Charged

JULY 25, 2023

As numerous EV execs have told Charged in recent months, the “buy American” provisions of the IRA and BIL are driving massive investments in domestic mining and processing for EV battery raw materials. Now a similar gold rush appears to be gathering speed in the battery recycling field. billion in investment in the last six years.

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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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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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Batteries Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Technology 64

Charged

JULY 1, 2021

A number of companies and public/private partnerships are working to build a competitive and sustainable battery cell supply chain in Europe. One of these is the French battery startup Verkor , which just announced an agreement with the Renault Group to develop and manufacture battery cells. Source: Verkor.

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Batteries Europe Startups Sustainability 108

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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Batteries Startups Electric vehicle Automotive 97

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Oil major Total and carmaker Groupe PSA have taken the next step in their lithium-ion battery manufacturing collaboration with the launch of a new joint venture company and the first management appointments. ” Batteries’ strategic position in Europe. The transition to EVs in Europe is gathering pace.

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Batteries Lithium Europe Startups 130

GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

Swedish battery maker Northvolt announced that it has raised $1.6 As of last summer, the privately owned startup said it had an order pipeline totaling $13 billion, and earlier this month it added another €2 billion ($2.4 For a deeper look at Europe's future as a battery manufacturing hub, read GTM Squared here.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

EDF Renewables has acquired PowerFlex Systems , a California startup with technology to manage one of the biggest challenges for scaling up electric vehicle charging: controlling the loads that lots of EVs charging at once can place on the power infrastructure of the sites hosting the chargers. EV charging network provider.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Startups Business Energy Monitoring 100

Charged

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The European Commission has approved a second Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) to support innovation throughout the battery value chain. The project complements an earlier battery-related IPCEI that the Commission approved in December 2019. in charge of the European Battery Alliance. “It

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Batteries Innovation Europe Startups 116

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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Lithium Batteries Startups Carbon 105

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The US might be falling behind Europe and China when it comes to the adoption of electric vehicles, but there's one thing that the US - well, specifically California - has been been able to do uniquely well: Over nearly two decades, California has seeded and grown the world's first EV innovation ecosystem. era, it spawned Tesla.

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Startups Batteries Electric vehicle Innovation 54

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Most have incredibly long R&D lead times, while the systems that typically support startups cater to ones promising shorter-term payoffs. The thesis: The most successful climate-tech startups will be those with early access to economic analysis, policy resources, financing and technical support. But this isn’t just about money. "It

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Startups Methane North America Climate change 491

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 2, 2020

GreenCom Networks, the Internet-of-things platform provider that’s become a go-to for major European utilities to control solar panels, batteries, electric vehicle chargers and smart home energy loads, has landed another funding round with two new strategic investors that could open new markets. Wednesday’s 12 million euros ($14.5

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Home Energy Monitoring IoT Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 130

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In an exclusive interview with Vassilis Nikolopoulos, co-founder and CTO of energy start-up Avokado, we hear how artificial intelligence (AI) and startups are disrupting and enabling the energy transition. This interview was filmed in November 2023 at Enlit Europe in Paris, France. Watch the full video interview below.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Chinese electric vehicle company Nio and energy giant Shell have inked a deal which will see the partners work together on developing a network of 'battery swap stations' in China and Europe. The partners are aiming to install 100 battery swapping stations in China by 2025 and construct and operate pilot stations in Europe by 2022.

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Electric vehicle Startups Electricity Europe 80

Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As climate-focused investments experience record growth, corporate-startup partnerships may be our planet’s future. But a recent piece in The Economist exploring the David-and-Goliath symbiosis between incumbents and startups got me thinking about these kinds of partnerships in climatetech specifically. Another reason: speed.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Here are some of our entrepreneurs’ most impressive moments: Form Energy secured its first grid-scale battery installation pilot project and raised a $70M Series C. LineVision expanded into Europe and secured partnerships with four European utilities to deploy its transmission line monitoring system.

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Energy Monitor Startups Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 98

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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Batteries Climate change Transportation Electric vehicle 96

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 24, 2020

Startup FreeWire Technologies raised another $25 million to commercialize its electric car chargers, which are designed to reduce the infrastructural costs of installation. and eventually Europe, Sosinov said. and eventually Europe, Sosinov said. FreeWire went to market with a car-charging battery on wheels called the Mobi.

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Technology Batteries Electric vehicle Power grid 130

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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Lithium Batteries Recycling Recycling 95

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

Home battery storage has grown precipitously in recent years, but it still doesn’t match the scale and accessibility of a home appliance. Now, the Wyoming-based startup is preparing to ship its sleek, plug-in home battery panels in July for field tests in Australia, Europe and the U.K., A full U.S. kilowatts/2.2

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Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 130

Renewable Energy World

JULY 28, 2021

Assessing COVID-19’s Impact on Battery Storage Deployments. The IEA cited wavering policy support in key markets and uncertainties around battery safety as headwinds to growth, with grid-scale installations falling by 20%. Spending on grid-scale batteries rose by more than 60%, driven by the push for investments in renewables.

