadium redox flow batteries, a key competitor to conventional lithium-ion technology that is tipped to become a £3.5bn market by 2028.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Rio Tinto says it will invest $98 million in a 34-megawatt PV array and 12-megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery system to help power its Koodaideri mine in Pilbara, Western Australia. Anglo American has also installed an 84-kilowatt floating solar array at its tailings pond at Los Bronces, a first for the industry, Martinez said.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Investment in renewables across sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa, jumped $600m in 2018 to $2.8bn, according to new data from BloombergNEF (BNEF). The trend is expected to continue with some 1.2GW of solar PV expected to come online in 2021 outside of South Africa - more than twice the amount commissioned in 2018.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Near-term commitments include 6 GW of clean energy in India alongside considerations for wind and solar in Africa and rural electrification in Latin America. The highs and the lows  Empowering the Global South.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Its physical structure allows it to store lithium ions. Q&A with Graphex CEO John DeMaio Reading the EV press, you might assume that lithium, cobalt and nickel are the stars of the battery show—they get a lot of coverage, as pundits debate the relative merits of NMC and LFP cathode chemistries and agonize over looming shortages.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 4, 2022

StoreDot is developing a range of technologies, reporting itself also to be on track for its first milestone – the production of its silicon-dominant anode extreme fast charging (XFC) lithium-ion cells at scale by 2024 that will be capable of delivering 160km of range in 5 minutes of charge. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

APAC, starting with China, Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand as the first region; India, the Russian sub-continent as the second region; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa as the third region, and then North and South America as the fourth region.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Electric vehicle makers and battery manufacturers are making progress in developing new lithium-ion designs, amid persistent concerns over the supply of key materials. Foremost among these formulations is a lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathode chemistry with eight parts of nickel for each part of cobalt.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 8, 2024

in debt from Africa Go Green Fund.    ✈️ Cloudline, a Cape Town, South Africa-based aerospace startup, raised $6m in Seed funding from Schmidt Futures, Raba Partnership, Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures, and 4D. electric vehicle supply chain away from China.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To build a successful battery supply chain, Africa needs to move away from a legacy of mineral extraction and exporting of raw materials to investing in the existing opportunity to partner, beneficiate and manufacture. Afrivolt is developing Africa’s first lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility with a 5GWh installed capacity.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

  Deals of the Week (2/19-2/25) Late-Stage / Growth 🔋 Ascend Elements , a Westborough, MA-based lithium-ion battery recycling and materials platform, raised an additional $162m in Series D funding from Clearvision Ventures, IRONGREY, and Just Climate.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Even if every new car was electric from now on, analysts say it would take 15 years to overhaul the so-called global car park, which now numbers some 1.3 billion vehicles. (X) Naturally, the fossil fuel industry would argue electric vehicles are not a silver bullet. The German auto industry seems to disagree however.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Growing demand for so-called clean energy technologies has created a corresponding demand for certain metals, including copper, and cobalt, which is essential for making most lithium-ion batteries. These are used to power a wide range of devices including electric cars and mobile phones.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Copper is needed for wind farms, solar panels and electric vehicles. Australia produces 55 percent of world’s lithium, and China is its major importer. South Africa mines 72 percent of world’s platinum output, and China has greatly increased its investments there, too. . Yet global metal production is in decline.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Copper is needed for wind farms, solar panels and electric vehicles. Australia produces 55 percent of world’s lithium, and China is its major importer. South Africa mines 72 percent of world’s platinum output, and China has greatly increased its investments there, too. Yet global metal production is in decline.

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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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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The post EV Battery Swapping Takes Over Africa, Is US Next? A new, eye-catching EV battery swapping station from the firm Spiro levels up rider services and sets the table for rapid global expansion. appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Looks like there is more than one way to skin a cat. The USA has effectively locked out Chinese batteries from its domestic market, but what if components like LFP cathodes are made in Morocco, in a factory financed by a Chinese–Korean partnership? Sounds complicated, but it might just work, as Morocco has a free […]

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CleanTechnica

JULY 27, 2023

When we think of where lithium comes from, we think of South America (Chile specifically), Australia, and the US a bit — with processing in China, of course. We don’t think of Africa. However, Africa has resources, and the expectation is that the continent will be a much bigger source of lithium by 2030.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Smarter Mobility Africa returns this week, and like a lot of things this year it will be a virtual event. The test drives are also going virtual. This year you can take a virtual test drive of the Nissan Ariya.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Revov South Africa is going big on second-life batteries for stationary storage applications. .

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Nissan's design shows the EV concept can simultaneously power an electric jackhammer (24 hours – 36 kWh), a pressure ventilation fan (24 hours – 21.6 The Nissan RE-LEAF is a concept aimed at emergency response, providing power where there is none. kWh), a 10-liter soup kettle (24 hours – 9.6 kWh) as part of relief efforts.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 6, 2020

As the number of EVs on the road grows, there is now an urgent need to train automotive technicians to be ready to work on all these EVs. Taurayi Raymond Sewera wants to help address this gap starting in Zimbabwe. He is setting up the International Institute of Automotive Technology Training (IIATT) with a major focus on PHEV and BEVs.

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

South Africa’s electricity utility company Eskom has been working with other stakeholders to promote adoption of EVs in South Africa. One of the stumbling blocks to accelerating adoption has been the high sticker prices of EV models available in South Africa.

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Motorcycle taxis are the most preferred mode of last-mile connectivity in East Africa. Unfortunately, motorcycle taxis in Africa's urban cities are one of the main sources of pollution and chaos on the roads.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 31, 2020

The first batch of Solar Taxi's 10 Cherry Tiggo 3xe 480 EV SUVs have arrived in Ghana, and customers who had pre-ordered, as well as those who have signed expressions of interest, are now enjoying the first round of test drives before deliveries start in September.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 24, 2020

It looked to me back then that battery electric vehicles were the only ones that actually made sense from a technology point of view to address the long term problems. So I decided I should just only look into BEVs.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 19, 2020

Rwanda-based Ampersand wants to help all these motorcycle riders switch to electric and help them save money and the environment at the same time. Ampersand’s CEO Josh Whale gives us an update on Ampersand's progress in Rwanda.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 11, 2020

Utility companies own thousands of vehicles, and electrifying those will also cut down their massive petrol and diesel bills. The EV charging business is certainly going to be gamechanger for KenGen and Kenya Power on the revenue side. First of all, they will already have anchor clients with their own fleets!

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 8, 2020

A potential bottleneck could come quite soon on the used EV supply side. Thanks to Japanese OEM’s love of mild hybrids and their quest to prolong the ICE age as long as possible, sales of EVs in Japan have been very disappointing. Sales have been so poor that the market share of EVs in Japan was recently just under 1%.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 7, 2020

Even counting used vehicles, the majority of African countries still have very low levels of motorization compared to countries in the developed world. Only a handful of countries have motorization rates above 100 vehicles per 1,000 people.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 6, 2020

We are starting to see more and more used car dealers in Africa stocking used EVs and not just bringing in EVs per order.

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CleanTechnica

JULY 28, 2020

Porsche is rewarding its loyal South African fans by bringing the all-electric Taycan. It will be available in three variants, namely the Taycan 4s, the Taycan Turbo, and the Taycan Turbo.

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CleanTechnica

JULY 27, 2020

Marathon Motor Engineering, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Olympic Champion Haile Gebrselassie, has started assembling the all-electric Hyundai Ioniq in Ethiopia.

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