Charged

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The University of Texas at Austin has agreed to transfer patents relating to a new type of electrolyte to be used in solid-state lithium batteries to Hydro-Québec, Canada’s largest electricity producer. The patents are co-invented by Dr. John B.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 1, 2022

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. Production & distribution. Theion’s new leadership.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Scottish Water has completed work on its first large-scale battery storage project which the utility says will accelerate its drive towards net zero emissions by 2040. Four vanadium flow batteries, manufactured by Invinity Energy Systems, have recently been installed at the waste water treatment works that serve the city of Perth.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The French mining company Eramet and Électricité de Strasbourg (ÉS) have inaugurated a new pilot project for the direct extraction of lithium from geothermal brine at the Rittershoffen geothermal heat plant operated by ES in Eastern France.

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Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Aqua Metals has developed a novel battery recycling process. 6K Energy produces sustainable materials for lithium-ion batteries. That sounds like a natural match, and in fact the two firms recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create a sustainable circular supply chain in the US for critical battery minerals.

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Charged

APRIL 20, 2021

ion Ventures, a utility and energy storage infrastructure specialist, and LiNa Energy, a solid-state battery technology developer, recently concluded a successful trial of LiNa’s proprietary solid-state sodium battery platform. The system functioned in accordance with expectations. ” Source: LiNa.

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Charged

MARCH 22, 2024

ION Storage Systems , a Maryland-based manufacturer of solid-state batteries, has announced that its anodeless and compressionless SSB achieved a key threshold with its first market deployment with the US military. ION’s US-made SSB battery cell is based on the company’s patented solid-state lithium metal technology.

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Charged

AUGUST 22, 2019

Nano One Materials has secured a US patent for its NMC cathode powders, which it says offer a proprietary means of making Li-ion batteries more durable, safer and cheaper. NMC cathodes are typically comprised of lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt.

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Charged

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Johnson Matthey has entered into an agreement with OnTo Technology , a developer of battery recycling methods, to scale up OnTo’s process for the direct recycling of lithium-ion battery scrap. We are delighted to be working with OnTo and UKBIC to bring this technology closer to commercialization.”. Source: Johnson Matthey.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

According to Our Next Energy (ONE), their Gemini battery pack can double the range of an electric without compromising safety. It uses two cells: a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cell for daily driving and an anode-free cell for longer trips.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the past year, electric mobility and the demand for lithium-ion batteries has surged beyond expectations and this trend is set to continue. This is leading to a boom in lithium-ion cell production facilities all over the world. However, electricity and steam are also available as reactivation options.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Battery technology developer Enevate has partnered with Lightning Motorcycles to equip Lightning’s Strike Carbon motorcycle with Enevate’s EV-size fast-charging lithium-ion cells. As part of product validation, Lightning integrated a 24 kWh battery pack with Enevate technology into the Strike Carbon e-motorcycle.

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Charged

JANUARY 6, 2020

Last April, Elon Musk announced that a “1 million-mile battery pack” was in the pipeline. Thus, long-life batteries are likely to be critical to the success of the Tesla Network (a proposed fleet of robo-taxis) and the Tesla Semi. Elon Musk says that the battery modules used in Model 3 “should last 300k to 500k miles (1500 cycles).”

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Katie Smith is a Technical Assistant with Reddie & Grose LLP, a firm of patent, trade mark and design attorneys. Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) uses electricity to cool air until it liquefies, so it can be stored until an opportune moment arrives when it can be brought back to a gaseous state and used for power generation.

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Charged

JANUARY 22, 2021

Professor Jeff Dahn is a star researcher in the battery field—he has co-authored 730 papers and holds some 73 patents. our initiatives to develop and supply world-leading materials to the lithium-ion battery sector,” said. “We Professor Dahn and his research team will continue to work alongside Tesla. “We Dr. Burns. “I

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Billionaire offers glimpse of EV firm's efforts to develop cheaper, more efficient battery cells at Tesla's AGM. Current costs of batteries were not coming down quickly enough to address the climate crisis and spur fast enough transition to EVs, he warned.

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Charged

AUGUST 24, 2020

It’s usually one of the first objections cited by EV naysayers: batteries can’t or won’t be recycled, and they contain hazardous materials that will end up in landfills. In fact, no such sinister scenario is likely—most of the components of Li-ion batteries are valuable, and it’s quite feasible, technically and economically, to recycle them.

