Charged

MARCH 17, 2021

Heritage has launched a new division, Heritage Battery Recycling (HBR), to address the growing market demand for safe, sustainable solutions for lithium-ion batteries at the ends of their lives. HBR’s goal is to recover and reuse critical battery materials that exist in limited supplies across the globe.

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Charged

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The New York Hub will be integrated with Li-Cycle’s existing network of Spoke facilities across North America, which take in end-of-life batteries and battery manufacturing scrap to produce black mass, an intermediate product containing valuable metals such as nickel, cobalt and lithium.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

Grid modernisation initiatives, including the movement to new technologies such as smart grids, are spurring the demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS), according to latest research from Research and Markets. billion by 2026. The report finds that the BESS market in the US is currently estimated at $1.3 billion by 2031.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 20, 2022

The deals were signed within days of each other, signalling Pine Gate Renewables’ attempts to look into and invest in lithium-ion alternatives for their battery storage systems. The zinc alkaline cells avoid several issues, that are otherwise known challenges with other battery chemistries, including lithium.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

The latest funding round boosts Viridi’s value to $700 million, and supports the company’s aim to manufacture point-of-use lithium-ion battery technology at scale. . New investors included Ashtead Group/Sunbelt Rentals and National Grid Partners , the investment arm of investor-owned energy company National Grid. .

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Battery recycling specialist Li-Cycle will invest over $175 million dollars in a lithium-ion battery recycling “Hub” at Eastman Business Park in upstate New York. The new facility will work in conjunction with Li-Cycle’s “Spoke” facility, which is already located at the Rochester site.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 18, 2021

Each of the “Detroit Three” automakers have announced major electric vehicle assembly investments in Canada over the past eight months, and President Joe Biden’s proposed $2-trillion infrastructure plan would pour US$174 billion into developing the EV market. Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler) will invest up to $1.5 Ford Motor Co.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

North America’s Avalon Battery will absorb publicly traded British company RedT Energy through a reverse takeover, pending shareholder approval. Lithium-ion batteries represent 99 percent of new grid storage capacity. ” Given the state of the competition, that may well be achievable.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

At the same time but seemingly unrelatedly, we need more plentiful and sustainable sources of graphene (useful for everything from solar cells to battery storage) and graphite (a key component of lithium-ion batteries). What if one technology could address both challenges? The minerals created are more than 99 percent pure.

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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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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Currently, the majority of all lithium, graphite, battery-grade nickel, electrolyte salt, electrode binder and iron phosphate cathode material are produced outside the US and China controls the supply chains for many of these key inputs. in 12 states. Anticipated project locations for battery manufacturing. Supply chain strategy.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2019

To begin the climb, the Italian utility group is committing half of its annual investments for the period 2020-2022 to the build-out of 14.1 Ever since BP first took up its now expanded investment in U.K.-based Former SolarReserve CEO Kevin Smith joined as Lightsource BP's CEO for Americas this year. A sizeable 5.1-gigawatt

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Greentown Labs

JULY 27, 2022

Cleartrace announced a $20M financing round , from several strategic investors, including Greentown partner EDF Energy North America. SiTration raised $2.35M in pre-seed funding , which will support its novel separation processes for extracting lithium, cobalt, nickel, and more from recycled EV batteries.

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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

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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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 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. Dandelion Energy raised a $70M Series B-1 round to install geothermal heating and cooling solutions.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 25, 2022

The batteries capture excess electricity from the grid , primarily overnight during high wind-output hours, and can release the power when customer demand is highest. The facility utilises lithium-ion technology housed in containers that, in addition to project inverters, were supplied by Sungrow, the project integrator.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Last year it invested $26bn - 37 per cent of its overall financing - to climate change, which the bank said marked an increase of 83 per cent compared with the 2019 financial year, during which it invested $14.2bn. Reports: Tesla breaks ground on $375m lithium factory in South Texas.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Four startups from North America will participate in the energy storage accelerator program. Salient Energy , based in Nova Scotia, makes a unique zinc-ion battery with a water-based chemistry that is cheaper, safer, and longer-lasting than lithium-ion batteries. Somerville, Mass., About Greentown Labs.

