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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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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Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 94

Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Aqua Metals has developed a novel battery recycling process. 6K Energy produces sustainable materials for lithium-ion batteries. That sounds like a natural match, and in fact the two firms recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create a sustainable circular supply chain in the US for critical battery minerals.

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Batteries Recycling Recycling Lithium 117

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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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

New disruptive technology is placing a focus on the recycling of rare earth magnets, a practice that is expected to play an important role in clean energy technologies that often rely on these materials. One company in particular is using planet-friendly disruptive technology to recycle rare earth magnets.

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Recycling Recycling Energy Monitor Technology 82

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

As global effort to fight climate change intensifies, the challenge for battery manufacturers and their supply chains is to find ways to meet the rapidly growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs). Each EV lithium-ion battery pack contains around 8 kg of lithium, and last year global lithium production was 100 000 tons.

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Business Green

MAY 31, 2020

Innovate UK-backed initiative aims to scale up recycling process for rare earth metals used in electric vehicles. Dubbed 'Rare Earth Recycling for E-Machines' (RaRE), the initiative is being supported by a £1.9m I believe this is industry, technology, recycling and innovation working together at its impressive best.".

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Charged

AUGUST 19, 2022

Umicore , a materials technology and recycling company, and oil company Idemitsu Kosan have reached an agreement to co-develop catholyte materials, which integrate cathode active materials (CAM) with solid electrolytes, for all-solid-state battery applications. Source: Umicore.

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Patents Lithium Batteries Recycling 98

Smart Energy International

MAY 3, 2022

South 8 Technologies has raised $12 million in Series A financing to commercialise next-generation electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries. NYPA seeks to replace gas peaker plants with battery storage Basque gigafactory can unlock the holy grail of energy storage says research boss. Have you read? Have you read?

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Lithium Batteries Patents Technology 98

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Katie Smith is a Technical Assistant with Reddie & Grose LLP, a firm of patent, trade mark and design attorneys. Last year the European Patent Office and the International Energy Agency published a detailed report on innovation in batteries and electricity storage. Innovation in liquid air energy storage.

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Cooling Patents Energy Energy 162

Charged

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Ionic Mineral Technologies, a US-based producer of nano-silicon battery anode technology, has announced the grand opening of its new production facility, technical center and headquarters in Provo, Utah. Ionisil also offers seamless compatibility with existing lithium-ion battery cell production lines.

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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. We used to work for companies that produced lithium chemicals that go into cathodes, cells and, ultimately, battery packs.

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Batteries Lithium Recycling Recycling 136

Charged

JULY 4, 2023

Nth Cycle , a metals extraction and recycling firm, has inaugurated a 21,000-square-foot refining plant in Fairfield, Ohio to provide a US source of nickel and cobalt chemicals for lithium-ion batteries.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Billionaire offers glimpse of EV firm's efforts to develop cheaper, more efficient battery cells at Tesla's AGM. Current costs of batteries were not coming down quickly enough to address the climate crisis and spur fast enough transition to EVs, he warned. To accelerate the transition to EVs they must be affordable," Musk said.

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Batteries Patents Lithium Electric vehicle 94

Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

Four of the six projects to have been awarded funding are from the University of Birmingham, including the Reuse and Recycling of Lithium Ion Batteries (ReLIB) project which is being led by Professor Paul Anderson, co-director of the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials at Birmingham's School of Chemistry.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Sustonable mixes post-consumer recycled plastic bottles, recycled glass, and natural stone to create a circular, high-quality surface material that can be used for kitchen tops, wall panels, and furniture. rStream Recycling applies innovations in computer vision and data science to drive an autonomous waste-sorting system.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

PARTNERSHIPS + DEPLOYMENTS American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) started operating its lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Nevada. Syzygy Plasmonics and Greentown partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed an investment agreement.

