Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

At the same time but seemingly unrelatedly, we need more plentiful and sustainable sources of graphene (useful for everything from solar cells to battery storage) and graphite (a key component of lithium-ion batteries). What if one technology could address both challenges? The minerals created are more than 99 percent pure.

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Charged

MARCH 23, 2020

With the electric vehicle market driving a surge in demand for lithium-ion batteries, research is intensifying to develop new electrolytes that not only ensure battery performance, lifetime, and safety, but also enable high-energy anode materials, such as silicon, and cathode materials, such as NMC 811.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

A new advance opening the way for Mg-ion batteries, protections for birds around networks, Enel Green Power’s Sicily hydrogen lab and a plan to power Bitcoin mining with methane from landfills are in the technology radar. Out with lithium, in with magnesium. Sicily hydrogen innovation lab. For the birds.

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Business Green

APRIL 12, 2022

Japanese car giant unveils 10-year electrification strategy, as rival carmaker Nissan teams up with NASA to develop EVs using ‘game changing’ fast-charging solid-state batteries by 2028. It also said it planned to offer a "variety of solutions" to its customers, including swappable batteries and hydrogen.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 30, 2022

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading industry alliance on energy storage, e-mobility, and green hydrogen, has released its 3rd annual edition of the 2021 India Electric Vehicle and Component Market Overview Report 2021-2030. It also includes a section on the growth of the EV ancillary market in India.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 23, 2024

Since fuel cells power electric engines, some wonder if EVs can be converted to run on H2 Hydrogen cars, like electric vehicles (EVs) have been fascinatingly controversial in the path to decarbonization, but they are starting to grow in popularity both among automakers and consumers.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

US and Japanese car firms step up collaboration on battery technology and manufacturing development in bid to drive down cost of EVs. Honda and GM will build on our successful technology collaboration to help achieve a dramatic expansion in the sales of electric vehicles," he said.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 19, 2023

OTTAWA — Joanna Kyriazis, director of public affairs at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s final electric vehicle availability standard : “With record numbers of Canadians choosing an EV over a gas car in recent months, it’s clear that they want electric vehicles.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 10, 2023

Ford and BMW have been investigating how quantum computing can advance the development of their respective battery and fuel cell vehicles. As such new materials for batteries for example is one of the early use cases for quantum computing and the automotive industry also is one of the early adopters of the method. Have you read?

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

The government has today announced fresh funding for the green transport sector, providing a multi-million pound boost to support the switch to zero emission bus fleets and accelerate the development of innovative battery and hydrogen technologies.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2022

Plus EU beats renewables target, Shell faces CCS concerns, New Zealand's first electric ferry and all the top green business news from around the world this week. Rio Tinto lithium mining license revoked in Serbia. It is not a hydrogen production facility. Global Witness are comparing apples with pears.".

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

From alkaline batteries for small electronics to lithium-ion batteries for cars and laptops, most people already use batteries in many aspects of their daily lives. Right now there are very few such batteries in use. Batteries work by creating a chemical reaction that produces a flow of electrical current.

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Charged

MAY 18, 2022

In 2021, NGen launched a call for proposals to support R&D projects for ZEV manufacturing, systems, components, and batteries. Now the organization has announced 15 new industry-led consortia that will execute projects in various strategic areas. These projects are funded by NGen under Canada’s Innovation Supercluster Initiative.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

India boosts green hydrogen ambitions, World Bank eyes new climate focus, France curbs domestic flights, and all the top green business news from around the world this week. India prepares $2.2bn boost for local green hydrogen industry. Reuters notes that green hydrogen currently costs around 300-400 rupees per kilogram - or $3.60-4.80/kg

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 12, 2022

Basquevolt is targeting production of 10GWh of solid state batteries for electric transport, stationary energy storage and other applications by 2027. First gigafactory for pure solid-state batteries in Switzerland Basque gigafactory can unlock the holy grail of energy storage says research boss.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

The price of battery energy storage systems rose for the first time since records began in 2022, as raw material and component costs soared, and developers and system integrators increased their margins in the face of challenging economic headwinds and soaring energy costs worldwide. link] pic.twitter.com/C55UHprYIv.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. EVs, green hydrogen and energy storage. In Minnesota, Gov.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The 2023 Toyota bZ4X electric SUV made its public debut Wednesday at the Los Angeles auto show, one of several EVs unveiled at a show known for green vehicles. The new electric utility is the first of what Toyota says will be seven “below Zero” (or bZ) battery-electric vehicles sold globally, though not all will reach the U.S.—part