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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.” Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. “It’s not economical today.”

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 13, 2023

Many automakers, like Tesla , Ford , and General Motors , are investing in battery materials recycling. There are not enough metal and mineral resources to supply electric vehicles” Studies indicate that there are sufficient reserves of key minerals to supply future global EV demand.

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Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Source: Nature Lessons from Corporate Carbon Removal Purchases An article in Nature distilled some useful lessons from analyzing the corporate carbon removal purchase investments Microsoft and Stripe have made (covered previously in the Roundup). Robinson Meyer at The Atlantic has a good rundown of what is in there currently.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

All the headlines made it possible to forget that the scientific pioneers of lithium-ion batteries won the Nobel freakin Prize this Fall. New York combines demand-side pulls, like Governor Andrew Cuomo’s target for 3,000 megawatts installed by 2030 , with policy support to help storage get to market. That said, the U.S.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act heavily incentivizes production of battery raw materials in North America, and OEMs and battery makers are rushing to establish production of cathode active materials and precursors in the region. Charged spoke with Robert Privette, Umicore’s Business Development Manager for North America.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

million – To develop, design and construct two stand-alone energy storage systems and perform field demonstrations of a six-hour zinc hybrid cathode energy storage system in New York City to help demonstrate that zinc hybrid technology is economically competitive with lithium-ion. JC Solutions, LLC dba RCAM Technologies – $1.2

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Rio Tinto says it will invest $98 million in a 34-megawatt PV array and 12-megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery system to help power its Koodaideri mine in Pilbara, Western Australia. Growing demand for low-carbon supply chains. The sector is also moving towards renewables because they are cheaper than fossil-fuel energy sources.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 15, 2024

Boston-based Alsym Energy, which develops rechargeable batteries for stationary storage, marine and mobility applications, announced a $78 million financing round to expand its battery prototyping and pilot lines to address increasing demand for customer samples.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Long-Duration Energy Storage: The Key to Making the Most of Zero-Carbon Electricity analyses curtailment data from US grid operators, illustrating the mismatch between renewable energy supply and grid demand. Measures to drive investment in LDES technologies and reduce clean energy costs for consumers.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

Out with lithium, in with magnesium. Lithium is widely used in batteries in applications from small personal electronic devices up to electric vehicles and large-scale utility energy storage. But there are constant concerns about whether the supply can keep up with the growing demand as these technologies proliferate.

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Charged

JULY 9, 2020

Dramatic pricing changes, shifting cost structures, new demand curves and technologies that enable efficient decentralization are driving a dramatic shakeup of the energy marketplace, and new participants are adapting in their own ways. And it is essential to assess those business models which can truly optimize their value to the smart grid.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

But you are correct—installing them is a large upfront investment. We also invest heavily in R&D and innovation on every front, including drilling. At this stage, fossil fuel burners still deliver 80% of the total building heating energy demand, but this is changing extremely quickly. It’s been a fun ride.

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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. consumer behavior began demanding more transparency and sustainability. Francis Wang of NanoGraf Corporation. and they don’t.

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Elemental Excelerator

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

First of all, critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium, graphite, manganese, and others are the building blocks of many clean technology applications. The International Energy Agency reports that clean energy technologies are already the fastest growing demand segment for critical minerals. Market Opportunity.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

This geographic diversity reduces the likelihood that renewables won’t be able to meet demand, thereby decreasing the amount and duration of energy storage required to cover those gaps, he said. The differences in costs add up to big numbers over the course of the next two decades, he said. trillion pathway to a zero-carbon U.S.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Romanian battery company Prime Batteries Technology, which produces lithium-ion batteries and tailor-made battery systems for the energy, automotive and industrial sectors, is partnering with the sustainable energy innovation engine EIT Innoenergy to scale up its battery production to 8GWh annually.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

The $7 billion the federal government is investing in clean H2 is meant to clean up precisely this type of production. It is modular and clean, meaning that it allows for onsite assembly for powering industries in North America, using green energy that is also cost competitive with fossil fuels, according to GH Power.

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