The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Here’s how Redwood Materials is putting recycling at the heart of the burgeoning battery belt. There’s a bit of a battery manufacturing boom going on. In 2021, battery manufacturing in the United States totaled approximately 55 gigawatt-hours’ worth of cells, or roughly enough batteries to produce 700,000 EVs.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now FERC is being asked to put that authority to a new use: ending a decade-old provision allowing individual states to opt out of letting demand response companies enlist customers to turn down their energy use to support the power grid. “But if the aggregations do include demand response, the opt-out can apply,” she said.

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Charged

JULY 26, 2023

The authors of the endless articles warning of the environmental costs of battery raw materials are invariably “big fans” of EVs, but they’re naturally concerned that they may not be “as green as they claim.” As demand rises for battery raw materials, EV industry players are working to reduce the environmental costs of extraction.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But there’s one group of EV-related businesses that may be okay with the slower-growth scenario: battery makers. The Inflation Reduction Act set off an avalanche of investment, and the lion’s share of that has gone to the battery sector. The fact that the demand is down means maybe we can take a breath for a minute.”

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Mosaic

MAY 15, 2024

As stricter laws around net metering come into place, solar-plus-battery deals are on the rise. Talk to your customers about the benefits of solar storage batteries. Adding battery storage can help ease grid strain to avoid blackouts. It also helps you maximize your sales.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 18, 2021

Hawaii's largest utility enlisted a new tool in its quest for a carbon-free electricity system: thousands of batteries installed in people's homes. Hawaiian Electric won regulator approval for a $25 million plan to harness solar and batteries at 6,000 homes across the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Oahu. Venice Beach, Calif.-based

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 26, 2023

Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) is testing the use of batteries to provide resiliency in part of its grid that are more constrained. The utility said it has just completed a 1MW/2MWh battery project with Ameresco, who will own the battery. Ameresco, Inc., Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2020

billion Self-Generation Incentive Program budget to help low-income communities install about 100 megawatts of stalled behind-the-meter battery projects. Grid Alternatives, a nonprofit that installs solar and batteries for low-income residents, demanded that the CPUC preserve the funds. California Sen.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 28, 2021

The deployment of renewables has reached the point where balancing the electric grid requires shifting the supply of intermittent energy sources and demand on a MW-to-GW scale. The widespread use of grid storage can save utilities and their customers large amounts of money by evening out demand across time.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 22, 2022

billion from the US Infrastructure Law will expand domestic battery manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid as well as for materials and components heretofore imported. Anticipated project locations for battery manufacturing. The first set of projects funded by $2.8 Supply chain strategy.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The company plans to install 30 electric fleet-dedicated chargers paired with battery energy storage systems (BESS) at the Port, as part of EA’s $25-million Green City investment at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Electrify America is becoming an essential stakeholder in the electrification of the Port of Long Beach’s drayage fleet.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 29, 2019

government passing a new law that will require automakers to sell a growing percentage of electric vehicles in the province: “British Columbians are excited about electric cars and the chance to cut both their fuel costs and pollution. Report | Batteries Not Included: Solutions Series. It’s no mystery why.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Then: Did New Jersey just pass the most sweeping environmental justice law in the country? The new law will mean big changes for industrial sites — and the neighborhoods that often feel their worst impacts. NJ.com : Landmark Law to Protect N.J.'s What will reverse the decline? Bloomberg : Most U.S. Based in the U.S.,

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We don’t have all the answers to this equation quite yet, but we should make some big strides in this area towards actual production probably within the next 18 months,” said Ryan Law, CEO of GEL in an interview with ThinkGeoEnergy in early 2023. GEL was recently awarded £1.8m It is an extremely exciting and significant development.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In California, it’s not just vulnerable families and critical services that could use battery-backed solar systems to ride through wildfire-prevention power outages. For example, big Salinas Valley grower and shipper D’Arrigo Bros. of California, which has installed about 5.5 of California, which has installed about 5.5

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Katie Smith of law firm Reddie & Grose LLP examines where the approach fits into the energy storage landscape. Last year the European Patent Office and the International Energy Agency published a detailed report on innovation in batteries and electricity storage. When the demand for electricity increases, the energy is discharged.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

A UN-backed report funded by the EU outlines a proposal whereby the recycling of certain components and sub-systems within electronic equipment should be mandated by law. Batteries from WEEE and end of life vehicles. Create platforms where demand for recycled components, materials and CRMs can meet supply.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

The largest behind-the-meter battery title previously went to Convergent Energy + Power for 10-megawatt systems to help industrial companies dodge demand charges in Ontario, Canada. ” Data centers have a generally flat demand profile, which influenced the choice to add a battery to the solar facility.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2019

By 2025, we expect a majority of states to have passed laws setting a renewable energy target between 80 and 100 percent, and we predict some states will have significant renewables penetration, including 50 percent in California and Hawaii and 40 percent in New York. Battery storage deployments will reach 6,500 megawatts.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In this Q&A, Andrew Welsh, discusses the sector’s readiness, and how the company is gearing-up for a rapid increase in demand. Implementation underpins the sustainability and demand reduction efforts of the UK water sector and is critical to securing our water future. How is Xylem managing the increase in demand?

