Charged

MAY 20, 2024

Clean transportation nonprofit consortium CALSTART has opened PowerForward, California’s grant program for EV battery manufacturing infrastructure. The program is funded by the California Energy Commission, which will provide up to $35 million in grants. Projects are eligible for awards of up to 50% of total costs. million.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 18, 2023

A combination of geothermal energy and solar power have provided sustainable cooling and air-conditioning to the Moncloa Transport Hub in Madrid, Spain. This has been the outcome of the “Hybridization of geothermal energy with flow batteries for the air conditioning of zero-energy tertiary buildings (GEOBATT)” project.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at research from LCP Delta, which finds a 71% decline in UK’s profits for battery storage, compared to the highs of 2021 and 2022. Following a peak in 2021 and 2022, states the company, the battery market has experienced a substantial drop in profits in comparison to the past two years.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

In an exclusive interview with CarbonScape’s Oliver Foster, Yusuf Latief discusses the company’s success to date and what their alternative to graphite signals for the battery market going forward. They hired me as an energy analyst. Graphite is the largest component of lithium-ion batteries, comprising half its weight.

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Charged

OCTOBER 25, 2023

US-based EV battery recycler Smartville has introduced a new battery energy storage system (BESS) using retired EV batteries. Our EV battery repurposing and reuse platform is a key link to a lithium battery circular economy. See the feature article in our July-September issue.) Source: Smartville

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Charged

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Heavy-duty vehicle OEM Caterpillar has invested in Lithos Energy, a California-based producer of lithium-ion battery packs. Lithos specializes in shock-resistant and high-performance battery solutions for applications including off-road and marine. Source: Battery Tech Hub The iconic yellow machine is going green.

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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.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 16, 2023

Panasonic Energy and Lucid Group have recently announced their partnership. That’s to produce lithium-ion batteries for the Lucid Air luxury electric vehicle. This partnership also aims to provide high-quality and sustainable energy solutions for the transportation industry.

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Charged

JUNE 11, 2024

Two major truck OEMs (Daimler Trucks & Buses and PACCAR ) and a component supplier ( Accelera by Cummins ) have completed the formation of a joint venture, Amplify Cell Technologies, to establish battery cell production in the US. Battery cell manufacturer EVE Energy serves as the technology partner, and owns a 10-percent stake.

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Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Wright Electric, provider of electric propulsion systems for regional aircraft, has launched an initiative to develop batteries targeting 1,000 watt hours per kilogram (Wh/kg) pack-level specific energy. When I founded Wright, the best vehicle batteries had [specific energy] below 250 Wh/kg,” said Jeff Engler, CEO of Wright.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 17, 2022

In its mission to support and secure an attractive and sustainable circular business model for batteries, Volvo Energy is investing approx. SEK 50 M for 10 percent in the UK-based second-life battery energy storage specialist Connected Energy. This forward-leaning investment aims […].

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Renew Economy

MAY 11, 2023

William Todts, the head of Transport and Environment, on the accelerating EV transition in Europe. Plus: Australia to have a new biggest battery. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: EVs and big batteries on the march appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

MAY 6, 2024

Also, poor thermal management reduces the electronic components’ efficiency because excessive heat increases electrical resistance and lowers the power and energy of the EV. It is, therefore, important to remove heat from battery and powertrain components efficiently. What is Battery Safety?

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Smart Energy International

JULY 7, 2022

Oxford City Council, Pivot Power, Fastned, Tesla Superchargers and Wenea have opened what is touted to be Europe’s most powerful electric vehicle (EV) charging hub alongside a new hybrid battery, marking the completion for Energy Superhub Oxford. The charging hub will be powered entirely by renewable energy.

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Energy Central

JULY 1, 2023

Transport forecasts | Shell Dr Massey and I discuss, 2019! The energy world is sometimes prone to debates where two sides of an argument take up entrenched, 'winner takes all' positions.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Dutch battery manufacturer EST-Floattech has supplied its Octopus Series battery system to German ferry operator SFK for its ferry Laboe, which was recently delivered to SFK by Holland Shipyards Group. The Laboe will transport commuters around the city of Kiel. Moreover, the new system comes with a higher safety standard.

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Batteries Transportation Electricity Energy 93

Financial Times: Energy

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Toyota appears close to a manufacturing breakthrough that could accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. But will the technology ever be commercially viable?

