Charged

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Sustainability 124

Charged

MARCH 19, 2024

On the contrary, Nissan is planning to build two new EVs at the plant, and is also working on a UK battery factory. Also cooperating on the initiative: battery producer AESC , a long-standing partner of Nissan; and Connected Energy , a UK provider of second-life battery energy storage solutions.

Recycling 119

Recycling Recycling Batteries Upcycling 119

Renew Economy

APRIL 16, 2024

One of a number of big battery projects facing long connection delays finally shows sign of life, as developers urge changes to the connection process. The post Pioneering big battery shows first signs of life after months of connection delays appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries 108

Smart Energy International

APRIL 17, 2024

A project is being run between the municipality of Hague and Dutch grid operator Stedin to develop a battery-powered smart beach electric grid to power the coast of Scheveningen. The new beach battery has a capacity of 360kWh and can power a beach pavilion for two days. Innovation is key to addressing this challenge.

Batteries 99

Batteries Smart Cities Electric vehicle Innovation 99

Renew Economy

APRIL 7, 2024

Australia's biggest battery, designed to be a giant "shock absorber" for the grid, gets technical green light to ensure it is connected on schedule. The post Giant “super battery” that will help replace Australia’s biggest coal generator gets technical green light appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries 143

Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Researchers at RMIT University find a way to replace the electrolyte in lithium-ion batteries with water, an innovation that could remove the fire risk entirely. The post Australian researchers make water battery breakthrough appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries 124

Batteries Lithium Innovation 124

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Giant battery in Melbourne partly funded by SEC is looking at adding 12-hour storage using flow battery technologies for its next stage. The post Giant Melbourne battery may triple in size with plans for 12-hour flow battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries Technology Government 142

Smart Energy International

APRIL 3, 2024

French energy and petroleum company TotalEnergies has announced the development of a battery project in Belgium, which will help manage grid congestion problems. It will have a power rating of 25MW and a capacity of 75MWh, thanks to the forty Intensium Max High Energy lithium-ion containers supplied by battery developer Saft.

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Batteries Lithium Electricity Resilience 105

Energy Storage News

APRIL 9, 2024

Australia’s battery storage market had a record-breaking year in 2023 across utility-scale, residential, and commercial and industrial (C&I) segments.

Batteries 107

Batteries Investment 107

Renew Economy

JANUARY 17, 2024

New data shows Germany's market for home and commercial battery storage systems grew by over 150 per cent in 2023 – and that's with "market barriers." The post Home battery boom: Solar batteries double to more than one million in Germany appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries 122

Batteries 122

Charged

APRIL 11, 2024

The need to quickly increase EV battery testing capacity is making validation labs harder to manage and forcing engineering teams to explore ways to sustainably scale up their test lab operations. Battery cyclers that are flexible, open, and connected are critical to achieve the scale needed in modern battery validation labs.

Batteries 116

Batteries Automotive Electric vehicle Sustainability 116

Renew Economy

MARCH 26, 2024

Federal government waves through plans for what could be biggest solar farm in NSW, and biggest battery in the country. The post Biggest solar and battery project in NSW waved through by Plibersek appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries 129

Batteries Government Policy 129

Charged

MARCH 28, 2024

Over the next two years, MAN Truck & Bus , headquartered in Munich, Germany, plans to establish battery repair centers in Italy, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Poland and the UK. Two of the facilities, in Hanover-Laatzen, Germany, and Barcelona, Spain, are already in operation. Source: MAN

Batteries 111

Batteries Europe Electric vehicle Electricity 111

Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Owners of a giant four-hour battery project on the outskirts of Melbourne say they have closed the "largest" non-recourse debt financing package for an Australian grid scale battery. The post Giant four-hour battery lands “biggest”debt financing for an Australia big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries 105

Batteries Packaging Government 105

Smart Energy International

APRIL 9, 2024

Clean energy fund manager Nuveen Infrastructure (formerly Glennmont Partners) and renewables asset management and development firm Exus Renewables have agreed to co-develop 800MW of southern Italian battery storage projects, with each company co-developing a portfolio of 400MW.

Batteries 103

Batteries Europe Construction Investment 103

Renew Economy

MARCH 14, 2024

Construction is underway on will be Australia’s biggest battery project, the giant four-hour Collie battery energy storage system. The post Construction starts on Australia’s biggest battery, to replace Collie coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction 121

Construction Batteries Energy Energy 121

Renew Economy

APRIL 11, 2024

Australia's biggest utility, still mulling the closure timing for the country's biggest coal plant, buys a massive wind and battery project in NSW. The post Origin snaps up Australia biggest wind project and big battery as it ramps up late renewables push appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries 131

Batteries Energy Energy 131

Renew Economy

JANUARY 15, 2024

A 185MW/565MWh Tesla Megapack battery has been brought online in Oahu, effectively replacing Hawaii’s last coal power plant. The post Tesla big battery replaces Hawaii’s last coal plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries 144

Batteries Energy Energy 144

Charged

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Green Battery Minerals and Volt Carbon Technologies are working together to develop battery anodes made with high-grade graphite. Testing of graphite refined from Green Battery’s Berkwood property confirmed its suitability for lithium-ion batteries, and now Volt has begun battery anode development using Green Battery graphite.

