Battery recycling, two ways
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
A new corps of startups have different methods, but the same goal: Avoid the environmental and human impacts of lithium mining.
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Battery recycling startup receives financing for commercial-scale plant
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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Battery recycling heats up with Ascend Elements’ $542M Series D
TechCrunch: Climate
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Venture funding for battery recycling startups is popping off lately, and the latest to see the IRA-driven upside is Ascend Elements, which announced a massive $542 million in Series D funding on top of $480 million in earlier DoE grants.
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IRA incentives set off battery recycling gold rush
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.
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Redwood Materials lands $1B to boost its battery recycling efforts
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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Better batteries will get us to an electrified future
GreenBiz
JUNE 2, 2021
Better batteries will get us to an electrified future. The mass adoption of electric vehicles — and, well, electric everything — will rely heavily on cheap, dependable batteries. While the cost of lithium-ion batteries has dropped dramatically , the technology still leaves something to be desired. Mike De Socio.
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Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries
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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There’s gold (and lithium and cobalt) in all those EV battery packs
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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Zinc Battery Startup Eos Kept Afloat in a Lithium-Ion World. Is It Ready for the Public Markets?
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 5, 2020
Eos Energy Storage spent 12 years building up a technology it says can rival the dominant lithium-ion batteries for storing grid power. Similar startups ran out of cash and fell by the wayside, but Eos has survived, and now plans to leave venture capital behind and enter public markets via merger with a shell company.
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Second Life: Carmakers and Storage Startups Get Serious About Reusing Batteries
GreenTechMedia
JUNE 30, 2020
Batteries aren’t dead when they come to the end of their useful life in an electric vehicle. Reused or “second-life” lithium-ion batteries still have a lot of juice left in them, but so far the concept of using these batteries in stationary applications has yet to gain real market traction.
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EV Batteries And The Environment: How Eco-Friendly Are They?
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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Elemental Recycling Offers Abundant, CO2e-neutral Graphite, Graphene, and Hydrogen
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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Greentown Startups’ Biggest Accomplishments of 2023
Greentown Labs
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Greentown Labs’ 200+ startups are developing, deploying, and commercializing climatetech solutions to decarbonize the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors—agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation—and build resilient communities. American Battery Technology Company received two contracts from the U.S.
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Anzode gets $1.7-million CEC grant for non-lithium batteries
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Battery startup Anzode has received a $1.7-million million award for a three-year effort to develop a new generation of non-lithium batteries, as part of the California Energy Commission (CEC) Grant Funding Opportunity “Developing non-Lithium Ion Energy Storage Technologies to Support California’s Clean Energy Goals.”
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New study: Recycled cathode material is just as good for batteries as new material
Charged
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
The use of recycled cathode material to make new batteries will be a key part of the circular battery supply chain, but is recycled material truly equivalent to the freshly-mined stuff? Battery manufacturer A123 Systems also participated. “In A new study indicates that it is just as good, if not better.
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Circularity Challenge Spotlight: American Battery Metals Corporation
Greentown Labs
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Ryan Melsert, CTO of American Battery Metals Corporation, speaks at the Circularity Challenge Final Showcase. The five participants are disrupting the plastics, energy storage, and recycling value chains. There’s a huge opportunity—and need—for better lithium-ion battery recycling.
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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — April 2024
Greentown Labs
APRIL 24, 2024
Our 200+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Check out their latest accomplishments below.
Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2023
Greentown Labs
MARCH 21, 2023
Eighteen startups joined our community in the first months of 2023, working on innovations as diverse as an ammonia-based energy system, sneakers made from food waste, and nano-filters that reduce energy consumption in chemical separations. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!
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As lithium reserves dwindle, Singapore EV battery recycling startup aims to plug supply gap
Eco-Business
MAY 4, 2022
Lithium shortages are straining the electric vehicle battery supply chain. Entrepreneur Bryan Oh, co-founder of a low-waste, low-emissions lithium recycling firm, wants to be the world's largest lithium company without ever owning a mine.
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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — October 2023
Greentown Labs
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Our impressive group of 200+ startups is always hard at work scaling its climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Check out their latest accomplishments below.
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JB Straubel talks Tesla, Redwood and the massive challenge of building an EV supply chain in new video
Charged
OCTOBER 16, 2021
Now, true to Tesla’s original mission, his company, Redwood Materials , is tackling the critical task of building a global circular battery supply chain. If we’re going to build millions of batteries, we’re going to have to deal with the raw materials that go into them in a sustainable way.
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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — September 2023
Greentown Labs
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Our impressive group of 200+ startups is always hard at work scaling its climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! The startup also secured up to $50M in debt financing.
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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — July 2022
Greentown Labs
JULY 27, 2022
Our 200+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Check out their latest accomplishments below.
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Singapore startup claims breakthrough in Lithium-ion battery recycling
Eco-Business
AUGUST 3, 2020
Singapore-based Green Li-ion says its tech can ease the looming e-waste crisis by dramatically increasing the efficiency and profitability of rechargeable battery recycling.
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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — October 2022
Greentown Labs
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Our 200+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Check out their latest accomplishments below.
Greentown Boston’s 2023 Climatetech Summit Calls for Swift, Collaborative Deployment
Greentown Labs
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Next-generation battery recycling. The event featured a speaking program with exceptional climate leaders—including a keynote from Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey —and a startup showcase that offered attendees the chance to network with our incredible Greentown Boston startups. Community-scale wind turbines.