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Startups Lithium Waste Waste 73

CleanTech San Diego

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Patents: SCEIN companies had 62 new patents approved in 2021 for a total of 388 new patents. Jobs: SCEIN companies increased employment by 45% in 2021, bringing total current SCEIN company employment up to 525 full-time employees. SCEIN applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

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Innovation Patents Energy Energy 98

Greentown Labs

JULY 27, 2022

Energy Dome closed an $11M convertible round to accelerate the commercial development of its CO 2 battery. Revterra raised a $6M Series A for its grid-stabilizing kinetic battery from Greentown partners Equinor and SCF Partners’ venturing arms. Department of Energy’s Battery Recycling Prize. Awards + Recognition.

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Startups Plastics Innovation North America 98

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Audiophiles, meet Shower Power, the water-powered showerhead made from recycled plastic. The patent-pending proprietary hydropower system turns water flow into energy as the water spins an impeller housed inside the device, like a watermill. Water-powered shower head speaker made from recycled plastic wins honors at CES.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Full Cycle Bioplastics has a patented bacteria-based technology that converts organic waste into Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biopolymer that can be used to replace a wide range of oil-based plastic applications. The post Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q3 2022 appeared first on Greentown Labs.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

FUNDING American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) received two contracts from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): a $57M contract for its first-of-kind, commercial-scale, lithium-hydroxide-manufacturing facility in Tonopah, NV, and a $20M contract to advance next-generation battery-recycling technologies.

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Startups Lithium Innovation Patents 67

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. Katz Water Technologies received three additional patents for its water purification and desalination tech.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Gigafactory developer Britishvolt has today announced it plans to raise another £200m to support its plans to develop the UK's electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem, confirming it has already secured £40m towards its fund-raising target from existing investor Glencore.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

On specific clean energy technologies, the report finds that the EU’s wind sector remains a world leader in R&I and high value patents in 2022 and maintains a positive trade balance. Further attention is needed to increase recycling capacity and establish technological capability in cheaper storage/longer-term storage.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

This system has 5x higher system-level energy densities compared to lithium batteries. Its patented interlocking proton exchange membrane electrolyzers provide a safe, modular, and flexible design that is straightforward to install, fully scalable, and easy to maintain compared to other customized electrolyzers.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Artist Pablo Wendel just unveiled E-Werk , a defunct power station that he has turned into an innovative arts center that is projected to run on recycled wood chips rather than coal. Over the last five years, he has created numerous wind sculptures and mobile battery packs that can usurp energy from supply points.

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Recycling Recycling Energy Energy 28

CleanTech San Diego

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Together, these startups employ 362 people, have had 162 patents approved, and have raised more than $223 million in private and public investment since being accepted into the program. 76 percent of SCEIN companies have C-Suite diversity. 2021 has been a breakthrough year for Nuvve.

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Green Tech Challenge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Meet one of our alumni startups Zemission, which has developed, tested, and patented a zero-emission solution for mobile use. The government essentially intends to hold manufacturers and retailers more responsible for disposing of and recycling their products.

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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. During my MBA, MITO’s original technology was sitting on the shelf, patent-pending, and still in development.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

This time it'll be batteries. They need to be retired, recycled and retrofitted," Griffith said. The remaining machines that need to be tweaked or replaced include 100 million circuit breaker boxes, 100 million solar rooftops, 100 million batteries and 200 million vehicle chargers. This time it'll be batteries.

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Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 407

Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 2, 2024

The new and patented hydrogen fuel cell system, known as IE-DRIVE™, has been purposefully designed with car manufacturers in mind. Smaller size – The fuel cell system is equipped with IE’s patented direct water injection tech. The reason? A first-of-its-kind for the passenger vehicle sector.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This first cohort of 20 UK -based SMEs includes teams in the fields of intelligent electricity system services, battery management, charging systems, energy storage, fleet optimisation, hydrogen and rail. The collaboration will also help SMEs tackle scalability with go-to-market support and access to potential clients, funders and investment.

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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. The company specializes in the recycling industries, water filtration, and wind energies. MANUFACTURING.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes. The company specializes in the recycling industries, water filtration, and wind energies.

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Business Green

MAY 28, 2021

This time it'll be batteries. They need to be retired, recycled and retrofitted," Griffith said. The remaining machines that need to be tweaked or replaced include 100 million circuit breaker boxes, 100 million solar rooftops, 100 million batteries and 200 million vehicle chargers. Now we have to fight a similar war.

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