Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

In an exclusive interview with CarbonScape’s Oliver Foster, Yusuf Latief discusses the company’s success to date and what their alternative to graphite signals for the battery market going forward. Graphite is the largest component of lithium-ion batteries, comprising half its weight. Elon Musk did.

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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

MARCH 7, 2024

Stellantis Ventures has made a strategic investment in France-based sodium-ion battery developer Tiamat. Tiamat says its sodium-ion technology is lithium- and cobalt-free and cheaper per kilowatt hour (kWh) when compared with lithium-ion batteries. The wide availability of sodium boosts sustainability and material sovereignty.

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Charged

APRIL 11, 2024

The need to quickly increase EV battery testing capacity is making validation labs harder to manage and forcing engineering teams to explore ways to sustainably scale up their test lab operations. Battery cyclers that are flexible, open, and connected are critical to achieve the scale needed in modern battery validation labs.

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Batteries Automotive Electric vehicle Sustainability 119

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

Team Portables, a consortium for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) recycling incentivization, has received Phase II funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize. The Battery Passport can be accessed by IOT identifiers as part of the labeling for each LIB. How does it work?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Regarding the prominent issue at hand, it is really true that electric car batteries can be recycled, and there are specific methods that allow for the recovery of up to 95% of the raw materials. Global governments are now insisting that electric vehicle (EV) batteries be designed and manufactured in a manner that facilitates easy recycling. 

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Charged

MARCH 7, 2024

Farasis Energy , a battery manufacturing company, Kautex Textron , a supplier of energy storage systems, and the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics aim to make plastic-based battery housings safer by means of virtual design to increase the safety of EVs. Plastic enclosures have many advantages over metal enclosures.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While lithium-ion batteries currently dominate the industry, serious concern remains about the limited availability of lithium used in these batteries.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Vanadium flow batteries, discussed on the Climate Confident podcast, offer a unique approach to sustainable energy storage. These batteries excel in storing massive energy quantities for extended periods, bridging the gap between intermittent renewable energy sources and constant energy demands.

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Charged

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In case someone is looking for candidates for the Buzzword of the Year, “battery passport” might be a good choice. Traceability and tracking of battery materials is a hot topic, thanks to “Buy American” provisions of the IRA and BIL in the US, and similar regulations under development in the EU.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 22, 2024

Chinese battery tech developer Ampace is unveiling a new Jumbo Power (JP) Li-ion battery range, produced with sustainability and circularity front of mind.

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Charged

JANUARY 9, 2024

Northvolt has introduced a sodium-ion battery for energy storage systems. Northvolt developed the sodium-ion technology for the battery together with research partner Altris. The cell has been validated for specific energy exceeding 160 Wh/kg at Northvolt Labs in Västerås, Sweden. Source: Northvolt

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Batteries Technology Carbon Sustainability 119

altenergymag

JUNE 1, 2021

The growing interest in sustainable next-generation battery technology underscores an opportunity for the UK to take a leading role in this industry,

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Batteries Sustainability Technology 135

Renew Economy

JUNE 8, 2023

The post Beetaloo gas pollutes Darwin “sustainable” precinct, despite green hydrogen and battery mandates appeared first on RenewEconomy. Green hydrogen ventures proposed by Andrew Forrest and Total Eren get land in new Darwin precinct, and may source solar power from Sun Cable.

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Pollution Hydrogen Batteries Sustainability 89

CleanTech Group

AUGUST 23, 2023

Lithium-ion batteries have gained substantial importance in the global energy transformation, playing a critical role in driving the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery market, currently valued at over $13 billion, is on the brink of significant expansion. LFP batteries are poised to become a central component in our energy ecosystem.

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EnergyTrend

AUGUST 22, 2023

EU Batteries Regulation Comes into Force Officially; Sustainable Development of Power Battery Manufacture Demands Ongoing Attention Thankstothedecreasingcosts,theeconomicviabilityofindustrialandcommercialenergystoragehascometotheforefront.Persistenthightemperaturesleadtopeaksinelec.

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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. The new JV will also provide Stellantis’s partners, its after-sales network, and other OEMs with a solution to manage end-of-life batteries and scrap from gigafactories.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Global EV battery manufacturer SK On has signed a conditional offtake agreement with US graphite supplier Westwater Resources in a move to secure battery-grade natural graphite in North America. SK On will use the products for its US battery manufacturing facilities.

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Batteries North America Sustainability 119

TechXplore

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In a newly published study in Nature Sustainability, we describe our design for a self-extinguishing rechargeable battery. It replaces the most commonly used electrolyte, which is highly combustible—a medium composed of a lithium salt and an organic solvent—with materials found in a commercial fire extinguisher.

