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Could EV batteries have a second life in stationary storage?

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Connected Energy. By Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy, a firm with expertise in using batteries for energy storage. The answer is likely close to zero, but the reality is that every year tens of thousands of EV batteries will be retired from vehicles when their capacity drops to around 75%.

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Technology Trending: AI bird monitoring, LFP battery prototype, lithium for EVs, Moon to Mars

Smart Energy International

AI to monitor bird interactions with solar PV, lithium iron phosphate battery production coming in Europe, a lithium mine for EV batteries and the energy infrastructure requirements in the Moon to Mars exploration are on the week’s technology radar. Lithium mine for EVs. AI for the birds.

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New crystal battery boasts triple energy density

Smart Energy International

Global lithium-sulphur cathode technology manufacturer Theion has launched its crystal battery for all mobile applications. The new battery boasts triple energy density and 90% less production energy requirements. Crystal battery benefits. Its wide abundance around the world is crucial to the material cost.

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$7m seed funding funneled into lithium-ion battery recycling

Smart Energy International

PNE), an emerging growth company engaged in the regeneration of lithium-ion battery (LIB) material, announced its closure of a seed funding round at $7 million for LIB recycling. It can, according to PNE, significantly reduce CO2 emission, energy consumption and water usage while avoiding landfill waste production.

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Beyond Declining Battery Prices: Six Ways to Evaluate Energy Storage in 2021

GreenTechMedia

The energy storage market in the United States is booming, with 476 megawatts (MW) of new projects installed in the third quarter of 2020 alone, up 240 percent over the second quarter, according to industry analysts at Wood MacKenzie. Procurement and pricing evaluation also need to consider battery chemistry.

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Battery recycling plant at Port of Rotterdam to open in 2022

Charged

TES, a provider of sustainable technology lifecycle services, has taken over a recycling facility at the Port Of Rotterdam , Europe’s largest seaport, from Battery Recycling Services Netherlands. TES plans to focus the facility on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The TES project in Rotterdam is exactly that.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — May 2024 

Greentown Labs

Funding Active Surfaces , a Go Build 2023 participant and ACCEL Year 1 alum that’s commercializing ultra-thin-film solar technology, raised a $5.6M CalWave Power Technologies , which is working to harness carbon-free power from ocean waves, was chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy. agreement with Tugliq Énergie Co.