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. billion in investment in the last six years. Now a similar gold rush appears to be gathering speed in the battery recycling field.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2021

Swedish lithium-ion battery developer confirms completion of major equity fund-raising round. The European battery sector received a major boost today, after lithium-ion battery manufacturer Northvolt announced it has raised $2.75bn in equity to support the expansion of capacity at its planned factory in northern Sweden.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

Firm will move the Gresham's lithium-ion 50MW/75MWh Thurock battery storage site's outputs between different markets from its Edinburgh control room. Demand response specialist Flexitricity has clinched a deal to manage, optimise, and provide balancing services for one of Europe's largest battery storage sites.

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Europe Batteries Demand Lithium 88

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Recovering the critical raw materials residing within electronic waste will require investment, and a legal framework to incentivise this will be essential, say the authors (image credit: Steve Janosik , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Create platforms where demand for recycled components, materials and CRMs can meet supply.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan) has been granted a new geothermal and lithium exploration license covering a region of Frankfurt am Main in Germany. The “Luftbrücke” license gives the company the privilege to explore for geothermal energy and lithium-containing brine within the 207-sq. license area.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Leading this week’s Smart Energy Finances is investment into CarbonScape, which will bring biographite – a wood chips-based alternative to graphite, sourced from forest waste – to Europe. The investment round was led by Stora Enso Oyj, joined by Amperex Technology Ltd (ATL) and other partners. billion) by 2030.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The company has invested heavily in equipment to remove the batteries from these cars and store them safely. These batteries will be processed at Altilium’s technology center in Devon to recover raw materials, including lithium and nickel, for direct reuse in the production of new batteries.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2022

Rio Tinto lithium mining license revoked in Serbia. The Serbian government has revoked Rio Tinto's lithium exploration licenses in the Eastern European country after major protests against the mining giant's proposed activities erupted over environmental concerns, according to reports.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2022

A report from the Green Finance Institute’s Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport (CDRT) illustrates how the UK can become a global player in electric vehicle (EV) batteries if billions of pounds are invested now to build a battery supply chain. EVs and financing the drive to net zero. Out now! ??

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The InnoEnergy Skills Institute has concluded specialised training courses for over 50,000 students, a milestone they tout towards addressing workforce demands within the battery industry. Market analysis signals 800,000 workers will need to be trained or upskilled by the end of 2025 to meet the new demand in Europe.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

million) is a phase one commitment from Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund and marks the first step in a collaboration with the potential to expand into other global markets. GridBeyond’s platform is directed at the control of flexible demand for industrial and commercial, institutional and utility customers. The €10 million ($11.3

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

As the global Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery market is forecast to grow from $57.4 The researcher’s predictions, they state in a release, suggest a sizeable global Li-Ion battery demand increase, skyrocketing from over 700GWh in 2022 to approximately 4.7TWh by 2030. Join Enlit Europe in Paris. billion in 2023 to $120.65

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Another indicator is venture capital investments. In 2022 VC investments in 2022 were 42% up on 2021, but, except for batteries, the EU has still not fully unlocked its capacity to attract higher growth deals as the US and China have done. Join Enlit Europe in Paris. Register now

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Growth in batteries outpaced almost all other clean energy technologies in 2023 as falling costs, advancing innovation and supportive industrial policies helped drive up demand for the crucial technology, finds the IEA’s Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions World Energy Outlook Special Report.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

Moreover, Geothermal Engineering claims to have found "significant concentrations" of lithium within the deep geothermal fluid at United Downs and is now currently working alongside partners to trial technology to directly extract the critical mineral, which is used in the manufacture of EV batteries.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

The chief of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), the joint sustainability initiative backed by the world's biggest miners, is confident Europe's drive to shore up mineral security and deliver on climate goals could result in a cleaner and greener future for the global mining industry. "I

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Europe Lithium Sustainability Demand 73

Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Electric vehicles (EVs) could be on track to reach cost-parity with fossil fuel cars within three years thanks to rapid strides in battery development worldwide, which have seen the average cost of lithium ion battery packs plummet almost 90 per cent over the past decade, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Charged

JANUARY 27, 2020

According to BloombergNEF ’s 2019 Battery Price Survey, the average price by 2023 will be approximately $100/kWh, and below that by the following year, when aggregate demand is expected to exceed 2 TWh. By the end of 2019 this figure had fallen a full 87%, to $156 per kWh. Sources: BloombergNEF.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 2, 2020

The world is in transition between a lead-acid battery past, and a future in which lithium-ion batteries are poised to supplant lead-acid batteries and to displace increasing volumes of transportation fuels. Lead-Acid Versus Lithium-Ion. Exide’s struggles will likely benefit the lithium-ion sector. He added: .

