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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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GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

More recently, it’s added 80 megawatts of behind-the-meter batteries to its virtual power plant portfolio. Kiwi is far from the only European company targeting distributed energy market opportunities in North America. French energy giant EDF’s North American renewables subsidiary has acquired U.S.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

The Volkswagen Group and its recently founded battery company PowerCo SE intend to rapidly expand their global battery business to North America. To that end, Volkswagen and the Canadian government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to identify suitable sites for a battery cell factory in Canada.

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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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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Kinterra Capital, a Canadian private equity firm, has closed its $565 million debut fund dedicated to securing critical mineral assets for battery development. The influx of private capital comes amid increasing government incentives into the sourcing and production of battery materials in North America.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

The company will also invest up to €4.5 billion ($5 billion) in battery materials and recycling. BASF also plans to expand its CAM manufacturing in Asia, Europe and North America. BASF continuously evaluates its portfolio.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

General Motors and Lithium Americas plan to jointly invest in the development of the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which the companies call “the largest known source of lithium in the US.” GM plans to use lithium carbonate from Thacker Pass in its proprietary Ultium battery cells.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

The company broadcasts anti-EV misinformation in TV ads and executive speeches , and lobbies governments to water down support for EV adoption, but meanwhile it hedges its bets, developing new EVs for the Chinese market and doing battery research with partners such as Panasonic and BYD. Now Toyota has announced that it will invest some $3.4

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Ultium Cells , the battery cell manufacturing joint venture of LG Energy Solution and GM, plans to invest an additional $275 million in its Spring Hill, Tennessee plant to expand the facility’s battery cell output by more than 40 percent, from 35 GWh to 50 GWh. The company put $2.3 billion into the facility in April 2021.

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MARCH 16, 2023

The company recently announced a five-year investment budget of €180 billion ($193 billion), and some two-thirds of that will be devoted to software and electrification. Around 15 big ones will reportedly be invested in battery production and raw material sourcing. The Group and its battery company PowerCo have selected St.

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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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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Italy’s Enel Group has announced a new investment strategy for the period 2024-2026, doubling down on grid investments and being more selective in renewables. The nearly €19 billion for grid investments will focus on improving quality, resiliency and digitalisation of the power grid, alongside new connections.

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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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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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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

The facility, Kilmarnock South, is the third major investment of a large programme of battery storage assets provided by Zenobē, a specialist in fleet electrification and battery storage. The announcement follows last November’s launch of Zenobē’s 50MW grid-connected battery in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire.

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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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JUNE 17, 2022

Stellantis and Samsung SDI have agreed to establish an EV battery manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Indiana. Stellantis says the new joint venture company will invest more than $2.5 Stellantis says the new joint venture company will invest more than $2.5 The investment could gradually increase to $3.1

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MAY 25, 2022

As EV demand steadily grows, automakers and their suppliers are wisely hustling to increase battery production capacity—preferably close to their auto plants and markets. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence reports that there are currently over 300 battery gigafactories in the construction or planning stages around the world.

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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. Sources: Redwood , Forbes

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JUNE 16, 2023

LG Energy Solution and lithium exploration company Green Technology Metals (GT1) have signed an AUD20-million equity subscription agreement and an offtake term sheet, giving LG access to future production from GT1’s flagship Seymour Project in North America.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 4, 2021

OTTAWA — Joanna Kyriazis, senior policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement regarding the federal government’s investment of $2.75 It also presents an opportunity to support Canadian jobs building the buses and the batteries that power them. It’s also an investment in Canada’s economy at a pivotal time.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

South Korea-headquartered battery makers EcoPro BM and SK On , along with Ford , plan to invest nearly $900 million in the construction of a cathode manufacturing facility in Bécancour, Québec. Production is slated to begin in the first half of 2026. EcoPro CAM Canada LP was established by EcoPro BM this year.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 16, 2020

NEC Energy Solutions went a different route; its parent company decided last week to wind down operations rather than invest in technological advancement. That flexibility foreshadows an expanding addressable market for Fluence, which previously focused on supplying some of the largest battery projects in the world. gigawatts.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Just like passenger cars, commercial vehicles are traditionally sold through dealerships, and these dealerships must also make investments in new facilities and training in order to sell EVs. Source: Daimler Truck North America We see it as our responsibility to support them on their journey.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

esVolta, LP, a leading developer, owner and operator of utility-scale battery storage projects in North America, today (Nov 9) announced that it has closed a tax equity investment with U.S. Bancorp Im.

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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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APRIL 18, 2022

Honda has finally announced plans to get serious about EVs, with an investment of 5 trillion yen ($40 billion) in electrification over the next decade. The two hope to offer an EV with a starting price below $30,000 in North America in 2027. Source: Honda , Bloomberg.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 9, 2024

Spearmint Energy announced completion and start of commercial operation for Revolution, the Company’s 150 MW/300 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in West Texas. The project reached mechanical completion following the delivery and installation of Sungrow’s PowerTitan Series battery energy storage system.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

It marks a particular vote of confidence in the Ontario market, which has become one of the most dynamic regions in North America for large behind-the-meter storage. That’s what it found in Blackstone Energy Partners, which has allocated $16 billion in energy investments globally.

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Charged

MARCH 10, 2023

While this got most of the early press, savvy observers soon realized that Section 45X of the IRA, under which battery producers can receive generous incentives for manufacturing batteries in the US, seems likely to have a much greater impact on the industry than the EV tax credits. This is now happening.

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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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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Chile-based Ensorcia Metals , a specialist in extraction and transformation of lithium, reports that as a first step in its global expansion plans, it will invest €200 million for the construction of a European lithium hydroxide conversion plant under the auspices of its subsidiary, Sorcia Europe. Source: Green Car Congress

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

LGES will purchase cobalt from Electra Battery Materials, and lithium from Snow Lake Resources and Avalon Advanced Materials. Electra is said to be the only supplier capable of refining cobalt sulfate in North America. LGES has been moving aggressively to secure lithium supplies in North America and elsewhere.

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MAY 12, 2023

The Volkswagen Group’s battery company PowerCO SE plans to build its largest gigafactory in St. This is the first cell factory in North America for VW. The company said its goal is to produce up to 90 gigawatt-hours of battery capacity per year. The planned investment is upwards of 4.8 Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 24, 2020

NextEra Energy, North America’s leading wind and solar generator, is combing through its base of existing solar facilities with an eye to retroactively adding batteries, as it adopts a more “aggressive” view on the falling cost of energy storage. In Robo’s telling, more such deals may soon be on the way.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Currently, about 3,000 tonnes per year of battery-grade lithium metal is produced globally, and more than 95% of that production is concentrated in China, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Source: Li-Metal

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