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JANUARY 29, 2024

Plans call for the 21 GWh facility to begin production of lithium-iron-phosphate battery cells in 2027 for use in medium- and heavy-duty commercial electric trucks. China-headquartered battery maker EVE Energy has 10% ownership and will serve as technology partner, contributing its battery cell design. Source: PACCAR

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Charged

JUNE 27, 2023

Stellantis Ventures , Stellantis’s corporate venture fund, has invested in Lyten to speed up the commercialization of the Silicon Valley startup’s 3D Graphene applications for the mobility sector. Applications include the LytCell lithium-sulfur EV battery, lightweight composites and unique on-board sensors.

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Charged

MAY 16, 2023

GM’s investment arm GM Ventures is leading a $50-million Series B financing round in Energy Exploration Technologies ( EnergyX ) and will develop the company’s lithium extraction and refinery technology. This could help create a lithium supply chain in North America that may otherwise be unviable, the company said.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 29, 2024

(CTR) has broken ground on the construction of an integrated geothermal power plant and lithium production facility at the Salton Sea in California. This is the first of seven project stages building towards a multi-billion-dollar clean energy precinct, the “Lithium Valley Campus.” ” The 1.85-billion-dollar

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Charged

MAY 29, 2023

South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution will invest approximately $5.5 billion to construct a battery manufacturing complex in Queen Creek, Arizona. The company plans to invest $3.2 billion in building the EV battery manufacturing facility, which will have a capacity of 27 GWh and $2.3

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Charged

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Exxon Mobil is targeting a different segment of the EV ecosystem—the oil giant has announced plans to set up a lithium production facility in Arkansas. Be that as it may, Exxon has the expertise and the capital to become a major player as the industry scrambles to establish sources of lithium in North America.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 23, 2022

billion) investment in a cylindrical battery plant. It is said to be the first-ever cylindrical-type battery manufacturing plant in North America. The Korean battery manufacturer will be the cylindrical battery plant’s sole investor. New EV start-ups using cylindrical batteries are on the rise.

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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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Charged

JULY 5, 2022

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution have named their new joint venture battery company NextStar Energy, and have appointed Danies Lee as CEO. Based on Stellantis and LG’s plan to invest $3.87 billion in setting up production, NextStar Energy will begin constructing a lithium-ion battery production plant in Windsor, Ontario later in 2022.

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Charged

APRIL 18, 2023

Battery recycling company Cirba Solutions has announced a Phase I investment of at least $300 million in a new battery recycling facility to be built near Columbia, South Carolina. It will extract such materials as nickel, cobalt and lithium in quantities sufficient to support production of 500,000 EV batteries annually.

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Charged

MARCH 17, 2021

Heritage has launched a new division, Heritage Battery Recycling (HBR), to address the growing market demand for safe, sustainable solutions for lithium-ion batteries at the ends of their lives. HBR’s goal is to recover and reuse critical battery materials that exist in limited supplies across the globe.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Battery recycling and manufacturing company Ascend Elements (formerly known as Battery Resourcers ) is planning to open a battery recycling plant in Georgia by August of 2022, where it will recycle lithium, cobalt and nickel. Source: Ascend Elements.

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Charged

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling company founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, is focused on two of the most critical battery components: cathode active materials (CAM) and anode copper foil. Redwood and Toyota began working together to build a closed-loop battery ecosystem in 2022.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

South 8 Technologies has raised $12 million in Series A financing to commercialise next-generation electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries. NYPA seeks to replace gas peaker plants with battery storage Basque gigafactory can unlock the holy grail of energy storage says research boss. Have you read? Have you read?

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TechCrunch: Climate

AUGUST 17, 2023

Ford is partnering with South Korean battery manufacturers SK On and EcoPro BM to build a cathode manufacturing facility in Quebec, Canada. billion (USD $890 million) joint investment will provide battery materials to supply future Ford electric vehicles. The onshoring of battery factories in the U.S. The CAD $1.2

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

LG Energy Solution and Honda have agreed to establish a joint venture to produce lithium-ion batteries in the US to power Honda and Acura EV models for the North American market. The two companies will invest a total of $4.4 The location for the plant is yet to be finalized. Source: Honda.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2023

When prices are high, oil companies tend to invest a lot more into increasing production. But there is a lag between those investments and additional supply. That often results in a price crash in which investments dry up. But will lithium follow that same trend? So, prices may be high for a while, which can also 1).

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In a filing Monday with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Dominion Energy Virginia proposed a groundbreaking battery storage pilot project that the company says could significantly increase the length of time batteries can discharge electricity to the grid.

