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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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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Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Of note in October, GM and GE are collaborating to develop a rare earth materials supply chain for electric vehicles and renewable energy input materials, with a focus on setting up supply chains in North America and Europe (and, specifically, not in China, which dominates them today).

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Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act heavily incentivizes production of battery raw materials in North America, and OEMs and battery makers are rushing to establish production of cathode active materials and precursors in the region. Charged spoke with Robert Privette, Umicore’s Business Development Manager for North America.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Romanian battery company Prime Batteries Technology, which produces lithium-ion batteries and tailor-made battery systems for the energy, automotive and industrial sectors, is partnering with the sustainable energy innovation engine EIT Innoenergy to scale up its battery production to 8GWh annually.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In both the UK and mainland Europe, rates of EV adoption have struggled to keep pace with soaring demand, especially from corporate customers, as a shortage of battery metals and components has further complicated manufacturers' multi-billion dollar efforts to boost their EV production capacity.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 26, 2021

This was the conclusion of an industry roundtable convened in the spring by Clean Energy Canada and attended by stakeholders across the supply chain: General Motors Canada, Lion Electric, the Mining Association of Canada, the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, Unifor, and others. In the Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 25, 2021

Job Summary: The Business Development Analyst will initially report to the Commercial VP, Battery Supply- North America and assume a key role in supporting key battery supply customer activities for the company, with a focus on the North American market. Business Development Analyst | Li-Cycle | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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Clean Energy Trust

APRIL 6, 2021

The scale of these investments are massive: the 6 new battery plants Volkswagen announced in the article linked above would consume the equivalent of 60% of total 2020 global lithium demand , according to industry analyst Benchmark Minerals. What’s going on here? A few things.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Automotive innovation in the UK has long been driven by internal combustion engine design, a craft that is set to become increasingly redundant as the EV transition gathers pace. However, a number of firms are now rushing to try and build out the capacity needed to meet surging anticipated demand.

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Charged

MAY 26, 2020

Supply, but also demand. Today, the North American and European auto industry is emerging from its April paralysis. Still, for the industry to recover to anything like its pace at the end of 2019—which to many feels like years ago in “Covid time”—two things must return to normal: supply and demand. That’s how epidemics work.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Side-by-side: BYD vs Tesla This news may come as a surprise to those focused on the EV market in North America, but in many ways, Tesla is borrowing BYD’s playbook. It’s been making its own batteries since the days before US automakers were even thinking about lithium-ion supply chains.

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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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