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Charged

MAY 21, 2021

Li-Cycle, the developer of a novel battery recycling system , has announced an agreement with Ultium Cells, a joint venture of GM and LG Energy Solution, to recycle up to 100% of the scrap generated by battery cell manufacturing at Ultium’s Lordstown, Ohio mega-factory. When fully operational in 2022, the $2.3-billion

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Charged

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The startup aims to boost the North American battery supply chain by producing an iron-based cathode. Iron-based battery chemistries have long dominated the market in China, while US and European automakers have mostly used nickel-based chemistries. My one pager attached.

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Charged

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Enovix has been selected to advance R&D on lithium-ion batteries using silicon-based anodes. The project is designed to conduct research in advanced batteries and manufacturing in support of the DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge—a comprehensive strategy to establish US leadership in energy storage technology.

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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. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 28, 2023

Superfast charging LFP batteries for EVs, improving Bitcoin mining efficiency and a maiden voyage with ‘Windwings’ are on the week’s technology radar. Superfast charging LFP batteries for EVs A 10 minute charge providing a driving range of 400km and a full charge delivering 700km?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Technology companies continued to curb their ambitions for manufacturing electric vehicles in 2019. At one point, Apple was reportedly planning to launch an electric vehicle by 2019 , but after much hype around its secretive initiative called Project Titan, the iPhone maker shifted gears on EVs several years ago. billion ($3.2

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

Four of the six projects to have been awarded funding are from the University of Birmingham, including the Reuse and Recycling of Lithium Ion Batteries (ReLIB) project which is being led by Professor Paul Anderson, co-director of the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials at Birmingham's School of Chemistry.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

New blockchain startup CarbonEnfo hits the market running, the ChatGPT fusion ‘ambassador’ and a graphene nanotube facility in development in Europe for EV batteries are on the week’s technology radar. We’re very interested in driving trust and transparency across the supply chain,” he said of the association to Energy Web. Have you read?

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Heavy-duty EV-builder Proterra has unveiled a new series of battery packs that offers a customizable energy storage system for heavy-duty commercial vehicles. The new, narrower H Series battery packs are designed to be packaged into standard truck frame rails.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

PARTNERSHIPS + DEPLOYMENTS American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) started operating its lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Nevada. Advent Technologies is partnering with Technohull to develop a hybrid-electric propulsion system for boats using its e-fuel cells.

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Clean Energy Trust

JUNE 14, 2021

If you’re not already familiar with NanoGraf, we think you should be as they are true battery material innovators. NanoGraf has developed a patented graphene wrapped, silicon-based anode battery material that enables longer-lasting, higher-output, and lower bulk and weight lithium-ion batteries. Recent News ?

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

FUNDING American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) received two contracts from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): a $57M contract for its first-of-kind, commercial-scale, lithium-hydroxide-manufacturing facility in Tonopah, NV, and a $20M contract to advance next-generation battery-recycling technologies.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Warnings of an impending shortage of key metals and minerals – including things like copper, nickel and lithium – have been forthcoming from a number of commmentators in recent months, including consultancy groups with an interest in the area, such as McKinsey.

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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. A patented solution of solid H2.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 27, 2022

Energy Dome closed an $11M convertible round to accelerate the commercial development of its CO 2 battery. Revterra raised a $6M Series A for its grid-stabilizing kinetic battery from Greentown partners Equinor and SCF Partners’ venturing arms. Department of Energy’s Battery Recycling Prize. Deployments + Partnerships.

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CleanTech San Diego

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Patents: SCEIN companies had 62 new patents approved in 2021 for a total of 388 new patents. Diversity: 27 of the current 37 member companies (73%) had diverse representation on their C-Suite leadership teams. SCEIN applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 11, 2021

Nearly 30 startups joined our community in the final quarter of 2020, working on innovations as diverse as zinc-ion batteries, long-range weather forecasts, wave energy conversion, and replacements for petrochemical plastics. ELECTRICITY. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 24, 2021

Electricity. Blue Line Battery designs and manufactures more accessible, more efficient, lithium-ion power batteries for industrial applications. Daniel Consulting Group (DCG) is a battery technology consulting firm focused on all aspects of battery testing and development. Transportation.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This first cohort of 20 UK -based SMEs includes teams in the fields of intelligent electricity system services, battery management, charging systems, energy storage, fleet optimisation, hydrogen and rail. vehicle, it significantly reduces the lifecycle cost of the electric bus/truck.

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Charged

MARCH 3, 2020

Introducing silicon into automotive-grade lithium-ion cells has been a major topic in the EV industry in the past decade. Many experts see a race among battery makers to get more and more silicon into their anodes. This is due to a fundamental difference in the way that silicon “stores” lithium.

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