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Batteries Lithium Technology Demand 60

Charged

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Volkswagen and Swedish battery maker Northvolt have created a 50/50 joint venture to build a factory for lithium-ion batteries. VW has invested €900 million in the project, part of which goes to the joint venture and part of which goes directly to Northvolt.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Latest BloombergNEF report predicts booming demand throughout the 2020s should see global energy storage market hit one terawatt hour by the end of the decade. The surge in installations is expected to involve more than $262bn of investment, as energy companies around the world rush to deploy storage capacity alongside wind and solar plants.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2022

Gavin Graveson, senior executive vice-president of northern Europe at Veolia, said it was critical for the UK to build an ethical and sustainable supply chain for batteries as the EV transition gathered pace. "We Urban mining is essential if we are to protect raw materials and will in turn create a new, high-skilled industry," he added.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

UK developer secures investment to expand development of EV and grid storage batteries that can be repaired, reused and upgraded. However, most lithium-ion batteries are not designed to be reused or recycled at the end of their average 8-10 year lifespan.

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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2020

UK-based redT energy and US Avalon Battery Corporation have merged to create a new company, named Invinity, which will produce vanadium redox flow batteries, a key competitor to conventional lithium-ion technology that is tipped to become a £3.5bn market by 2028.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

The global economy could face many more years of energy market turbulence if governments do not take steps to turbocharge their clean energy and technology investments, the IEA has warned. As a result overall emissions from power generation rose by seven per cent in 2021, to reach a record high, the briefing warns.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Firm reveals it has secured a promise of a further £40m investment from miner Glencore as it unveils plans for a new funding round and Canadian expansion. It noted that as its "key strategic partner", British-Swiss mining giant Glencore had committed to provide the cornerstone for the latest funding round with a £40m investment.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“Products like ours, which allow us to eliminate unnecessary energy consumption, represent quick and affordable wins compared to extensive infrastructure investments.” Join Enlit Europe in Paris. Have you read? Don’t miss out on the most important energy transition conversations. Register now

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2019

A key point they made in the email was that lead-acid batteries are 99% recyclable, while lithium-ion batteries are recycled at a rate below 5%. However, when I look at the trajectory, I see lithium-ion batteries steadily declining in price, while the price of lead-acid batteries is relatively stagnant. They agreed. Several things.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Japanese carmaker aiming for 75 per cent EV sales in Europe by 2030 as it invests in global supply chain for battery technology. In addition, Nissan is aiming to expand its battery refurbishment and recycling capacity beyond Japan, with new facilities targeted in Europe next year and in the USA in 2025.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Von der Leyen urged leaders to recognise that the root of the current crisis was not just the price of fossil fuels, but Europe's dependency on fossil fuels themselves. Lithium and rare earths are already replacing gas and oil at the heart of our economy," von der Leyen said. "By This is about autocracy against democracy.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 29, 2020

A spokesperson told GTM that a final investment decision would be made ahead of construction work beginning in spring 2021. enjoyed a boom period for large-scale solar between 2013 and 2017, rivaling Germany as the hottest market in Europe. Despite a reputation for gray skies, the U.K. The corporate PPA route? In the U.S.,

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

BloombergNEF also expects costs across the sector to remain high throughout 2023, due to high raw material and labour costs, soaring demand for battery packs from automakers, and cost increases across other parts of their supply chain, such as for power conversion systems and balancing services.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Sustainability consultancy argues reuse, recycling, and reducing demand for key battery materials can protect net zero technology supply chains from geopolitical instability. Systemiq notes that reducing demand for cars by just 1.4 It predicts the results of such efforts could be significant.

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Batteries Fossil fuels Resilience Demand 41

Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

An interview with CEO Peter Carlsson, who urges Europe to quickly build on its own battery knowledge. A Time For Growth The need to reduce carbon emissions has enormous consequences for Europe, explains Carlsson. The demand for lithium-ion batteries is therefore going to 'explode', says Carlsson. million jobs, vulnerable.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The deal will combine Switchback’s approximately $317 million in cash held in trust with $225 million raised via a private investment in public equity offering at $10 per share, to be led by institutional investors including Baillie Gifford and funds managed by Neuberger Berman Alternatives Advisors.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Two separate reports warn that if governments and auto manufacturers fail to respond quickly to surging EV demand they risk losing out to more agile competitors. Our forecasts show that demand will reach over 90GWh by 2030 but delivering growth on this scale requires a healthy appetite to invest significant capital.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Now, with the global pandemic leading a hige drop in demand, the report predicts sales for conventional cars are set to drop 23 per cent worldwide in 2020, with major implications for the global oil market. per cent to global electricity demand by 2040, BNEF added. million barrels a day by 2040. million barrels a day by 2040.

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