Power For Humanity Generates Electricity Out of Thin Air
Greentown Labs
AUGUST 17, 2020
You’d never have to find a wall outlet, or dispose of a near-unrecyclable battery. Power For Humanity is using its proprietary, science-fictionesque proteins to create Natural Power Units (NPUs), which could eventually either continuously charge or replace batteries in small portable devices.
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Titan AES Technology Increases Battery Lifespan and Sustainability
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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6 Out of the Ordinary Energy Concepts from 2020
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Salient Energy, seeking an alternative to lithium-ion batteries. Concerns over the lithium-ion battery supply chain did not disappear in 2020. If anything, the galloping pace of energy storage installations heightened the need to improve recycling and seek alternatives.
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Renault breaks silos in the automotive industry to achieve circular goals
Business Green
DECEMBER 22, 2022
What will it take to get to 'car-to-car' recycling? This year's show in October, with the theme 'The Revolution Is On', saw the debut of sleek new electric SUVs from industry giants such as US-based Jeep and electric urban mobility solutions from young startups such as Tel Aviv-based City Transformer. Pursuing ecosystem partnerships.
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AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Tesla’s co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 09/02/2020 – 01:30 This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about electric vehicle batteries and the massive potential for battery recycling and reuse.
? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178
Climate Tech VC
DECEMBER 18, 2023
conditional commitment to Ford’s battery manufacturing program. 💨 Private equity and O&G bet big on climate tech’s next frontiers: DAC and lithium. Blackrock injected $550M into Oxy’s DAC plant and ExxonMobil unveiled its first-ever lithium mining operation.
? Climate highs and lows #167
Climate Tech VC
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Corporate carbon footprint tracking collects $27M, and forestry and battery interests intersect to invest $18M toward bio-graphite for lithium-ion cells. 🔋 Green Li-ion , a Singapore, Singapore-based lithium-ion battery recycling platform, raised $4M from Twin Towers Ventures. Thanks for reading!
Southern California Energy Innovation Network Companies Surpass $250 Million Fundraising Milestone
CleanTech San Diego
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Launched in 2016, SCEIN is an accelerator program for clean energy startups based in San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties that are developing technologies to help California meet its clean energy goals. SCEIN applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
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Meet the Startups Innovating in Experts’ Top Climatetech Areas for 2024
Greentown Labs
JANUARY 8, 2024
As analysts, investors, journalists, and other experts offer up their predictions for this year’s climatetech areas to watch, Greentown’s featuring just a sampling of our startup members innovating in these key categories. Want to engage with these startups and other Greentown members? Industry experts: mentor a startup.
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? CTVC’s guide to NYCW #163
Climate Tech VC
AUGUST 28, 2023
for Northvolt to build energy storage, $100M for direct lithium extraction, and $60M for heat batteries. Deals of the Week (8/14-8/27) Venture Fundings 🔋 Northvolt , a Stockholm, Sweden-based lithium-ion batteries from recycled materials producer, raised $1.2B Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?
Fisker debuts an electric luxury SUV for $37,500 at CES
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 10, 2020
At the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, acclaimed American-Danish automotive designer Henrik Fisker, CEO of the eponymous startup Fisker Inc. , The brand of batteries for the Fisker Ocean has not yet been disclosed. has unveiled the hotly anticipated Fisker Ocean.
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? Blackrock’s $550M DAC bet #174
Climate Tech VC
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
In deals, major funding for transportation including $144M for Indian EVs, $33M for rare earth-free magnets, and $15M for battery recycling. The US Department of Energy continues the solar streak, putting $440 million in rooftop solar and batteries in Puerto Rico. Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?
Is A Lithium Cartel Inevitable?
R-Squared Energy
JANUARY 25, 2022
The more people I speak with about lithium, the bigger this story gets. Is Losing The Lithium Industry To China — several readers told me that this battle is already lost. Also, this week I have engaged with multiple American companies that are working to address the domestic lithium supply chain. Threats to National Security.
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Could Your Brand Be In A Category Of One?
Michael Grossman
MAY 4, 2022
Biofuels may be biofuels, and batteries may be batteries. Likewise, lithium batteries, zinc batteries, sodium-ion batteries, redox flow batteries, hydrogen storage, and sub-categories dot the energy storage landscape. Lithium battery companies are Example A in this World War I style combat.
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Interview with NUMiX Materials
Clean Energy Trust
OCTOBER 1, 2020
By prioritizing equity and justice through this award, Clean Energy Trust can further our mission of supporting early-stage cleantech startups in the Mid-Continent region of the United States. For instance, a product in our pipeline will recover cobalt and nickel from spent lithium-ion batteries more efficiently than current processes.
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Meet Our Newest Startup Members
Greentown Labs
JANUARY 11, 2021
Nearly 30 startups joined our community in the final quarter of 2020, working on innovations as diverse as zinc-ion batteries, long-range weather forecasts, wave energy conversion, and replacements for petrochemical plastics. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! MANUFACTURING.
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Ask a Climate Innovator?—?Haley Marie Keith, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at MITO…
Clean Energy Trust
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
As a reminder, NanoGraf developed a silicon-based anode battery material that enables electric vehicle (EV) batteries to run longer and charge faster than traditional lithium-ion batteries on the market. These skills aid you in life and in a startup. Ask a Climate Innovator?—?Haley
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