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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TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The startup has developed software for lithium-ion batteries to endow them with either faster charging speeds or greater longevity.

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Charged

AUGUST 4, 2022

Battery recycling technology startup SiTration has raised $2.35 million in pre-seed funding for hiring and for the development of its patented separation technology for materials extraction in battery recycling. “By Source: SiTration.

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Charged

JANUARY 19, 2022

Pennsylvania-based venture capital firm Green Swan Partners (GSP) has reached an agreement with Skysong Innovations , the technology transfer arm of Arizona State University (ASU), granting GSP the exclusive option to finalize commercial rights to ASU’s fire-safe battery technologies. Source: Green Swan Partners.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

An Italian startup behind the world's first carbon dioxide battery has signed a deal to export the technology to the U.S. The company says that its technology is the missing link that could supercharge the transition to renewable energy.

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Charged

AUGUST 10, 2022

Iberdrola , a Spanish electric utility, plans to invest in the solid-state battery startup Basquevolt via its start-up program PERSEO. Basquevolt plans to establish technological support and a research team at the Alava Technology Park in Spain, and to develop prototype cells and a pilot production line in 2025.

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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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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

It’s easy to see what’s motivating India’s emerging ecosystem of sustainable technology startups with a glance out the window from the office of Sangam Ventures in Gurugram, just outside of Delhi. Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity. This is the second article in a series.

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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?

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Charged

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Solid-state battery technology is widely expected to be the next big thing in the EV world, as it promises higher energy density, lower cost and more safety than current Li-ion designs. SEE ALSO – Solid-state battery tech: What’s close to commercialization, and what’s still years away?

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sixteen startups joined our climatetech community during some of the hottest days of the summer in Q3 2023, working on breakthroughs such as reliable energy storage , detection of green-hydrogen gas leaks , and carbon-footprint reductions in the trucking industry. It’s part of our Go Energize 2023.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

NOVA, the partnership and venture capital branch of building materials company Saint-Gobain , has invested in solid-state lithium metal battery company ION Storage Systems to expand their battery technology collaboration. Source: Saint-Gobain

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

has a major new partner to bring its sleek, sensored and circuit-by-circuit remote-controllable electrical panels to market: lithium-ion battery giant LG Chem. On Thursday, LG Chem launched its new new " customizable backup ” solar-storage offering, which includes its RESU home batteries and a Span smart panel.

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Charged

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Swiss technology startup Morand has launched a hybrid energy storage system that combines the characteristics of an ultracapacitor with that of a chemical battery to create “a durable and ultra-fast energy pack that can be usefully recharged in seconds.”. kWh test unit to the 98% level in 120 seconds, at up to 900 A / 360 kW.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups to participate in its sustainability accelerator programme. 40% of the startups on the programme have a female founder, unusually high for an accelerator programme, and many are already highly experienced founders. Described by Google as ‘the next big unicorn.’.

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Charged

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

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Charged

JUNE 10, 2022

The company will use the proceeds to develop and commercialize its solid-state battery cell technology. Imec has been investing in solid-state battery tech for 10 years, and aims to enable an assembly process that is compatible with existing Li-ion battery production lines. Source: Imec.

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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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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

But the providers of such technologies have faced challenges moving past pilot projects and into real-world utility deployments. Others have been forced out of business, as with startup Gridco last year. based startup with devices that can alter the flow of power through high-voltage transmission lines.

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Charged

APRIL 19, 2023

Embargo til April 17 TDK Ventures has invested in lithium-extraction startup Novalith, which has developed a novel system for extracting battery-grade lithium from resource deposits. Novalith is working to commercialize its patented LiCAL technology for lithium extraction and refining from lithium ores such as spodumene and clays.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Mitra Future Technologies, also known as Mitra Chem, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Social Capital Holdings. The startup aims to boost the North American battery supply chain by producing an iron-based cathode. This is key if we want to accelerate electrification and build a sustainable energy future.

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Charged

MAY 22, 2023

Volvo has invested in bidirectional EV charging startup dcbel. Energy from an EV’s battery can be used to power a home during an outage, to save on utility costs during peak hours, or (theoretically) to earn money from the local utility for providing grid services. Sources: dcbel , Electrek

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Verdox raised $80M for its electric carbon capture technology, including from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Syzygy Plasmonics closed a $76M Series C to accelerate its delivery of low-carbon hydrogen technology. Advent Technologies announced a $821M project to develop fuel cells and electrolyzers in Greece over six years.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 24, 2023

Over the past six months, the Greentown Go Make 2022 cohort of five climatetech startups has been working closely with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) (“MCA”) and the M-Lab Companies to accelerate partnerships to deploy and commercialize supply-chain-decarbonization solutions.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 24, 2021

Featured: Creative Economy Artists are startups and creators CEOs as technology decentralizes the creative economy. The post The Brief: Artists as startups, financial access in Ghana, long-duration batteries, Bridges’ impact exits, farm carbon, innovate Alabama appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact!

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 30, 2024

Natron Energy has started commercial-scale operations at its sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Michigan, US, and elaborated on how its technology compares to lithium-ion in answers provided to Energy-Storage.news.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Seventeen startups joined our community in the final months of 2022, working on innovations as diverse as a smart nanocoating to keep products fresh, an autonomous waste-sorting system, and drinking water drawn from air’s humidity. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity.

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Charged

AUGUST 14, 2022

Global materials firm POSCO Group has purchased a 100% stake in the startup silicon anode materials company Tera Technos , according to Business Korea. The startup’s continuous production technology is said to be capable of increasing productivity three times compared to existing batch technology,” Business Korea reported. “It

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

Wind and solar only produce at certain times, so they need a complementary technology to help fill the gaps. And the lithium-ion batteries that supply 99 percent of new storage capacity today get very expensive if you try to stretch them out over many hours. The rise of renewables has forced a new look at this old technology.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sixteen startups joined our community Q4 2023, working on innovations as diverse as low-emission steel production, hydrogen electrolyzers, and lightweight, flexible solar panels. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! The startup was previously a Greentown Go Energize 2022 participant.

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Charged

DECEMBER 8, 2021

London-based startup Breathe Battery Technologies has raised £1.5 Breathe will use the new capital to scale up and accelerate the deployment of its intelligent battery management algorithms. Source: Breathe Battery Technologies. million ($2 million) in a new funding round led by Speedinvest.

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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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Charged

MAY 19, 2021

UK-based Nyobolt, a developer of niobium-based battery technology, has opened its first US office. These will serve to demonstrate our technology’s wide-reaching potential across applications such as power tools, high-performance vehicles, industrial equipment and consumer devices.” Source: Green Car Congress.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 17, 2024

A project is being run between the municipality of Hague and Dutch grid operator Stedin to develop a battery-powered smart beach electric grid to power the coast of Scheveningen. The new beach battery has a capacity of 360kWh and can power a beach pavilion for two days. Innovation is key to addressing this challenge.

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Charged

AUGUST 14, 2020

After at least a year in stealth mode, French startup Verkor has announced plans to build a battery gigafactory in France. The new company says it will take a “fast follower” approach, using established Li-ion technology, rather than trying to develop new battery chemistries or formulas. Source: Recharge , Verkor.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 24, 2020

Startup FreeWire Technologies raised another $25 million to commercialize its electric car chargers, which are designed to reduce the infrastructural costs of installation. BP Ventures led the round, which attracted new investors Energy Innovation Capital and ABB Technology Ventures. and eventually Europe, Sosinov said.

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