Impact Alpha

JULY 13, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 13 – Batteries are big as startups and investors bet on the low-carbon energy transition. The post Race for better lithium batteries accelerates with two big raises appeared first on ImpactAlpha. SES, based near Boston, scored $100.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 25, 2024

Morrow Batteries, one of several startups committed to producing lithium-ion batteries at gigawatt-hour scale from factories in Scandinavia, has secured a 5.5GWh offtake deal.

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Charged

AUGUST 29, 2022

Lithium and battery technology startup Energy Exploration Technologies ( EnergyX ) has announced investment of $450 million from investment firm Global Emerging Markets. EnergyX also has plans for its Solid State Lithium Metal Battery (SoLiS). Source: EnergyX.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Batteries aren’t dead when they come to the end of their useful life in an electric vehicle. Reused or “second-life” lithium-ion batteries still have a lot of juice left in them, but so far the concept of using these batteries in stationary applications has yet to gain real market traction.

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Charged

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has licensed a new battery electrolyte technology to Safire Technology Group, a battery tech startup formerly known as BTRY. The collection of five patented technologies is intended to be a drop-in additive for lithium-ion batteries. Source: ORNL.

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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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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sixteen startups joined our climatetech community during some of the hottest days of the summer in Q3 2023, working on breakthroughs such as reliable energy storage , detection of green-hydrogen gas leaks , and carbon-footprint reductions in the trucking industry. It’s part of our Go Energize 2023.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Solid-state battery technology is widely expected to be the next big thing in the EV world, as it promises higher energy density, lower cost and more safety than current Li-ion designs. SEE ALSO – Solid-state battery tech: What’s close to commercialization, and what’s still years away?

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Charged

APRIL 28, 2021

Battery Resourcers , a battery recycling and manufacturing company, recently completed a $20-million Series B equity round to support the development of a commercial-scale processing facility with the annual capacity to recycle 10,000 tons of batteries—roughly the amount of batteries from 20,000 EVs.

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Charged

MARCH 14, 2022

Australia-based battery materials company Liontown Resources has agreed to supply Tesla with spodumene concentrate, a source of lithium. Liontown will supply Tesla with up to 150,000 dry metric tons (DMT) of spodumene concentrate per year, produced at Liontown’s Kathleen Valley Lithium Project in Western Australia.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Greentown Labs’ 200+ startups are developing, deploying, and commercializing climatetech solutions to decarbonize the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors—agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation—and build resilient communities. Fervo Energy and Google’s next-generation, 3.5-MW

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TechCrunch: Climate

APRIL 3, 2024

The battery startup has raised $78 million to bring its alternative to lithium-ion cells to everything from scooters to steel mills. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

October’s SoftBank-led investment in iron flow battery startup ESS represented an unusual event in 2019: a piece of good news for the flow battery sector. The $30 million cash injection was a rare sign that there may still be life in an energy storage technology class that had almost faded from view in recent months.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

has a major new partner to bring its sleek, sensored and circuit-by-circuit remote-controllable electrical panels to market: lithium-ion battery giant LG Chem. On Thursday, LG Chem launched its new new " customizable backup ” solar-storage offering, which includes its RESU home batteries and a Span smart panel.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Solid-state EV battery startup Adden Energy has received an exclusive technology license from Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development, and $5.15 Adden Energy plans to use the funding to scale up a solid-state coin-cell prototype developed by researchers in Xin Li’s Harvard laboratory. “We

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CleanTech San Diego

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Southern California Energy Innovation Network companies GridWrap, SiLi-ion, TYFAST, and Looq among 40 companies selected to present SAN DIEGO, CA, February 26, 2024 – On February 20, the U.S. Since the first IGF, the effort has resulted in billions of dollars of investments into startup and early-stage companies. “It

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CleanTech San Diego

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Southern California Energy Innovation Network companies GridWrap, SiLi-ion, TYFAST, and Looq among 40 companies selected to present SAN DIEGO, CA, February 26, 2024 – On February 20, the U.S. Since the first IGF, the effort has resulted in billions of dollars of investments into startup and early-stage companies. “It

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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. We see the same happening right now. My one pager attached.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Form Energy raised a $450M Series E for its cost-effective, multi-day energy-storage systems. Fervo Energy , a developer of next-generation geothermal projects, raised $138M in funding to build, own, and operate 24/7 carbon-free power plants. Energy Dome launched its first CO2 battery long-duration energy storage plant.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Battery startup Anzode has received a $1.7-million million award for a three-year effort to develop a new generation of non-lithium batteries, as part of the California Energy Commission (CEC) Grant Funding Opportunity “Developing non-Lithium Ion Energy Storage Technologies to Support California’s Clean Energy Goals.”

