Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

An introduction to the battery company NorthVolt and its strategy Summary - NortVolt, led by Tesla-Veteran Peter Carlsson, is building the very first European battery gigafactory. What is NorthVolt’s strategy to create a European battery power basis? He came back to build his own battery factory. million jobs, vulnerable.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Last year the European Patent Office and the International Energy Agency published a detailed report on innovation in batteries and electricity storage. Based on their analysis of patenting activity, the report suggests that battery storage is the main area of innovation, and in particular lithium-ion batteries [1].

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 1, 2021

Creating a circular European battery industry Summary - Northvolt has partnered with Hydro to establish a first-of-its-kind battery recycling facility. Up to 90% of batteries can be effectively recycled, and up to 95% of precious metals of nickel, manganese and cobalt recovered for reuse. Brace yourself. Recycling is coming.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 1, 2021

Creating a circular European battery industry Summary - Northvolt has partnered with Hydro to establish a first-of-its-kind battery recycling facility. Up to 90% of batteries can be effectively recycled, and up to 95% of precious metals of nickel, manganese and cobalt recovered for reuse. Brace yourself. Recycling is coming.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This latest briefing, “ Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, makes the case that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 13, 2022

An old Kentucky coal mine will soon be turned into a pumped hydro “water battery” in an ambitious renewable clean energy scheme. Hydropower developer Rye Development is transforming a strip mine in southeastern Kentucky’s Bell County into the Lewis Ridge pumped storage project. Read the original:Â .

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Michael Grossman

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Let's use the example of the highly competitive battery storage space. There are lithium-ion batteries, zinc batteries, and redox-flow batteries. All three are battling it out to become the default storage system for renewable energy generated by wind, solar, and hydropower, as well as the electric vehicle market.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Canada’s hydropower-rich grid is 84% non-emitting with variable renewables (essentially wind and solar) currently making up 7% of the country’s total electricity generation. In addition, Canada has “tremendous potential for pumped-storage hydropower,” with more than 8,000 GW identified at almost 1,200 sites, according to WaterPower Canada.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 15, 2021

Storage solutions for solar energy are varied, but lithium-ion batteries similar to those used in electronics and electric vehicles are the most popular, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Battery prices of these systems dropped recently because growing demand is leading to production increases.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Alstom to deliver new battery electric trains for Chemnitz-Leipzig line. Engineering giant Alstom has signed a landmark deal with two German rail operators that will see it manufacture, deliver and maintain eleven Coradia Continental battery-electric trains for the Leipzig-Chemnitz route.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Massachusetts currently has more than 300 MWh of installed energy storage, primarily in the form of pumped hydropower storage or lithium-ion battery storage.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Opponents of new natural gas power plant construction argue that the falling cost of renewable energy paired with batteries is undercutting the business case for natural gas-fired peaker plants, leaving them at risk of becoming stranded assets unable to recover the costs of building them.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2022

ESS, manufacturer of long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, released the brief in partnership with Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) Forum and the United States Energy Association (USEA). An issue brief released by ESS Inc.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 2, 2021

The expected capacity of the system is 34 kWp energy, which is stored in ultralight lithium batteries until needed. Below the surface, the boat creates additional energy through hydropower from propeller rotations capable of generating over 15 kWh at about seven knots.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

conditional commitment to Ford’s battery manufacturing program. 💨 Private equity and O&G bet big on climate tech’s next frontiers: DAC and lithium. Blackrock injected $550M into Oxy’s DAC plant and ExxonMobil unveiled its first-ever lithium mining operation.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

  In deals, major funding for transportation including $144M for Indian EVs, $33M for rare earth-free magnets, and $15M for battery recycling.    In a ray of sunshine, US solar generation is expected to surpass hydropower for the first time in 2024.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Results show the technology is cost-competitive with lithium-ion batteries, pumped storage hydropower and natural gas peaker plants. Calculated LCOS that is cost-competitive to pumped storage hydropower and lithium-ion batteries. Sage Geosystems Inc. ,

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Some of these challenges, such as those around the cobalt used in lithium-ion batteries, are well known. Major community resistance against wind farms, and indeed other solar and hydropower projects, has resulted in significant financial costs to renewable sector investors. Social license key to project success.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2022

In addition, the renewables sector is also currently facing significant supply chain challenges, the research points out, thanks to rising costs and shortages of key materials such as lithium for batteries and key minerals, metals and components needed for wind turbines and solar panels.

