Charged

APRIL 15, 2022

Battery recycling technology company Lithion has received $22.5 Some will be invested in a battery dismantling and reprocessing plant the company expects to open in 2023, and some will finance engineering studies for the construction of a hydrometallurgical plant that’s scheduled to open in 2025.

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Charged

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Battery recycling firm Blue Whale Materials plans to build a Li-ion battery processing facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I am thrilled to welcome Blue Whale Materials to Oklahoma, and I applaud their choice of Bartlesville for their innovative battery recycling facility.

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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. Source: Reuters

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Canary Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Ascend Elements has raised $542 million to take its plans to recycle lithium-ion batteries to the next level. The investment round announced Wednesday will support building a factory in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, where Ascend will process the “black mass” derived from slicing and sorting old lithium-ion batteries into…

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2022

As we enter the warmer months, waste and recycling sites are increasingly vulnerable to fire. Such risks are amplified by the presence of batteries in waste streams and in the vehicles and machinery used on waste sites. Batteries, however, are an increasingly common presence, found in items such as children’s toys and mobile phones.

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Charged

DECEMBER 27, 2021

BASF , a producer of cathode active materials (CAM), plans to consolidate some of its business into a new legal entity called BASF Automotive Catalysts and Recycling beginning in January of 2022. The company will also invest up to €4.5 billion ($5 billion) in battery materials and recycling.

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Charged

MAY 30, 2022

Li-Cycle , LG Chem (LGC) and LG Energy Solution (LGES) have agreed to cooperate on battery recycling and sales. Li-Cycle has agreed to recycle LGES’s battery manufacturing scrap and other lithium-ion battery material from its North American manufacturing sites over a 10-year period.

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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. Groundbreaking for the 200-acre South Carolina campus is scheduled for this year, and operations are expected to begin in late 2024.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Recovering the critical raw materials residing within electronic waste will require investment, and a legal framework to incentivise this will be essential, say the authors (image credit: Steve Janosik , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Batteries from WEEE and end of life vehicles.

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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

MARCH 17, 2022

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled plans to expand its global battery recycling strategy. The automaker will build its own battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, and plans to enlist partners for battery recycling in China and the US. Sustainable battery recycling is a key factor in this, worldwide.

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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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Canary Media

AUGUST 30, 2023

demand for lithium-ion batteries with recycled metals and materials. On Tuesday, the startup founded by Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel got a big chunk of that funding, landing more than $1 billion in venture investment. … Redwood Materials needs a lot of money to scale up its plans to supply U.S.

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Charged

MARCH 25, 2024

US truck maker Mack Trucks , a subsidiary of Volvo , has delivered a Mack LR Electric refuse vehicle to Florida-based Coastal Waste & Recycling. Coastal Waste & Recycling is also piloting Volvo Construction Equipment’s CE EC230 Electric 23-ton excavator. Nextran Truck Centers will provide service and support.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries. This week, I've been thinking a lot about electric vehicle batteries and the massive potential for battery recycling and reuse. The industry needs to make the process of EV battery production, use, reuse and recycling much more efficient.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) of 2021 authorized $335 million for battery recycling and second-life programs. Now the DOE is seeking information to assist in implementing the investment. The DOE is requesting information on lithium-ion battery materials in consumer electronics, EVs and manufacturing scrap.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Redwood Materials , the battery materials firm founded by Tesla cofounder JB Straubel, has announced a partnership with Ford. The two companies will work together to “create a closed loop for battery recycling and a domestic supply chain for critical battery materials.”.

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Charged

JULY 22, 2021

BASF will build a prototype battery recycling plant in Schwarzheide, Germany, at the site of its existing cathode active materials plant. The new plant is expected to open in early 2023.

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Charged

AUGUST 2, 2023

EV battery recycler Aqua Metals has entered into a strategic partnership with South Korean battery materials company Yulho. Yulho will make a strategic equity investment of $5 million in Aqua Metals, and Aqua will grant Yulho a license to deploy its patented AquaRefining technology in South Korea.