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Batteries Investment Technology Startups 111

GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

German auto giant Mercedes-Benz announced its largest order of electric vehicles to date Friday: 1,800 electric delivery vans for retail giant Amazon to use across Europe. That's left an opening for startups such as Rivian, which has a deal to sell Amazon 100,000 electric trucks. . Fri, 08/28/2020 - 00:00.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Carbon-neutral Transportation 500

Charged

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Chemical company BASF announced a new battery materials production site in Schwarzheide, Germany, as part of its multi-step investment in Europe’s EV value chain. The new plant will produce cathode active materials with an initial capacity enabling the supply of around 400,000 pure EVs per year with BASF battery materials.

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Batteries Asia Startups Europe 102

Charged

JANUARY 3, 2021

Britain’s new relationship to the EU has important implications for automakers, specifically for their battery supply chains. For three years, batteries will be allowed to contain up to 70% materials from countries outside the EU or the UK. Startup Britishvolt is the only company currently working on a battery plant in the UK.

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Batteries Automotive Lithium Electric vehicle 62

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 28, 2022

First copper foil production plant in Europe to boost EV battery innovation Shell converts London petrol station into EV charging hub GM repurposes vehicle hydrogen tech for power supply.

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Startups Electricity Carbon-neutral Electric vehicle 52

Greentown Labs

APRIL 27, 2022

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 ! Check out their latest accomplishments below.

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Charged

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Now the company has announced plans to put some of that nest egg to work at a new $5-billion battery and assembly plant east of Atlanta, which is projected to employ 7,500 workers. If actual deliveries don’t start picking up, the markets could turn against [Rivian] as they have with some other EV startups not called Tesla,” Abuelsamid said.

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Batteries Automotive Startups Politics 62

Charged

MAY 7, 2024

Over the past decade, we’ve seen dozens of startups come and go. Customers include vehicle OEMs, upfitters and startups. Hummingbird is addressing several global markets—it has customers in the US, Europe and China, and is now making a major push into India and the GCC (Persian Gulf) region. That’s from the technology side.

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Batteries Technology Real Estate Electricity 102

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

By 2030, Wood Mackenzie expects wind, solar and batteries to dominate Europe's grid mix. Recommended reading: Danish Startup ‘Tomorrow’ : Global Real Time Carbon Intensity Map of Electricity. KORE Power is building the first large-scale battery cell manufacturing facility in the U.S. Based in the U.S.,

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Fossil fuels Startups Politics Batteries 130

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. For the birds. The Safelines4birds project, with a €14 million ($14.4

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Methane Innovation Hydrogen Technology 52

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2019

State regulators have responded not only with orders for multi-billion dollar grid-hardening investments, but with policies to promote battery-backed solar systems for those most at risk from fires and blackouts. Hawaii unveiled its first large-scale, third-party DER aggregation this year, starting with Sunrun solar-battery systems.

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Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 130

GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

These new vehicles are quickly bumping up against familiar challenges of battery range, production capacity and charging, or fueling, infrastructure. Arrival, a five-year-old London-based startup, is establishing a presence in the U.S. delivered its 100th battery-electric truck in the U.S in early 2020. Photo courtesy of BYD">.

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Electricity Electric vehicle North America Hydrogen 545

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 2, 2023

DEWA adopts Microsoft Copilot Energy Transitions Podcast: Sustainable strategies to decarbonise heating Diagrams illustrate the unit interfacing to distributed resources such as solar PV and batteries, where it can also form part of building energy management solutions. ADC has solutions ready right now. .” of water per panel.

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Technology Blockchain Energy Energy 110

Charged

MAY 10, 2021

The European Commission estimates that Europe will need to increase its supply of lithium by a factor of 18 by 2030, and by a factor of 60 by 2050. To date, Europe has been importing the bulk of its lithium from the “lithium triangle” in South America, and from Australia.

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Lithium Geothermal power Carbon-neutral South America 125

Charged

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Last October, the company rode the wave of EV-related SPAC startups and, along with most of those firms, saw its stock soar, then crash. There are reports that Foxconn may also assemble EVs for Fisker, another EV startup with a highly colorful history, at the Ohio plant. Fisker Ocean. Here’s where things get wild. Foxconn Model C.

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Startups Europe Electricity Batteries 126

Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Taiga Motors , a Montreal-based startup that was founded in 2015, plans to begin delivery of its electric snowmobiles this winter season and to bring its Orca electric personal watercraft to the market next spring. Taiga plans to sell its electric snowmobiles to fleet customers. Source: Taiga Motors.

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