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Batteries Lithium Organic Sustainability 95

Charged

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The need to quickly increase EV battery testing capacity is making validation labs harder to manage and forcing engineering teams to explore ways to sustainably scale up their test lab operations. Battery cycler flexibility and openness is critical to achieve the scale needed in modern battery validation labs.

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Batteries Sustainability 144

Charged

JANUARY 11, 2024

Battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution and Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT), a public transportation battery system supplier, have signed a supply agreement for nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) lithium-ion battery modules. The supplied batteries will support the production of nearly 3,000 large commercial EVs.

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Batteries Energy Energy Automotive 114

Charged

MAY 16, 2022

Sustainability is the raison d’etre of EVs, so it’s obviously important to find a way to document the sustainable nature of the raw materials that go into EV batteries. Reuters reports that a consortium of 11 partners, including BMW, Umicore and BASF, has received 8.2 million euros ($8.78

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Batteries Europe Carbon Recycling 145

Charged

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

US-based engineering construction company Fluor has announced that its Advanced Technologies & Life Sciences business line has been selected by Swedish sodium-ion battery manufacturer Altris to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for an industrial-scale sodium-ion battery production facility in Sandviken, Sweden.

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Batteries Recycling Recycling Construction 115

Charged

JUNE 13, 2023

German battery manufacturer Liacon has released its new Group 31 lithium iron phosphate (LFP) 12.8 V, 150 Ah battery. Liacon’s LFP battery is designed to replace Group 31 lead-acid batteries for deep-cycle applications such as renewable energy storage, recreational vehicles and marine, according to the company.

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Lithium Batteries Sustainability Energy 126

Charged

APRIL 12, 2024

The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK, a research institute in Berlin, is participating with the Battery Pass Consortium to design and implement the technical standards of the EU’s digital battery passport. Source: Fraunhofer

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Building sustainability into the EV battery supply chain will require action from automakers and suppliers, as well as greater adoption of new technologies. The supply chain needs to shift to more sustainable batteries and develop ways to use more recycled raw materials in the.

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Batteries Sustainability Recycling Recycling 59

Charged

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Yellow machine icon Caterpillar has announced the development of 48-volt, 300-volt and 600-volt batteries for the off-highway equipment industry. Caterpillar will showcase prototypes of its battery technologies at the upcoming bauma 2022 trade show in Munich.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Despite immense cost cuts and their deployment in the power sector last year more than doubling, batteries need to lead a sixfold increase in global energy storage deployments to enable the world to meet 2030 targets, says the International Energy Agency (IEA). But today, the energy sector accounts for over 90% of overall battery demand.

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Batteries Electric vehicle Policy Electricity 59

Charged

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

DuPont Supports You from Concept to Commercialization You have many choices when it comes to suppliers and material selection when considering electric vehicle battery pack assembly and thermal management. Increasingly, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers prioritize sustainability when choosing a supplier.

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Batteries Cooling Electric vehicle North America 116

Charged

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Just as you’ve always suspected, the powers that be have been keeping a cheap miracle technology from us—batteries can be made not from scarce and expensive minerals, but from wood! European battery manufacturer Northvolt is on a mission to deliver “the world’s greenest lithium-ion battery with a minimal CO 2 footprint.”.

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Batteries Lithium Carbon Sustainability 144

Charged

MARCH 12, 2024

Massachusetts-based 24M Technologies , an MIT spinout that has a partnership agreement with Volkswagen, has unveiled a new recycling process for its SemiSolid EV batteries. 24M’s Liforever process keeps the battery’s active materials in their original form, bypassing the creation of black mass.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Technology 89

Charged

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Umicore , a Belgian metal technology company, is building a 35 GWh equivalent battery materials production plant in Loyalist, Ontario, for the North American EV battery industry. The federal and provincial governments have agreed to directly provide Umicore with €1.27 billion in co-funding.

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Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A detailed understanding of battery technology and the underlying physics processes is necessary to design high-performance, durable, and safe batteries. Developing A Sustainable High-Power V2X Test Solution. Reserve your spot—it’s free! Register here to learn more—it’s free!

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Canadian Solar ’s e-STORAGE, part of the company’s CSI Solar subsidiary, has been selected as the preferred supplier by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to deliver its Summerfield battery storage project. It is the first multiple large-scale battery project spearheaded by CIP in Australia.

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Batteries Lithium Technology Demand 105

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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Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 131

Charged

JUNE 1, 2023

Specialty chemicals supplier Albemarle has announced a definitive agreement with Ford to deliver battery-grade lithium hydroxide to support the automaker’s ramp-up of EV production. Albemarle will supply more than 100,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide for approximately 3 million future Ford EV batteries.

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