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Charged

MARCH 19, 2021

As global demand for EVs increases, many are questioning the adequacy of the existing battery supply chain. Elon Musk said in October that a shortage of battery cells is preventing Tesla from ramping production of its Semi. “We She noted that a phone has one battery cell, and a laptop has a dozen, whereas an EV may require thousands.

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Charged

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The company expects to process equivalent battery material to power approximately 225,000 EVs per year. The Hub will transform that black mass into critical battery grade materials to be returned back to the lithium-ion battery supply chain.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 20, 2022

The solar and energy storage developer will be purchasing 2.4GWh of EnerVenue’s nickel hydrogen BESS and 4.5GWh of Urban Electric’s zinc alkaline battery systems. The deals were signed within days of each other, signalling Pine Gate Renewables’ attempts to look into and invest in lithium-ion alternatives for their battery storage systems.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Battery energy storage company Viridi Parente said it raised $94.695 million in a Series C funding round. The latest funding round boosts Viridi’s value to $700 million, and supports the company’s aim to manufacture point-of-use lithium-ion battery technology at scale. .

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

Two flow battery companies are about to complete a months-long effort to combine forces. North America’s Avalon Battery will absorb publicly traded British company RedT Energy through a reverse takeover, pending shareholder approval. Lithium-ion batteries represent 99 percent of new grid storage capacity.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Battery recycling specialist Li-Cycle will invest over $175 million dollars in a lithium-ion battery recycling “Hub” at Eastman Business Park in upstate New York. There will be several US-based Spokes that aggregate and refine spent Li-ion batteries, separating the materials. steel and plastics).

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 31, 2022

In two previous articles, I have discussed China’s commanding lead in the rapidly-growing lithium industry. In a nutshell, it’s because China has invested heavily into developing its lithium supply chain, while the U.S. However, a number of companies are working to commercialize a lithium industry in the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Leading this week’s Smart Energy Finances is investment into CarbonScape, which will bring biographite – a wood chips-based alternative to graphite, sourced from forest waste – to Europe. The investment round was led by Stora Enso Oyj, joined by Amperex Technology Ltd (ATL) and other partners.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 18, 2021

OTTAWA — As Canada’s largest trading partners transform their economies to be cleaner and more competitive, one aspect of that shift is clear: batteries will be the engines of the modern world. Canada has the right ingredients for a successful battery sector, the experts told Clean Energy Canada in a roundtable convened in March.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 7, 2024

In discharge the battery takes in oxygen from the air and converts iron metal to rust. Each individual battery module containing about 50 1m-tall cells is about the size of a side by side washing machine and dryer. Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published on Power Engineering International.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Fully 40 percent of the models GM sells by the end of 2025 will be battery-electric, she said. More than two-thirds of those 30 different electric vehicles will be offered in North America, she said, a subtle indication the company’s BEV onslaught isn’t solely intended for China. Battery cells in massive volumes.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 24, 2024

Funding American Battery Technology Company —a startup with technologies for lithium-ion battery recycling, battery-metal extraction, and primary mineral resource development—was awarded $60M in tax credits to accelerate the construction of its next-generation battery recycling facility.

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Charged

MAY 27, 2021

Ford has boosted its planned EV investment by more than a third—it now expects to spend more than $30 billion on electrification, including battery development, by 2030, and aims to increase pure EV sales to 40 percent of its global volume by 2030. Ford hopes to cut battery costs by 40 percent by 2025.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 22, 2022

billion from the US Infrastructure Law will expand domestic battery manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid as well as for materials and components heretofore imported. Anticipated project locations for battery manufacturing. The first set of projects funded by $2.8 in 12 states. Supply chain strategy.

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Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Utility and IPP Engie has commissioned a 100MW/100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) while Gore Street has enlisted Nidec as EPC partner for a 75MW project, both in the ERCOT, Texas market.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

UK battery maker expands its presence internationally with proposed deal for Monbat Group subsidiary. Britishvolt has agreed to purchase German lithium-ion battery cell technology developer EAS for €36m, as the UK-based firm looks to continue its rapid expansion in the energy storage and electric vehicle (EV) battery market.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Department of Energy’s Kate Gordon provided an overview of resources available through the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and CHIPS & Science Act – the “backbone, lungs and brains” of the clean energy transition. In Moses Lake , Group14 will put a $100 million U.S.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As climate-focused investments experience record growth, corporate-startup partnerships may be our planet’s future. United, a Greentown Labs partner, was the first airline to commit to zero carbon emissions by 2050 and has its own venture fund dedicated to discovering and investing in novel technologies that can help it achieve this goal.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

At the same time but seemingly unrelatedly, we need more plentiful and sustainable sources of graphene (useful for everything from solar cells to battery storage) and graphite (a key component of lithium-ion batteries). What if one technology could address both challenges? The minerals created are more than 99 percent pure.

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