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MARCH 24, 2022

Lithium battery recycling company Retriev Technologies has purchased battery recycling management firm Battery Solutions. According to Retriev, the acquisition makes the expanded company “the first and only comprehensive battery management solution in North America.”. Source: Retriev Technologies.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Toronto-based battery recycling company Li-Cycle has begun operation of the first main processing line at its new Spoke recycling facility in Magdeburg, Germany. The facility, including its two main lines and planned ancillary capacity, is expected to have a total annual processing capacity of 33,069 tons of lithium-ion battery material.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

American Battery Solutions (ABS) has signed a multi-year contract with bus manufacturer NFI Group to supply custom battery packs for NFI subsidiary New Flyer ’s newest 35-, 40- and 60-foot battery-electric transit buses. And plenty of cells will be needed—the market for electric buses in North America is heating up.

Batteries 87

Batteries North America Electricity Transportation 87

altenergymag

MARCH 14, 2022

Combined Offering Creates Recycling Solution for Industry and Consumers Enabling a “Circular Supply Chain” Opportunity

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Charged

JUNE 9, 2024

Volvo Cars is launching what appears to be the world’s first EV battery passport for its flagship EX90 SUV, which is about to start production, the automaker told Reuters. Battery passports will be mandatory for EVs sold in the European Union starting in February 2027. The passport system will cost Volvo around $10 per car.

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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. “Our technology platform enables us to do both — and we have the possibility to do one thing at one point in time and another thing at another point in time.” Centrica Business Solutions, subsidiary of U.K.

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Charged

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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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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MARCH 13, 2024

OneD Battery Sciences, a nanotechnology startup, and Koch Modular Process Systems, a process engineering design and modular construction company, have announced a strategic partnership to mass-produce silicon-graphite anode materials for EVs. Source: OneD Battery Sciences This avoids making an expensive carbon substrate for silicon.

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APRIL 19, 2024

ReElement Technologies, a rare earth element and critical battery metal producer, has partnered with EDP Renewables North America, a renewable energy supplier, to recycle rare earth materials for wind turbines and EV motors. Source: ReElement Technologies

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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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altenergymag

MAY 17, 2022

-Li-Cycle’s third operational Spoke facility in North America commences operations, with capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries per year -Arizona Spoke is the first to utilize Li-Cycle’s proprietary technology to directly process full EV battery packs -Facility can process equivalent of batteries required (..)

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Batteries North America Lithium Recycling 125

Charged

MAY 2, 2023

Volkswagen and lithium-ion battery recycler Redwood Materials have partnered to offer US consumers a convenient way to recycle rechargeable devices or lithium-ion batteries. The collaboration between Volkswagen Group of America and Redwood began last year with a recycling deal for all Volkswagen and Audi EV battery packs.

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Charged

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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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Battery recycler Li-Cycle has announced that its Alabama Spoke plant in Tuscaloosa has started commercial operations. The Alabama Spoke uses Li-Cycle’s patented technology to recycle and directly process full EV battery packs without any dismantling through a submerged shredding process that produces no wastewater.

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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

JUNE 16, 2023

Effenco’s Hybrid Electric solution electrifies the vehicle’s onboard equipment using ultracapacitor-based technology. It is also non-flammable and safer than Li-ion batteries, even when crushed, pierced or overheated, according to the company. Source: Skeleton Technologies via Green Car Congress

Batteries 107

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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. Information that would be included would be on the battery’s composition, its state of health, history and more. Have you read?

Batteries 64

Batteries Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Technology 64

Charged

JUNE 27, 2023

Applications include the LytCell lithium-sulfur EV battery, lightweight composites and unique on-board sensors. Lyten’s lithium-sulfur batteries have a 60% smaller carbon footprint than lithium-ion batteries since they do not contain nickel, cobalt, or manganese. Source: Stellantis

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Solar Industry

APRIL 11, 2024

Enphase Energy has launched its Power Control software that can integrate with the company’s Energy System in North America. It added that software benefits include the ability to avoid main panel upgrades and increased battery capacity.

Batteries 59

Batteries North America Energy Energy 59

Charged

AUGUST 21, 2023

American Battery Factory (ABF), a battery manufacturer that plans to build a network of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell gigafactories in the US, has raised significant development capital in Series A funding. We anticipate delivering our first battery cells within the next 18 months.”

