Charged

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Automaker Stellantis and nuclear energy company Orano have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to recycle EV batteries and scrap. Stellantis will have access to cobalt, nickel and lithium from gigafactories in Europe and North America for electrification and energy transformation.

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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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Charged

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Cirba Solutions and GM have extended an existing agreement to recycle battery scrap generated by manufacturing and research at selected GM facilities through 2024. The original agreement dates from 2021, and GM has already recycled more than a million pounds of batteries. Source: Cirba Solutions.

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Charged

MARCH 14, 2023

Battery recycler Aqua Metals has demonstrated the recovery of high-purity lithium hydroxide from lithium-ion battery black mass at the company’s Li AquaRefining recycling facility in Nevada. This new capability can have a profound impact on the lithium battery industry in North America.

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altenergymag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

-Supports Li-Cycle’s Rochester Hub, which is expected to be the first source of recycled battery-grade lithium in North America -First support from DOE ATVM Program for a resource recovery facility and sustainable pure-play lithium-ion battery materials recycling company

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 29, 2024

The tax credits will support the critical development of the Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power Project in Imperial County. CTR had recently broken ground on the construction of the first of seven facilities for what would eventually be the “Lithium Valley Campus.” billion in private investment over the next five years.

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Charged

APRIL 28, 2021

Battery Resourcers , a battery recycling and manufacturing company, recently completed a $20-million Series B equity round to support the development of a commercial-scale processing facility with the annual capacity to recycle 10,000 tons of batteries—roughly the amount of batteries from 20,000 EVs.

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Charged

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The company’s Materials segment makes high-performance, high-margin Specialty Polymers and Composites, mainly for automotive (including solutions for lithium-ion and next-generation batteries) and aerospace markets. The new operations will provide material for over 5 million EV batteries per year at full capacity.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Redwood Materials , the battery materials firm founded by Tesla cofounder JB Straubel, has launched a battery recycling pilot in California that aims to “establish efficient, safe and effective recovery pathways for end-of-life hybrid and EV battery packs.” Source: Redwood Materials.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Volkswagen Group and the Government of Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which they will investigate opportunities for Canada to contribute to VW’s global and regional battery supply chains. A key focus will be the supply of critical raw materials such as lithium, nickel and cobalt.

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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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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

JUNE 9, 2023

Jacobs , a US-headquartered technical professional services company, is collaborating with US battery recycling company Cirba Solutions to expand its North American manufacturing capacity for EV battery materials. The goal is to promote a circular, more sustainable EV supply chain.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 3, 2022

AI to monitor bird interactions with solar PV, lithium iron phosphate battery production coming in Europe, a lithium mine for EV batteries and the energy infrastructure requirements in the Moon to Mars exploration are on the week’s technology radar. First lithium iron phosphate battery cell prototype in Europe.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The startup aims to boost the North American battery supply chain by producing an iron-based cathode. Iron-based battery chemistries have long dominated the market in China, while US and European automakers have mostly used nickel-based chemistries. My one pager attached. Source: TechCrunch.

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Charged

AUGUST 24, 2020

It’s usually one of the first objections cited by EV naysayers: batteries can’t or won’t be recycled, and they contain hazardous materials that will end up in landfills. In fact, no such sinister scenario is likely—most of the components of Li-ion batteries are valuable, and it’s quite feasible, technically and economically, to recycle them.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

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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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 21, 2021

Li-Cycle, the developer of a novel battery recycling system , has announced an agreement with Ultium Cells, a joint venture of GM and LG Energy Solution, to recycle up to 100% of the scrap generated by battery cell manufacturing at Ultium’s Lordstown, Ohio mega-factory. When fully operational in 2022, the $2.3-billion

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Charged

JANUARY 18, 2023

Thanks to the “Buy American” requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and similar provisions in the EU’s new Battery Directive, traceability is becoming a critical function in the EV industry. Q&A with OPTEL’s Ken Fallu.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

A new partnership aims to demonstrate how bespoke circular-economy batteries can tackle the mounting problem of e-waste, specifically in relation to electric vehicles. This is positive for decarbonisation, but raises a new sustainability issue – waste. Waste is the elephant in the room.

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Charged

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Vale Canada has signed a long-term deal with GM to supply the automaker with nickel sulfate, a chemical compound used for producing cathode active materials for nickel-based lithium-ion batteries. GM is strictly focused on building a secure, sustainable, scalable and cost-competitive EV supply chain,” said GM Executive VP Doug Parks.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Protecting satellite imagery from fraud, Citopia network for a global battery passport and a high performance non-flammable battery option for warm climates are on the week’s technology radar. For example, the Battery Pass initiative has identified no less than 90 data attributes that could be included in a battery passport.

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Charged

JULY 12, 2023

It is powered by nickel manganese cobalt oxide lithium-ion batteries in either a 150 kWh or 240 kWh configuration. Mack is committed to moving toward a more sustainable, decarbonized future,” said Jonathan Randall, President of Mack Trucks North America, “and the MD Electric is just another step in our journey.”

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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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Charged

AUGUST 5, 2022

LG Chem and GM have announced a binding agreement for the supply of cathode active material (CAM), a key battery material consisting of processed nickel, lithium and other materials that represents about 40% of the cost of a battery cell. Source: LG Chem.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Digital transparency company Everledger has launched what they tout as a world-first battery passport pilot with automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company to ensure responsible recycling of EV batteries. EV battery tracking. EV battery visibility.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Batteries are evolving. No longer just something that needs changing in your TV remote, batteries are fast becoming the engines of the global economy. In a decade’s time, a battery will likely power your car or the electricity grid that lights your home. Perhaps the biggest opportunity lies in electric vehicles. Andrew Miller.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

CarbonScape: carving out EV batteries New Zealand-based battery material developer CarbonScape has announced an $18 million investment, signalling the company’s plans to commercialise its biographite production in Europe and the US, enabling cleaner lithium-ion batteries for EVs and grid-scale energy storage.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

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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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The biggest area of interest is sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs), since 98 percent of United’s emissions come from its use of kerosene. Another example is the recent partnership between German behemoth BASF (the largest chemical producer in the world) and American Battery Technology Company (ABTC).

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 29, 2023

A novel carbon-oxygen battery for long duration storage, harvesting energy in space and a thermometer that measures energy changes in semiconductors are in the week’s technology radar. Compared with Li-ion batteries , Graves anticipates that the CO battery will have a cost of about one tenth and a footprint three times smaller.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

American Battery Technology Company was awarded a $57M Department of Energy grant to build a $115M, first-of-kind commercial-scale facility to manufacture battery-grade lithium hydroxide from Nevada-based sedimentary resources. Form Energy raised a $450M Series E for its cost-effective, multi-day energy-storage systems.

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