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Charged

AUGUST 12, 2022

Ascend Elements , a vertically integrated battery recycling and engineered materials company, has announced plans to invest $310 million in the first phase, and up to $1 billion total, to build a battery materials facility at the Commerce Industrial Park II in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Source: Ascend Elements.

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Charged

OCTOBER 1, 2023

US battery recycler Redwood Materials has completed an equity funding round that was co-led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Capricorn’s Technology Impact Fund, and funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price. To date, Redwood has raised nearly $2 billion of equity capital, along with a $2-billion DOE loan commitment.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

However, while EVs are well known for being an eco-friendly way to get around, the batteries themselves can be a bit problematic. From understanding the environmental concerns involved with EV batteries to the innovative solutions out there, here’s what you should keep in mind. Over time, EV batteries will slowly lose their capacity.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Illustration by Sisi Kim for The Verge Smarter tech and new recycling techniques might just mean our EVs get even greener. 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.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. Shayle talks to CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren about carbon recycling and the big dent it could make in global greenhouse gas emissions. Are you building a renewable plant?

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Charged

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials will supply remanufactured battery cathode material to Panasonic, beginning in 2025, for a new factory the Japanese battery-maker is currently building in Kansas. Part of the demand is expected to be met by recycling, which could reduce the need for new mines.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

But the limited availability of raw materials used to manufacture lithium-ion batteries -- the primary power source for electric vehicles -- complicates the transition. Researchers and investors alike believe lithium-ion battery recycling is poised to make a big jump. Lithium-ion batteries are an environmental problem… No.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A seemingly ground-breaking project to create a circular end-of-life supply chain for the electric vehicle industry is being led by EMR Metals Recycling. Under current EU law and also post Brexit, manufacturers retain responsibility for the safe disposal of electric car batteries.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 11, 2022

Volkswagen Group has announced a new company PowerCo, which is set to invest more than €20 billion ($20 billion) in the Group’s global battery activities. The global player also announced construction on their first EV battery cell factory in Salzgitter. Battery cell factory. PowerCo global battery activities.

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Charged

MAY 15, 2020

Clean Energy Trust, a nonprofit that makes seed investments in clean-tech startups from the US Midwest, has announced an investment in Renewance, a provider of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for battery lifecycle management. Renewance provides battery management solutions to the energy storage and EV industries.

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Solar Power World

JULY 26, 2023

Nearly 20 years after the birth of the solar investment tax credit (ITC), many early solar adopters are seeking a refresh of their old arrays in favor of new technology.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. Shayle talks to CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren about carbon recycling and the big dent it could make in global greenhouse gas emissions. Are you building a renewable plant?

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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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Charged

MAY 17, 2022

6K, a producer of engineered materials for lithium-ion batteries, has raised $102 million in the first of two Series D funding tranches. The round was led by Koch Strategic Platforms, an investment arm of fossil fuel giant Koch Industries, with participation by investors Energy Impact Partners, Albemarle, HG Ventures and others.

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Charged

JUNE 15, 2022

LG Chem has formed a joint venture with battery materials manufacturer Korea Energy Materials (KEMCO) to invest more than 200 billion KRW ($160 million) in the construction of a battery precursor materials production line in the Onsan Industrial Complex in Ulsan. Construction of the line is set to begin this July.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Plastics recycling, especially for mixed and contaminated plastics, remains a major pollution concern. 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).

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Smart Energy International

MAY 12, 2022

PNE), an emerging growth company engaged in the regeneration of lithium-ion battery (LIB) material, announced its closure of a seed funding round at $7 million for LIB recycling. The seed funding is the latest announcement from PNE regarding their research and initiatives into LIB recycling. PNE’s LIB recycling.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Ascend Elements, a vertically integrated battery recycling and engineered materials company, and Koura, a producer of fluoroproducts, have announced the launch of a proprietary process that yields battery-grade graphite material from spent lithium-ion batteries. The company says its technology consistently yields over 99.9%

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