Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Plastics recycling, especially for mixed and contaminated plastics, remains a major pollution concern. 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).

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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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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2023

But will lithium follow that same trend? Last year saw lithium prices soar due to increased demand for lithium-ion batteries as well as supply chain impacts due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In February 2022, battery-grade lithium carbonate soared to $72,000 per metric ton, which was nine times higher than the 2020 price.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Digital transparency company Everledger has launched what they tout as a world-first battery passport pilot with automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company to ensure responsible recycling of EV batteries. It is not only large auto manufacturers that can benefit from improved lifecycle management and verified claims of recycling.

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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. With material compatibility, integration should be simplified and costs reduced and the recycling at end of life simplified. CEO of South 8 Technologies.

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Charged

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Strategy Analytics has been covering the automotive electronics field for some 30 years, and has recently released a pair of Electric Vehicle Service reports that address current trends in the cell game. The resulting levels of battery demand growth have also been rapid. Source: Strategy Analytics.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 13, 2023

Electric vehicles now make up 9% of new car sales in Canada. and Quebec, the market share is even higher, with electric vehicles making up around 20% and 14% of new cars sold in each province, respectively. and Europe and 37% to 45% in China, depending largely on the emissions intensity of the electricity used to charge the vehicle.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

A new partnership aims to demonstrate how bespoke circular-economy batteries can tackle the mounting problem of e-waste, specifically in relation to electric vehicles. To combat this, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts sales of up to 44 million electric vehicles (EVs) a year by 2030.

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Charged

MARCH 19, 2021

He reiterated that during January’s earnings call, saying that cell supply was “the fundamental limit on electric vehicles right now.”. “We Further upstream, the raw materials for cells, especially lithium, nickel and cobalt, present another set of problems. There’s plenty of lithium around in the ground.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Increasing the efficiency of recycling offers a way to “close the loop,” creating a circular supply chain that can provide the needed raw materials for batteries and other components and minimizing the need to expand the world’s mining operations. We actually use a combination of electricity with water filtration.

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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. In fact, no such sinister scenario is likely—most of the components of Li-ion batteries are valuable, and it’s quite feasible, technically and economically, to recycle them.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 18, 2021

With its known deposits of critical metals and minerals, automotive heritage, plenty of clean electricity (to power operations), and access to a well-integrated North American market, Canada could be a top supplier of sustainable batteries. The global market for lithium-ion batteries is expected to exceed $100 billion by 2030.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The five participants are disrupting the plastics, energy storage, and recycling value chains. There’s a huge opportunity—and need—for better lithium-ion battery recycling. The people who have the best skill set to recycle these lithium-ion batteries are the same people who manufacture them, Melsert argues.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 24, 2024

Funding American Battery Technology Company —a startup with technologies for lithium-ion battery recycling, battery-metal extraction, and primary mineral resource development—was awarded $60M in tax credits to accelerate the construction of its next-generation battery recycling facility.

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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. Noteworthy AI closed a $3M round to accelerate its growth as a provider of electric distribution asset inspection solutions. Department of Energy’s Battery Recycling Prize.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 10, 2023

Quantum computing to advance solar PV materials How light could boost performance of fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries. Ford’s focus has been on simulating the chemistry of lithium-ion batteries with the eventual goal to improve their performance and safety. Have you read? Ford and Li-ion batteries.

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The Verge: Energy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Photo by Wan Shanchao / VCG via Getty Images We could soon see more lithium-ion batteries made with recycled materials thanks to a new partnership. While BASF will create the cathode active materials using recycled metals from a Battle Creek, Michigan facility, Nanotech will use those materials to create the lithium-ion battery cells.