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

US-based Turntide Technologies , a developer of energy-efficient technologies, has launched a lithium-ion nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) battery pack for off-highway EV applications such as construction, agricultural equipment, marine and rail. The new Turntide batteries are available in 44 V (4.5 kWh) and 52 V (5.3

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Charged

JUNE 20, 2023

Factorial Energy , a Massachusetts solid-state battery developer, has received UN 38.3 safety certification for its 100+ Ah automotive solid-state batteries. standard governs the safe transport of lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries. Source: Factorial Energy This UN 38.3 Receiving the UN 38.3

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 19, 2021

Japan’s PowerX is developing the world’s first vessel to transport electricity generated by offshore wind farms to shore. PowerX will also construct a large-scale battery packing facility to produce EV fast-charging, grid, and marine batteries. The vessel will carry 100 grid batteries with 200MWh of power.

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TechXplore

MARCH 15, 2024

High metal prices can drive up the costs of electric car batteries, which will reduce their adoption. Car manufacturers are already responding to this by shifting to different technologies.

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Green Living Guy

JULY 26, 2022

The benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) have grown more evident in recent years, from greater fuel economy to significantly reduced transportation emissions. Although the future of these cars is bright, improvements are necessary for a broader transition to electric transport.

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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).

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Charged

APRIL 3, 2024

A comprehensive approach to testing can bring additional savings through a reduction of waste energy. High-power test applications can use a power supply system that produces efficient and clean power and recycles waste energy. Battery power density has increased to a point where batteries can replace gas engines.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 15, 2022

The first commercial-scale solution for sand battery energy storage has been built as part of Vatajankoski Oy’s district heating network. It is touted by Fingrid as the world’s first sand battery built for commercial use, and is involved in the Finnish TSO’s balancing power market. Sand battery tech. World first.

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TechCrunch: Climate

MAY 23, 2024

Redwood Materials, the battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, will be recycling production scrap for batteries going into General Motors electric vehicles.

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Charged

MARCH 21, 2023

Battery recycling innovator Aqua Metals says it has successfully recovered high-purity nickel from lithium battery black mass, using its proprietary Li AquaRefining process. The company says this eliminates the need for energy-intensive and wasteful chemical processes that increase the cost and environmental footprint of recycling.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Epsilon Advanced Materials (EAM), an Indian battery materials company and a subsidiary of Epsilon Carbon, plans to build a $650-million graphite anode manufacturing facility in Brunswick County, North Carolina. EAM is already in discussions with local raw material suppliers and transportation partners.

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Charged

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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POWER Magazine

APRIL 4, 2024

Support for battery energy storage, and manufacturing of equipment for the electrification of transportation, is spurring construction of battery factories across the U.S. American Battery Factory, a leader in development […] The post The POWER Interview: American Battery Factory Ramps Up U.S.

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Charged

AUGUST 22, 2022

Polish battery system manufacturer Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT) has started construction of a factory designed to produce battery systems for public transportation, railroads and stationary energy storage applications. For 2021, Impact held about 15% of the European electric bus battery market,” says the company.

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Charged

MARCH 6, 2024

Battery manufacturer SK On is showcasing new fast-charging battery cells at this week’s InterBattery 2024 , a battery trade show in Seoul, South Korea. The Advanced SF and SF+ batteries are among several new technologies that SK On is displaying at the show.

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TechCrunch: Climate

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Will stored energy in batteries be subject to the same global economic and geopolitical forces that shaped fossil fuels?

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 19, 2023

High-capacity and reliable rechargeable batteries are a critical component of many devices and even modes of transport. They play a key role in the shift to a greener world.

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Batteries Transportation Energy Energy 115

ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 17, 2024

Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH (Vulcan Energy) has recently made two announcements on their geothermal lithium operations in Germany – the first extraction of lithium chloride from the company’s Landau facility, and the topping-out ceremony of their facility in Frankfurt-Höchst.

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Charged

MARCH 18, 2022

Panasonic has been working on 4680 battery cells for Tesla for a year and a half now, and plans to begin full-scale production in Japan in 2023. Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO of Panasonic’s Energy Division, recently offered some details about the innovative cells in an interview with Bloomberg. Sources: Bloomberg.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Lithium-ion batteries powered the device on which these words appear. From phones and laptops to electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries are critical to the technology of the modern world—but they can also explode.

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