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Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Bukaty/AP A bad omen for the future: fossil fuel plant owners bankrolled a referendum in Maine to try and pass a ballot measure to kill a transmission line that would bring in zero-carbon hydropower from Canada.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Further, the results show Sage’s technology is cost-competitive with lithium-ion batteries, pumped storage hydropower, and natural gas peaker plants. Calculated LCOS that is cost-competitive to pumped storage hydropower and lithium-ion batteries. Cost Competitive LCOS (Levelized Cost of Storage).

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 15, 2024

Deal after Deal Canada’s list of achievements is noteworthy: launching the country’s first full-scale electric vehicle assembly plant , landing a trio of highly sought-after EV battery gigafactories from Volkswagen , Stellantis/LG , and Northvolt , and being considered by Honda for an $18-billion EV plant.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The LME is the world's oldest and largest industrial metals exchange - BusinessGreen investigates how it is preparing for the battery metal goldrush and responding to calls for a more sustainable metals industry. What role do metals exchanges have in driving a sustainable transition to a low-carbon economy?

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

wide transmission build-out could also slash the costs of reaching a zero-carbon grid with wind, solar and battery technologies that are cost-effective today. All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 17, 2022

The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower. Storage is now largely being provided by lithium-ion batteries. Numerous options are being explored, including alternative battery technologies and green hydrogen. AP Photo/Jim Mone.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

Wind and solar accounted for 14 per cent of US electricity, with hydropower accounting for six per cent, and geothermal sources just under one per cent. The agreement forbids both parties from introducing bilateral export restrictions on minerals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, and manganese.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Rolton and chief governance officer Tom Cowling sit down with BusinessGreen to discuss the company's plans to 'kickstart the UK's battery ecosyste. The company behind the scheme, Britishvolt, is only two years old and yet to commercialise a single battery. Battery technology is only at the start of its evolutionary journey.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Duke argues that its wintertime peak loads can't be covered by today's lithium-ion batteries and other cost-effective energy storage options, and that it will need to invest in pumped hydropower, new-generation nuclear reactors, or green hydrogen or other replacement fuels for natural gas to fill in that gap.

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CleanTechnica

JUNE 13, 2023

Fly over Hydro Heights, where a pumped storage hydropower station stores energy until it is needed on the grid. Dive into Tidal Town, where energy from the ebb and flow of tides drives underwater turbines. Or follow the path of seawater as it gets pumped onshore to Desalination Station and is turned into drinking water

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 11, 2022

The energy system of the future must successfully utilize large amounts of variable and intermittent renewable energy sources to meet demand for power generation, decarbonization, grid resilience, and energy efficiency.

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Storage technologies include batteries and pumped-storage hydropower, which capture […]. Electric energy storage is becoming more important to the energy industry as the share of intermittent generating technologies, such as wind and solar, in the electricity mix increases.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 1, 2020

China's largest solar-plus-storage project has been connected to the grid. How big is it — 500 megawatts (MW)? Nope, we're in 2020 — it's 2,200 MW (2.2

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CleanTechnica

JULY 20, 2020

CleanTechnica recently interviewed Peter Carlsson, Chief Executive Officer of Northvolt, the Swedish battery manufacturing startup-slash-giant.

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CleanTechnica

JUNE 6, 2020

Drivelectric Kenya, a subsidiary of Knights Energy Kenya, is offering Kenyans a platform to switch to electromobility. Driveelectric Kenya’s suite of services is tailored to take away the risks (both financial and technological) for its customers, who like in most parts of the world are new to the world of electric vehicles.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan is back again with Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc and CleanTechnica contributor, to talk about one solution to current energy storage limitations: closed-loop pump storage hydropower.

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