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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. LineVision , which provides overhead line monitoring for electric utilities, raised a $33M Series C.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Following my recent article – Lead-Acid Batteries Are On A Path To Extinction – I received an email from Battery Council International (BCI), the trade association for lead battery manufacturers, recyclers and suppliers. To summarize my view, I agree that the recycling issue must be addressed. jobs and make a $ 26.3 They agreed.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 22, 2022

billion from the US Infrastructure Law will expand domestic battery manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid as well as for materials and components heretofore imported. The first set of projects funded by $2.8 Twenty companies will receive the combined $2.8 in 12 states.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Machine learning based battery charging protocols, propane as an energy efficient and environmentally friendly coolant for space cooling, the remotely controlled Robobug and a new light on nano-level electrical circuitry, satellite observations for energy development in Africa and a zero emission luxury catamaran are on the technology radar.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Since then, it has moved on from mining to a variety of high-tech pursuits including refining, recycling and the manufacture of specialized metal products. Today it’s one of Belgium’s largest companies, and has a strong presence in e-mobility, including the manufacturing and recycling of EV battery materials. How do we do this?

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Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Credit: Hertz Hertz Goes Electric Hertz announced they would purchase 100,000 new Tesla model 3s over the next couple of years. 100,000 electric vehicles represents about 20% of Hertz’ total vehicle fleet. Renting a car is an extremely low-commitment way to test out an electric vehicle. Short answer?

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

  In deals, major funding for transportation including $144M for Indian EVs, $33M for rare earth-free magnets, and $15M for battery recycling.  They have partnered with  Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) in Hawaii to recycle a 4 MWh stationary storage system as a continued proof-of-concept. 

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

From wind and solar storage to electric vehicles, we need to rely on batteries more than ever as we reorient society toward sustainability. Murphy’s solution uses ultrasound technology to accurately measure lithium-ion batteries. The Titan AES team. Photo courtesy of Titan AES. Batteries are integral to clean energy. O’Day notes.

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It also misses people such as Diane Praught, who uses recycled CO2 to make stronger, cleaner concrete for new homes at Halifax-based CarbonCure. Or Kate Parnala, who helps build electric buses for Winnipeg’s New Flyer. Consider the hybrid- and electric-vehicle industry. They’ll also keep many Canadians employed. The reason?

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Charged

MARCH 11, 2024

Recycling rare earth materials is vital to the cost-competitiveness of magnet manufacturing. In the process of producing a magnet, up to 30% of the material can end up as scrap, and a producer must have the ability to recycle that material. Electric motors work on the principle of electromagnetic motion.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The objective was to develop a clear understanding of the role that long-duration energy storage (10 hours or greater) can play in helping to meet the state’s mandates to decarbonize the electricity sector by 2045. Lithium-ion batteries were excluded from the solicitation. They compared this to maintenance on a car.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling venture founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, came out of stealth mode last year, and announced that it is recycling scrap from Panasonic’s battery cell production at Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada. Today, EVs account for less than 10% of Redwood’s recycling stock.

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Elemental Excelerator

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, and electric vehicles are becoming mainstream and cost effective, allowing us to transition much faster away from fossil fuels. First of all, critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium, graphite, manganese, and others are the building blocks of many clean technology applications. Meet Nth Cycle.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

At first glance, the electric vehicle (EV) sector appears to be an industry that has been able to avoid the worst of these supply chain challenges. The Tesla Model Y which is sold in Europe and North America costs over $60,000 - and they've increased their prices with seemingly no impact to demand. After all, EV sales are up 48.8

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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. And for our latest product made from the bio-material corn starch, we see the largest impact in recycled plastics and packaging.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 11, 2021

Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes. ELECTRICITY. Electric Fish is building tiny-battery microgrids that store renewable energy during the day in order to charge EVs at ultrafast speeds, anytime, at gas stations.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

It requires only recycled aluminum and water as its inputs. 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. The three outputs from the process are all highly beneficial.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 14, 2021

Electricity. ClearValue deploys zero-net-carbon, sustainable, renewable, and resilient electrical generation and transportation power systems via combustion of in situ, sunlight-powered, bio-chemically formed, pure hydrogen and oxygen. The company specializes in the recycling industries, water filtration, and wind energies.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 26, 2021

This was the conclusion of an industry roundtable convened in the spring by Clean Energy Canada and attended by stakeholders across the supply chain: General Motors Canada, Lion Electric, the Mining Association of Canada, the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, Unifor, and others. The first reason is the scale of the opportunity.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Worldwide, DNV predicts that passenger electric vehicles are likely to start outselling their internal combustion engine counterparts from 2032 onwards. In North America, Europe and China this will take place well before 2030. Not just on the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) but on the energy system as a whole.

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