Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

New research has found that solid state batteries can reduce the carbon footprint of electric vehicle (EV) batteries by almost two-fifths – further increasing EVs’ advantage over fossil fuel vehicles. When the batteries are made using the most sustainably sourced materials, this figure increases to 39%.

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Charged

DECEMBER 13, 2022

million battery-electric vehicle (EV) sales by the start of 2021—a prediction seen by many as overly optimistic. In fact, Bloomberg Green expects this growth to continue with more than 10 million plug-in vehicle sales this year—up from 6.6 1) Increased need to secure raw materials for EV batteries. million in 2020.

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Charged

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It’s safe to say that, five years ago, few corporate leaders gave a thought to the supply of batteries. Nowadays the problems and opportunities of the battery supply chain are hot topics in executive suites far beyond the automotive industry, and a growing number of market research companies are churning out detailed reports on the sector.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BusinessGreen reports on the fast-evolving plans to establish a thriving EV battery recycling industry in the UK. Batteries are set to become even more ubiquitous than they are already. But what happens when these millions of batteries reach their end of life?

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

And at Accelerate this year, you will hear from entrepreneurs who are based in cities across Europe, Africa, and the U.S. . Of the 95 percent of textiles able to be recycled or reused, only 15 percent are recovered from the waste stream. Electric vehicles are projected to reach 58 percent of global passenger vehicle sales by 2040.

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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.

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Business Green

APRIL 17, 2020

Honda Motor Europe expands partnership with SNAM to recycle end-of-life batteries from hybrids and electric vehicles. Meanwhile, batteries that are not suitable for reuse will be recycled so that cobalt, lithium, and other valuable materials can be extracted and reused in new batteries.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 7, 2022

The Horizon Europe funded BATRAW project has been launched to create new raw material processing from used electric vehicle (EV) batteries. million) from the Horizon Europe programme. Building battery power How a battery ‘passport’ can foster a sustainable transition to a green economy. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Fortum has launched Fortum Batterie Recycling GmbH in Germany to provide safe and sustainable electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling in central Europe in the hope of bridging the raw materials gap the automotive industry is facing.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Despite immense cost cuts and their deployment in the power sector last year more than doubling, batteries need to lead a sixfold increase in global energy storage deployments to enable the world to meet 2030 targets, says the International Energy Agency (IEA). But today, the energy sector accounts for over 90% of overall battery demand.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Illustration by Sisi Kim for The Verge Smarter tech and new recycling techniques might just mean our EVs get even greener. 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.

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Charged

OCTOBER 2, 2019

million) to the Recycling Li-ion batteries for electric Vehicle (ReLieVe) project to develop a closed-loop process for recycling Li-ion batteries and support the production of new Li-ion batteries in Europe. EIT Raw Materials, a European Union consortium, has granted €4.7 million (about $5.2

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

UK clean technology start-up Altilium has announced plans to build the "largest planned recycling facility" in the UK for end-of-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries at a site on Teesside.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

DuPont Supports You from Concept to Commercialization You have many choices when it comes to suppliers and material selection when considering electric vehicle battery pack assembly and thermal management. Thermal management is another important consideration with EV battery packs. Sponsored by Dupont.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

InoBat Auto, European developer of Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries, has signed protocols and declarations of intent with the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the construction of a new EV battery gigafactory in Serbia. The Serbian government will provide financial and material support for its development.

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Business Green

MAY 31, 2020

Innovate UK-backed initiative aims to scale up recycling process for rare earth metals used in electric vehicles. Dubbed 'Rare Earth Recycling for E-Machines' (RaRE), the initiative is being supported by a £1.9m A £2.6m A £2.6m

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2022

Resource management company Veolia has unveiled plans to build a new recycling plant in the West Midlands that it claims will be capable of processing a fifth of the UK's end-of-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries in 2024.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As the fossil fuel industry rages against the dying of the gas light, they continue to work to plant doubt about an economy centered around solar and wind paired with battery storage. His projections are even conservative in that they assume battery components won’t change, when of course they will. But the news gets better.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 11, 2022

Volkswagen Group has announced a new company PowerCo, which is set to invest more than €20 billion ($20 billion) in the Group’s global battery activities. The global player also announced construction on their first EV battery cell factory in Salzgitter. The battery cell business is one of the cornerstones of our NEW AUTO strategy.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

A new partnership aims to demonstrate how bespoke circular-economy batteries can tackle the mounting problem of e-waste, specifically in relation to electric vehicles. To combat this, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts sales of up to 44 million electric vehicles (EVs) a year by 2030.