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

However, while EVs are well known for being an eco-friendly way to get around, the batteries themselves can be a bit problematic. From understanding the environmental concerns involved with EV batteries to the innovative solutions out there, here’s what you should keep in mind. Over time, EV batteries will slowly lose their capacity.

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Charged

JUNE 2, 2021

Solid Power, a producer of solid-state EV batteries, has announced a $130-million Series B investment round led by the BMW Group, Ford and Volta Energy Technologies. Ford and BMW have also expanded existing joint development agreements with Solid Power to secure all-solid-state batteries for future EVs.

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Charged

MAY 2, 2022

Startup Statevolt, a sister company of Britishvolt and Italvolt , plans to invest $4 billion to construct a new battery factory in California’s Imperial Valley. Once fully operational, the new gigafactory will have an annual battery production capacity of 54 GWh—enough to equip around 650,000 EVs. Source: Statevolt.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Its allure has proven more durable than energy blockchain, and its commercialization is further along than super-buzzy green hydrogen. Companies interested in this process cover a range of technologies, including pumped hydro, gravity-based, compressed air and flow batteries, as well as current market leader lithium-ion batteries.

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Charged

MAY 10, 2021

Geologists have estimated that an area in the Upper Rhine Valley, in the Black Forest area of southwestern Germany, holds enough lithium for more than 400 million electric cars, making it one of the world’s biggest deposits. The trove could reduce the reliance of the German car industry on imported lithium.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 19, 2023

British battery startup Britishvolt has collapsed into administration. Having hoped to build the UK’s first giga-scale battery factory, its collapse signals significant headwinds for the country’s emobility momentum. In July 2022, the startup announced government funding for its largest asset, the £3.8 billion ($4.7

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Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Energy Dome, the startup commercialising a proprietary carbon dioxide-based long-duration energy storage (LDES) tech called the CO2 Battery, has secured investment into a grid-scale project.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A team of researchers at Penn State has developed a new battery structure that uses internal thermal modulation to optimize battery temperature, which could lead to faster charging times. The researchers describe their work in “ Fast charging of energy-dense lithium-ion batteries ,” published in Nature.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

home battery market. Both use the lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) chemistry favored by the electric vehicle industry. In cars, the goal is to pack as much energy into as little space as possible. But the umbrella term "lithium-ion battery" covers a range of chemistries.

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Charged

AUGUST 4, 2023

Solid-state EV batteries may not represent the Holy Grail (despite the credulous gushings of mainstream media pundits ), but they are expected to deliver improved safety, energy density and lifespan compared to current lithium-ion battery technology.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The New York Power Authority, the country's largest state-owned electric utility, just installed an unusual battery at its headquarters. The 50 kilowatt/250 kilowatt-hour battery isn't remarkable for its size, but for its promise of a design that can eliminate fire risk. Building a fireproof lithium-ion battery.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Protecting satellite imagery from fraud, Citopia network for a global battery passport and a high performance non-flammable battery option for warm climates are on the week’s technology radar. For example, the Battery Pass initiative has identified no less than 90 data attributes that could be included in a battery passport.

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Charged

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Dutch startup LeydenJar is opening a pilot plant to manufacture new-generation batteries that utilize pure silicon anodes, which the company says can store 50% more energy than conventional lithium batteries. It hopes to have the plant operational by mid-2020. Source: LeydenJar.

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Charged

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Battery startup Britishvolt has announced plans to build its first battery factory, on the site of a former coal-fired power station in Blyth in northeastern England. Construction is to begin next year, and production of lithium-ion batteries is to start by the end of 2023. The company plans to invest 2.6

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Greentown Labs

MAY 22, 2024

Our 200+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Department of Energy.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

Two flow battery companies are about to complete a months-long effort to combine forces. It's a rare instance of elective M&A in this challenging sector of the energy storage industry, where acquisitions often happen after a bankruptcy or insolvency. Lithium-ion batteries represent 99 percent of new grid storage capacity.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 24, 2021

The Greentown Labs community continues to grow and we’re excited to introduce you to the 16 climatetech startups that joined our Boston and Houston incubators in the first months of 2021! Meet these startups that are powering the climatetech revolution: Agtech + Water. Electricity. Manufacturing.

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