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Batteries Lithium North America Incubators 91

Charged

JUNE 7, 2024

American truck brand Peterbilt has announced its biggest electric semi sale to date: 150 of the company’s 579EV battery-electric trucks to Swedish transport company Einride. This fleet of new EVs will service Einride’s North American customers. Its 400 kWh battery pack delivers about 150 miles of range. “We

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Charged

APRIL 9, 2024

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

Batteries 52

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Solar Industry

AUGUST 22, 2023

The SolarEdge Home Battery , from SolarEdge Technologies Inc. , is now included in Xcel Energy ’s new Renewable Battery Connect virtual power plant (VPP) incentive program. The combination of our highly efficient DC-coupled technology and innovative software lays the groundwork for future VPP growth.” In the U.S.

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Charged

JANUARY 17, 2023

Nevada-based Aqua Metals has begun operating a pilot battery recycling facility at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center. Feedstock has been introduced into the automated system, enabling recovery of valuable critical minerals from spent lithium-ion batteries. Ramping of the pilot facility to process metric tons of black mass per month.

Recycling 108

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Charged

JULY 31, 2023

Milwaukee-based BCA Industries, a provider of turnkey recycling systems, has formed a division called LithiBatt which is now providing complete battery recycling systems in collaboration with global partners. LithiBatt says its recycling technology is already being profitably used at a facility in Germany.

Recycling 82

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Charged

JANUARY 17, 2023

The EV Metals Group acquired the battery materials and technology business of Johnson Matthey in 2022. Now subsidiary EV Metals Arabia has advanced its plans to build a battery material processing plant in Saudi Arabia. Construction is scheduled to commence in Q3 of this year.

Batteries 113

Batteries North America Lithium Electric vehicle 113

altenergymag

JUNE 10, 2022

-700+ exhibitors signed on for the 2022 edition. Pent-up demand for the in-person trade show fueled by the industries' rapid global growth.

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North America Technology Batteries Demand 93

Charged

APRIL 20, 2022

Commercial vehicle OEM Proterra (NASDAQ: PTRA) plans to increase the available battery capacity of its ZX5 electric transit bus. Starting in 2023, the 40-foot Proterra ZX5 Max electric transit bus can be equipped with up to 738 kWh of onboard energy, which enables a range of more than 300 miles.

Batteries 124

Batteries Electricity North America Transportation 124

Charged

AUGUST 24, 2023

The new factory will expand production capacity of Kreisel Electric products to serve the off-highway market in North America. Kreisel, which John Deere acquired in 2022, produces battery technology for e-mobility and stationary systems as well as DC fast charging solutions.

Batteries 84

Batteries North America HVAC Fossil fuels 84

Charged

JUNE 17, 2022

Stellantis and Samsung SDI have agreed to establish an EV battery manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Indiana. The new facility will supply battery modules for a range of vehicles produced at Stellantis’s North American assembly plants. Samsung SDI will apply its new PRiMX technology, which was unveiled at CES 2022 in January.

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AUGUST 3, 2022

According to Galvanic Energy, the “resource report has validated Galvanic Energy’s Smackover prospect as one of the largest lithium brine resources in North America.”. Galvanic Energy has announced some results from an independent evaluation of its Smackover Formation—a 120,000-acre lithium prospect in Arkansas.

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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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Batteries Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 214

Charged

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Assurance and risk management specialist DNV has released the fourth edition of its Battery Scorecard report , which is available for free download. DNV’s Battery Scorecard is designed to provide answers to pressing questions about battery safety, useful life and degradation, for both EVs and stationary storage applications.

Batteries 88

Batteries North America Technology Energy 88

Solar Industry

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Onyx Renewable Partners and Qcells North America have announced plans to develop two Massachusetts community solar and battery projects, to be developed by Onyx and have a total 6.2 Qcells is thrilled to align with Onyx toward building a sustainable future,” says Qcells’ Jin Han.

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North America Batteries Sustainability Technology 105

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. Sources: Redwood , Forbes

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Umicore , a materials technology and recycling company, is planning to build a cathode precursor material and cathode active material plant in Ontario, Canada. Umicore is in negotiations with several potential customers for production contracts in North America,” says the company. Source: Umicore.

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