Batteries 116

Batteries Carbon Lithium Technology 116

Renew Economy

JANUARY 24, 2024

Battery storage is now confirmed as the dominant player in the provision of key services to the grid, as batteries and demand management nudge out fossil fuel generators. The post Battery storage now dominates system services market for main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries 145

Batteries Fossil fuels Demand 145

Charged

MARCH 7, 2024

Stellantis Ventures has made a strategic investment in France-based sodium-ion battery developer Tiamat. Tiamat says its sodium-ion technology is lithium- and cobalt-free and cheaper per kilowatt hour (kWh) when compared with lithium-ion batteries. The wide availability of sodium boosts sustainability and material sovereignty.

Batteries 119

Batteries Technology Investment Lithium 119

Renew Economy

APRIL 7, 2024

Batteries to the rescue, then, as thermal plants go quack. The post In the belly of the solar duck: First big battery responds as rooftop PV changes shape of grid appeared first on RenewEconomy. Western Australia hosts the world's biggest standalone grid and features the biggest solar duck, thanks to growth of rooftop PV.

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Batteries 141

Charged

MARCH 21, 2024

Volvo will integrate the software with its own in-house-developed battery management platform to optimize performance and reduce charging times. Volvo says Breathe’s software uses adaptive charging to control the battery in real time, rather than traditional stepped charging based on predetermined rules, reducing charging times.

Batteries 119

Batteries Technology Investment Health 119

Energy Storage News

APRIL 9, 2024

Battery energy storage system (BESS) technology could reduce the cost of curtailing wind production in the UK by up to 80%, after over US$1 billion was spent last year, a developer said.

Batteries 136

Batteries Technology Energy Energy 136

Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

British solar and storage developer Elgin Energy says it has secured development approval for another solar and battery project in Australia, this time in Victoria. The post Another solar and battery project approved in Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries 126

Batteries Energy Energy 126

Renew Economy

MARCH 18, 2024

Zen Energy begins construction of its first major battery project, which will help accelerate South Australia's push to net 100 pct renewables in three years. The post Construction starts on second biggest battery in world’s most renewable grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction 124

Construction Batteries Energy Energy 124

Charged

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Komatsu America, a subsidiary of global construction and mining equipment giant Komatsu, has agreed to acquire Detroit-based battery manufacturer American Battery Solutions. ABS develops and manufactures a wide variety of heavy-duty and industrial battery packs for commercial vehicles, transit buses and other on- and off-road vehicles.

Batteries 116

Batteries South America Construction Demand 116

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Regarding the prominent issue at hand, it is really true that electric car batteries can be recycled, and there are specific methods that allow for the recovery of up to 95% of the raw materials. Global governments are now insisting that electric vehicle (EV) batteries be designed and manufactured in a manner that facilitates easy recycling. 

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Energy Monitor Recycling Recycling Batteries 98

Charged

MARCH 7, 2024

Farasis Energy , a battery manufacturing company, Kautex Textron , a supplier of energy storage systems, and the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics aim to make plastic-based battery housings safer by means of virtual design to increase the safety of EVs.

Plastics 119

Plastics Batteries Energy Energy 119

Solar Power World

APRIL 15, 2024

Maintaining large-scale lithium battery energy storage system (BESS) installations takes a different skill set, although they’re largely hands-off and don’t require any weather-related upkeep. But… The post Q&A with Power Factors on large-scale battery O&M considerations appeared first on Solar Power World.

Energy Monitor 96

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Batteries Lithium 96

Renew Economy

MARCH 9, 2024

Has battery storage been discovered yet? The post Peter Dutton wonders when batteries will be “discovered”, and if wind turbines are sentient appeared first on RenewEconomy. Are wind turbines conscious? Why doesn't solar work at night? Peter Dutton is asking searching questions.

Batteries 145

Batteries Policy 145

Energy Storage News

APRIL 2, 2024

Big investments are being made into the battery recycling sector in Europe as the continent looks to increase the domestic supply of critical materials for its lithium-ion gigafactory projects.

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Europe Recycling Recycling Batteries 129

Renew Economy

APRIL 9, 2024

The Capital big battery - a key part of the decarbonisation plans of the national capital - is finally charging and injecting power into the grid, albeit at small quantities, after nearly a year of commissioning delays. The post Capital battery finally charges up after nearly a year of commissioning delays appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries 100

Charged

MARCH 15, 2024

Ferroglobe , a producer of silicon metal and ferroalloys, and Coreshell , a US-based battery technology company, have signed a memorandum of understanding under which they plan to produce battery-ready metallurgical silicon for the development of low-cost, high-range EV batteries. However, cycle life is a problem.

Batteries 116

Batteries Lithium Innovation Technology 116

Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

South Australia's remarkable transition to renewables has claimed two new fossil fuel scalps, as batteries muscle out diesel peaking plants. The post Diesel power stations to close as big batteries take centre stage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries Fossil fuels 141

Canary Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

California and Texas have a new clean-energy superlative to compete over: who’s got the most grid batteries. When huge amounts of solar power rush onto the grid, batteries tend to follow. Now, Texas is building more grid batteries than… Last year, Texas overtook California in large-scale solar power capacity.

Batteries 143

Batteries Solar Power Energy Energy 143

Energy Storage News

MARCH 17, 2024

Construction has kicked off at the largest battery project in Australia to date, with a storage capacity equivalent to the entire country’s fleet of projects in construction at the end of 2022.

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Construction Batteries Government Electricity 144