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Charged

JUNE 21, 2022

Battery supplier InoBat Auto and mineral processing firm Green Lithium have formed a strategic partnership to build and operate a large-scale lithium refinery in the UK. Source: InoBat.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Polish power distribution company Tauron has launched an energy storage facility project in Poland, using second-life electric bus batteries to support power grid management. Tauron states how, for several years, they have been observing an increasing number of electric buses in use on the Polish market.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2022

A report from the Green Finance Institute’s Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport (CDRT) illustrates how the UK can become a global player in electric vehicle (EV) batteries if billions of pounds are invested now to build a battery supply chain. EVs and financing the drive to net zero. Out now! ??

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Volkswagen has established partnerships to investigate new battery materials and to establish a large scale battery supply chain. Quantum computing is anticipated to expand research areas critical for building better batteries, with classical computation methods reaching their limits. EV battery cathode materials.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

The race to deliver Europe's first battery gigafactory intensified further last week, after French start up Verkor exited stealth mode and unveiled ambitious plans to deliver up to 50GWh of battery production capacity. Company backed by European engineering giants exits stealth mode with plan to deliver French gigafactories.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 23, 2022

Sparkz, a cobalt-free lithium-ion battery manufacturing startup, wants to hire displaced coal miners to staff a gigafactory it plans to build in West Virginia. At a meeting with Biden administration officials at the White House last year, Sanjiv committed to manufacturing electric vehicle components in Appalachia.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2022

Caterpillar and Volvo among group of big name investors to back plans to turn EV batteries into large scale energ storage arrays. Connected Energy said the investment would enable it to scale its technology and operations as the number of "second life" EV batteries multiplies and demand for energy storage systems continued to grow.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Last fall Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt announced that it had raised $600 million in equity to invest in capacity expansion, research and development, and large-scale recycling. It’s important to keep these flows within Europe.”. Corporate funding in battery storage was up 136% with $6.6 billion in 2019.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 17, 2022

Jaguar Land Rover is partnering with Italian technology supplier Pramac on a portable energy storage unit with second-life I-PACE batteries. 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.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

At first glance, the electric vehicle (EV) sector appears to be an industry that has been able to avoid the worst of these supply chain challenges. There's two counterweights here: on the one hand supply is strained for Europe and the US; they have not been able to manufacture as quickly as they would need to," he said. "On

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 20, 2021

Contributed by Benedikt Sobotka , CEO of Eurasian Resources Group and co-chair of the Global Battery Alliance. Governments, NGOs, and businesses need to work together to support the switch to renewable energy sources and clean energy technologies, such as batteries. Greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for approximately 1.2C

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2021

Swedish lithium-ion battery developer confirms completion of major equity fund-raising round. The European battery sector received a major boost today, after lithium-ion battery manufacturer Northvolt announced it has raised $2.75bn in equity to support the expansion of capacity at its planned factory in northern Sweden.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Tesla’s success could spill over into adjacent transport sectors Summary - Using Tesla’s announcements of Battery Day, DNV expects the cost of batteries to be reduced by 56% (measured in $/kWh) by 2025. In North America, Europe and China this will take place well before 2030. Tesla Battery Day event finally happened.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Group AG and the Government of Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore deeper cooperation across all stages of the automotive value chain—from technical development and the extraction of raw materials to production, service life and recycling.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2022

The world of electric motorsport is helping to drive green change away from the racetrack, argues Sylvain Filippi, managing director of the Envision Racing Formula E team. Used tyres and all broken carbon broken parts will be recycled into new fibres reusable for other applications.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Japanese carmaker aiming for 75 per cent EV sales in Europe by 2030 as it invests in global supply chain for battery technology. The new strategy is designed to support Nissan's target to become 'carbon neutral' across the life cycle of its products by 2050, it said.

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