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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan. Cheap electricity drives electrons across the electrical grid where they become more accessible and offer a more affordable, cleaner and more resilient way to charge electric batteries. Tom Baruch. Tue, 06/23/2020 - 01:30.

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American Battery Factory raises capital to develop LFP battery gigafactory in Arizona

Charged

American Battery Factory (ABF), a battery manufacturer that plans to build a network of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell gigafactories in the US, has raised significant development capital in Series A funding. We anticipate delivering our first battery cells within the next 18 months.”

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Packetized Energy Builds ‘Virtual’ Batteries for a Cleaner Grid

Greentown Labs

What if we broadened the definition of a battery? What if, rather than electrochemical cells with anodes and cathodes, batteries were composed of thousands, or even millions, of internet-connected devices? Packetized Energy creates “virtual” batteries by tapping into smart devices in peoples’ homes and businesses.

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Circularity Challenge Spotlight: American Battery Metals Corporation

Greentown Labs

Ryan Melsert, CTO of American Battery Metals Corporation, speaks at the Circularity Challenge Final Showcase. There’s a huge opportunity—and need—for better lithium-ion battery recycling. That means small amounts of the elemental metals used to manufacture these batteries are ever reintroduced back into the supply chain.

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Investment trends in grid-scale battery storage

Renewable Energy World

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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Titan AES Technology Increases Battery Lifespan and Sustainability

Greentown Labs

Batteries are integral to clean energy. From wind and solar storage to electric vehicles, we need to rely on batteries more than ever as we reorient society toward sustainability. But there’s a problem: it’s difficult to tell how much life batteries have left, so they’re retired prematurely. The Titan AES team.

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New DOE program to bring promising battery tech to commercialization

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The US DOE has created a new program to help bring promising battery technologies that have been demonstrated at lab scale up to the level of maturity that can lead towards commercialization. Argonne National Laboratory, working with Navitas, is focused on low-cobalt cathode and electrolyte additives.