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

As more and more governments and auto manufacturers set their sights on a net zero emission future for road transport, the outlook for electric vehicles (EVs) looks brighter than ever. Battery recycling is mission critical.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

New research from Credit Suisse suggests that fuel cell vehicles may yet have a crucial role to play in the logistics and haulage markets. Battery electric vehicles (EVs) may be set to dominate the auto market in the coming decades, but fuel cell technologies could still have a sizeable role to play in the decarbonisation of transport.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 7, 2024

E-waste is already an issue overwhelming global recycling, and EVs will soon be adding to it Hydrogen fuel cells have already been defining themselves as an important part of the effort to decarbonize energy, industry, transport, and a number of other industries, and now Honda is looking to the technology to help overcome the challenge of e-waste.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Often when there are discussions about hydrogen fuel cells or battery electric engines, the conversation will focus on which one is the best clean energy option to power our future. Often, they will compare battery electric to hydrogen fuel cell performances, particularly when it comes to vehicles.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 8, 2023

Hydrogen is a great example. Canada has the resources to grow green hydrogen production capacity with access to abundant freshwater and an electricity grid that’s already 84 per cent non-emitting. Hydrogen is one of the key ingredients in net-zero steel production.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 3, 2020

He shared what policies the countries with the highest rates of electric vehicle adoption have in common, including not just EV incentives, but also costly taxes on internal combustion vehicles. Norway, the leader in EV adoption, also offers discounted tolls and parking to EV owners and has high gas prices, Robinson said.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

The company, which produces components for a range of industrial customers, including electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and charge point operators, operates 16 factories across Europe, and has supply chains that extend across the continent.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

  In deals, ~$400M for electric scooters and 3 mega $100M+ rounds for geothermal, solid flow batteries, and rural minigrids.    In August, a company called Lithium Americas logged what it expects could be a discovery of one of the world’s largest lithium repositories on the Nevada-Oregon border.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

The news came on the same day as the government announced over £30m of funding to support pioneering research into battery technology, the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, and hydrogen vehicles.

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Transportation is also expected to rapidly decarbonize through 2050, with the report projecting that electricity will drive more than 60% of passenger car miles in 2050. That projection is partially enabled by lithium-ion battery pack prices that are forecast to further decline by more than half over the next decade.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To further reduce Europe's dependency on Russia, Von der Leyen called for greater investment in renewable energy, announcing an additional €3bn of funding to build the EU's hydrogen market and the creation of a new European Hydrogen Bank that would guarantee the purchase of the low-carbon fuel, drawing resources from the EU's Innovation Fund.

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Also, while money has poured in across the climate tech sector and across stages, the figures tend to be distorted by the mammoth late stage funding, especially those going to electric vehicle companies (much as it was a couple years ago with funding to scooter/ micromobility companies).

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

Many of us possess multiple electrical appliances, especially mobile phones, tablets and laptops, too many previous models of which gather dust in bottom drawers. To date we have considered offshore wind, hydrogen, heat pumps, tidal power and community energy on their merits in forging a low carbon future.

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Charged

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Battery management systems (BMS)—the electronic brains that monitors and maintains lithium ion battery packs—are essential for the safe and efficient operation of the batteries powering a variety of applications, including electric vehicles. Battery packs utilize three main wiring architectures.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Minerals such as lithium and copper are critical for EVs and renewables, but a lack of investment and policy clarity risks undermining the burgeoning market. The expansion of electricity networks to support the shift towards EVs and heat pumps, as well as enhance energy access, also requires a huge increase in copper and cobalt supplies.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Photoncycle claims it can store solar power from summer to winter cheaper than batteries. Photoncycle, a startup from Norway, is tackling interseason storage of solar energy, which could save the abundance of solar energy generated in sunny months to be used for heat and electricity in the winter. Capturing heat to heat houses.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Sales of all cars set for bumpy road in 2020, but as costs fall electric vehicles sales expected to continue growing after Covid-19. Sales of electric passenger vehicles are set to fall 18 per cent in 2020 to a total of 1.7 per cent of heavy duty commercial vehicle sales and 6.5

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

As a major producer of copper and metallurgical coal, it stands to benefit from the growing demand for these materials from electric cars and batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. Companies like E3 Metals and Summit Nanotech, which produce lithium destined for electric car batteries from oilfield wastewater.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Venucia, a collaboration between Dongfeng and Nissan, recently unveiled their USD $137,000 hydrogen fuel cell car, which is an emission-free reimagining of its V-Online internal combustion SUV. The zero-emission vehicle is powered by H2 and a lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery. FinDream is the battery arm of BYD.

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