Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The transition also ensures consumers are provided with clean and affordable electricity. The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is another example of a utility based in the Middle East that is leveraging energy storage to diversify its energy mix and expand its portfolio of renewables.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa) currently lags behind its counterparts due to the lack of targeted storage policies and incentives, which BNEF finds surprising, considering Europe’s ambitious climate targets. The report finds that the industry is adopting multiple lithium-ion battery chemistries.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Machine learning based battery charging protocols, propane as an energy efficient and environmentally friendly coolant for space cooling, the remotely controlled Robobug and a new light on nano-level electrical circuitry, satellite observations for energy development in Africa and a zero emission luxury catamaran are on the technology radar.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 30, 2020

French oil giant Total and European automaker Opel will collaborate on electrical vehicle cell manufacturing, with a maximum potential capacity of 48 gigawatt-hours. The global tally currently stands at 745 gigawatt-hours of manufacturing online or planned globally.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The requirement for a battery passport, which is mandated in the EU Battery Regulation and set to come in others, is based on the need for a standardised traceability framework to promote circularity, efficiency and resilience in the supply chain as batteries proliferate, particularly with their use in electric vehicles.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 13, 2021

is the North America subsidiary of Polarium Energy Solutions AB, a Swedish company dedicated to providing the best performing, safe and sustainable energy storage solutions built on lithium-ion technology. South Africa, Sweden, UK, New Zealand, and Indonesia, Polarium serves customers worldwide. Polarium Inc., About the job.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

UK tech start-up gains Innovate UK backing to assess South Africa's former gold mines for energy storage capability. UK tech start-up Gravitricity has unveiled plans to explore the energy storage potential of South Africa's former mine shafts, thanks to a £300,000 funding boost from government agency Innovate UK.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 17, 2022

The Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System features lithium-ion cells from Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicle batteries taken from prototype and engineering test models. UK: University breakthrough in second-life use for Nissan EV batteries End-of-life Electric vehicle batteries: Recycling or second-life? Have you read?

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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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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Elemental’s 12th cohort focuses on a range of societal challenges, including sustainable urbanization, building decarbonization, electric vehicle charging, last-mile logistics, recycling optimization and regenerative food production. The why: With demand for lithium growing twice as fast as production, the U.S. Of the $12.5M

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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. Cutting mining’s carbon footprint to zero is complicated by the fact that electricity use only accounts for around 40 percent of direct emissions.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Alstom to deliver new battery electric trains for Chemnitz-Leipzig line. Engineering giant Alstom has signed a landmark deal with two German rail operators that will see it manufacture, deliver and maintain eleven Coradia Continental battery-electric trains for the Leipzig-Chemnitz route.

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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. 🛵 Baaz Bikes , a New Delhi, India-based electric scooter manufacturer, raised $8M in Series A funding from Big Capital, Rakuten Capital, Kalaari Capital, and 9Unicorns.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Delivering on this potential can be even more transformative where alternatives remain expensive, unproven, distantly or less available to serve rapidly growing demand for clean, resilient, and zero carbon energy- as in countries like India , and those in Sub-Saharan and southern Africa.

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Clean Energy Trust

JULY 22, 2020

We coupled the competition with thought leadership from industry powerhouses including Method co-founder and Ripple Foods CEO Adam Lowry, Nancy Pfund of DBL Partners , and Tom Steyer.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The objective was to develop a clear understanding of the role that long-duration energy storage (10 hours or greater) can play in helping to meet the state’s mandates to decarbonize the electricity sector by 2045. Lithium-ion batteries were excluded from the solicitation. They compared this to maintenance on a car.

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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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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2021

A cutting edge demonstration project that developers claim could offer a cost effective, long life alternative to lithium-ion battery based energy storage systems has come online in Scotland, providing a major boost to hopes that gravity-based energy storage systems could be deployed at scale.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The summit also sought to highlight Africa as a destination for climate investments, rather than viewing the continent as predominantly a victim of droughts, famines, and floods. More domestic refining and processing of the raw materials for batteries and other critical mineral deposits located in Africa.

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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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Batteries Electric vehicle Lithium Automotive 133

Business Green

MAY 11, 2020

Earlier this year the company secured £300,000 funding from Innovate UK to assess the suitability of former mine shafts in South Africa for the technology, with previous research having indicated the system could potentially store energy at half the lifetime cost of lithium ion batteries.

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Energy Energy Innovation Africa 98

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 8, 2024

  In deals,   $2.2bn in electric cars, $800m for Octopus’ expansion, and $34m for EVs in India. Verdagy , Electric Hydrogen ).  🛵 BluSmart Mobility , an Ahmedabad, India-based electric ride hailing company, raised $24m in funding from BP Ventures and Survam Partners.  LevelTen , Granular ). 

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Clean electricity generation received the most (39%), followed by distributed energy resources (24%), EV purchases (18%), manufacturing (16%), then emerging climate technologies (<1%). Confounding factors like interest rates, permitting and interconnection kept clean electricity deployment rates at their lowest since 2018. 

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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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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

South Africa calls for global climate adaptation target. South Africa's environment minister Barbara Creecy has called for national leaders to ratify a global goal for climate adaptation, Climate Home News reported earlier this week. Rio Tinto ready to drop $2.4bn on Serbian lithium project. "I have no doubt," he told delegates.

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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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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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Batteries Africa Lithium Investment 105

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Warnings of an impending shortage of key metals and minerals – including things like copper, nickel and lithium – have been forthcoming from a number of commmentators in recent months, including consultancy groups with an interest in the area, such as McKinsey.

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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

The steam-train for instance has been swiftly replaced by electric or diesel. Displacing the roughly 4 per cent of demand used for power generation is seen as low-hanging fruit given more cost-effective — although not necessarily emissions-free — alternatives already exist, such as gas and renewable electricity. billion vehicles. (X)

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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. There are schools and hospitals nearby.

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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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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

🔋 Princeton NuEnergy , a Bordentown, New Jersey-based lithium-ion battery recycling developer, raised $16M in Series A funding from Wistron Corporation, Honda Motor Co., 🚗 BasiGo , a Nairobi, Kenya-based EV buses in Africa company, raised $5M in Debt funding from British International Investment.

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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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