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The Clean Peak standard jumped from policy proposal to law of the land in Massachusetts in just a couple years. It compels electricity retailers to buy credits for clean power that can be delivered during the hours of peak grid demand. That’s a compelling argument in the context of an academic model.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

When Murphy won and took office, he signed sweeping clean energy legislation in May 2018 that turned his goals into law. Murphy's campaign platform, and the law, included something quite radical at the time: the goal of 600 megawatts of energy storage by 2021 and 2,000 megawatts by 2030. They total nearly 3 megawatts of capacity.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A new Code of Conduct has been introduced in the UK to support households and businesses engaged in the flexibility market, a platform involving the buying and selling of electricity to manage grid supply and demand.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Developing lithium from the Salton Sea in California could help anchor a multi-billion-dollar domestic EV battery supply chain, according to a report from New Energy Nexus. The report details the potential to recover lithium as a by-product from the Salton Sea geothermal resource area.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 4, 2021

That’s reason enough, these groups say, for regulators to demand that Duke rework its plans — and they’ve laid out their own solar and battery-heavy replacement options for consideration. Taking the solar-battery path could also reduce overall system cost by $7.2 GW to 16.4 GW of new solar and 1 GW to 7.5

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A new report from Cornwall Insight and national law firm Weightmans on the co-location of energy assets, entitled “ Co-location, co-location, co-location” , has laid out the significant cost savings of using one grid connection for multiple renewable generation or storage assets.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The main objective is of course to boost EV adoption from the demand side by making EVs more affordable—however, the new rules are also intended to pressure EV-makers to reduce their prices, and to produce more of their components here in the good old USA. For critical minerals, the ban takes effect after December 31, 2024.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 15, 2022

The event featured three panels, which explored the changing laws, technologies, and industry dynamics at play in the battery storage sector, Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG), and electric transmission planning respectively. Battery storage.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

The price of oil plunged below zero on some days, and customer demand remains at an all-time low. Cheap electricity drives electrons across the electrical grid where they become more accessible and offer a more affordable, cleaner and more resilient way to charge electric batteries. Don't bet against America.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) on the road, having seen a remarkable 70% jump in charge points over the past year, figures that seem to demonstrate the substantial impact of the government’s ongoing efforts to expand the charging infrastructure network. The UK now has one publicly accessible charge point for every 11.2

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 15, 2020

Would there be enough solar panels, wind turbines and batteries to meet demand and project deadlines, given the widespread factory shutdowns? the focus is quickly shifting to demand, as the reality dawns that a global economic slowdown may be inevitable. Workforce shortages could knock project timelines off course.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

Moreover, Geothermal Engineering claims to have found "significant concentrations" of lithium within the deep geothermal fluid at United Downs and is now currently working alongside partners to trial technology to directly extract the critical mineral, which is used in the manufacture of EV batteries.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In this episode, Jones reveals a little-told backstory of his "nerd" childhood and early life, his transformation at Yale Law School, and the painful time he briefly joined, and then left, the Obama Administration. "I KORE Power is situated to meet the growing global demand of the energy storage market. Based in the U.S.,

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 11, 2020

Climate Change News: Spain Unveils Climate Law to Cut Emissions to Net Zero by 2050. KORE Power is situated to meet the growing global demand of the energy storage market. KORE Power is building the first large-scale battery cell manufacturing facility in the U.S. BBC : Could the “Green Stimulus” Go Global?

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Charged

AUGUST 2, 2023

Here’s just one example of the huge amount of activity that’s going on: Westwater Resources , which controls what it says is the second-biggest graphite deposit in the US, is currently building a graphite processing plant in Kellyton, Alabama, in the heart of what folks are starting to call the Battery Belt.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 29, 2020

The project, which may include a substantial amount of battery storage, will be built near the existing grid infrastructure used by the London Array offshore wind farm, once the largest in the world. has a net-zero target enshrined in law. That's a good omen for would-be battery owners, but greater structural obstacles remain.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable Law Firms. Law firm sustainability is a strategic business shift that aims to prevent socially and environmentally damaging operations in the legal industry. There’s heightened market demand for sustainable practices with robust and transparent disclosure. 13 Tips to Creating a More Sustainable Law Firm.

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