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AUGUST 29, 2022

Lithium and battery technology startup Energy Exploration Technologies ( EnergyX ) has announced investment of $450 million from investment firm Global Emerging Markets. EnergyX also has plans for its Solid State Lithium Metal Battery (SoLiS).

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Energy Storage News

JANUARY 10, 2024

The UK government has launched its consultation on its proposals for kickstarting investment into long-duration energy storage (LDES), which includes a cap-and-floor mechanism and excluding lithium-ion from being eligible.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 29, 2024

(CTR) has broken ground on the construction of an integrated geothermal power plant and lithium production facility at the Salton Sea in California. This is the first of seven project stages building towards a multi-billion-dollar clean energy precinct, the “Lithium Valley Campus.” ” The 1.85-billion-dollar

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Charged

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Norway-headquartered Corvus Energy , a supplier of lithium-ion battery storage and hydrogen PEM fuel cell systems to the maritime industry, has secured an investment from Toyota’s growth fund, Woven Capital. The investment will provide Corvus with more access to Toyota’s expertise in fuel cells and battery technology.

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Charged

OCTOBER 12, 2022

LG Energy Solution has signed separate partnership agreements with three mineral suppliers in Canada. LGES will purchase cobalt from Electra Battery Materials, and lithium from Snow Lake Resources and Avalon Advanced Materials. LGES has been moving aggressively to secure lithium supplies in North America and elsewhere.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 8, 2024

US-based startups Torus and Alysm Energy have raised a combined US$145 million to scale up their non-lithium energy storage technology businesses.

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Charged

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Piedmont Lithium has been selected to receive a $141.7-million The funding will support the construction of Piedmont’s Tennessee Lithium project, which has a budget of approximately $600 million and a goal of establishing lithium hydroxide production capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year. Source: Piedmont Lithium.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Exxon Mobil is targeting a different segment of the EV ecosystem—the oil giant has announced plans to set up a lithium production facility in Arkansas. Be that as it may, Exxon has the expertise and the capital to become a major player as the industry scrambles to establish sources of lithium in North America. Source: New York Times

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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Specialty chemicals manufacturer Albemarle has acquired a location in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it plans to invest at least $180 million to establish the Albemarle Technology Park (ATP). Albemarle anticipates initial occupancy of the ATP by early 2025 and completion by late 2026.

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Charged

APRIL 20, 2023

Specialty chemicals company Albemarle has announced plans to build a lithium hydroxide processing facility in Chester County, South Carolina. Plans for the facility include an initial investment of at least $1.3 The so-called Mega-Flex plant will be able to process diverse lithium feedstocks, including lithium from recycled batteries.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Geothermal Engineering Limited (GEL) has announced plans of producing around 10o tonnes of Lithium Carbon Equivalent (LCE) per year from the company’s geothermal projects in Cornwall, UK. High lithium concentrations at the United Downs site had been reported as early as 2021.

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Charged

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Tees Valley Lithium (TVL), a subsidiary of Alkemy Capital Investments, has received planning permission to build a lithium hydroxide refinery at the Wilton International Chemicals Park in Teesside, UK, following an environmental impact assessment and local consultation over an 18-month period.

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Miner says funds will go towards feasibility studies for its flagship Trealour hard rock lithium mining project and further prospecting in Cornwall. Specialist technology metals investor TechNet has agreed to invest an initial £9m at 13.5p

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 25, 2024

The investment will significantly expand Honda’s presence in Canada, further onshore North America’s EV supply chain, and up Honda’s EV game. Honda’s investment joins an impressive list of EV and battery projects destined for Canada, demonstrating just how much our country stands to gain as the world shifts to a cleaner economy.

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Charged

MAY 16, 2023

GM’s investment arm GM Ventures is leading a $50-million Series B financing round in Energy Exploration Technologies ( EnergyX ) and will develop the company’s lithium extraction and refinery technology. This could help create a lithium supply chain in North America that may otherwise be unviable, the company said.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Everybody loves lithium, but mining it does have an environmental footprint. But what if I told you that there’s a way to extract lithium from existing oil wells, and that it’s not only greener than other lithium extraction methods, but could even clean up some of the damage from the oil drilling?

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Charged

MARCH 27, 2024

Sion Power , a developer of next-generation batteries for EVs, has secured $75 million in a Series A funding round led by battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution. The company plans to build a fully automated line to make large-format lithium metal cells for automobile OEMs and cell makers to test and improve.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The French mining company Eramet and Électricité de Strasbourg (ÉS) have inaugurated a new pilot project for the direct extraction of lithium from geothermal brine at the Rittershoffen geothermal heat plant operated by ES in Eastern France.

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Global Renewable News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Highlights Cornish Lithium to receive US$67 million in funding from the UK Infrastructure Bank, The Energy & Minerals Group and TechMet UK Infrastructure Bank's direct equity.

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Charged

APRIL 24, 2024

Battery manufacturer ZAPBATT has developed its Battery Operating System (bOS) in a strategic partnership with Toshiba , initially focused on Toshiba’s battery SCiB lithium titanium oxide (LTO) chemistry for integration across several applications, including EVs.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Heavy-duty vehicle OEM Caterpillar has invested in Lithos Energy, a California-based producer of lithium-ion battery packs. The iconic yellow machine is going green. Lithos specializes in shock-resistant and high-performance battery solutions for applications including off-road and marine.

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Charged

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another sign that the sleeping Japanese giant is starting to stir: Toyota has signed a supply agreement with Korean battery-maker LG Energy Solution for lithium-ion batteries that Toyota will use in its US-built EVs starting in 2025. That translates to around 20% of Toyota’s North American vehicle production.

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Charged

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Stellantis Group has signed a binding agreement with lithium producer Vulcan Energy to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Europe for the automaker’s electrified vehicles. Vulcan will supply Stellantis with between 81,000 and 99,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide over the five-year term of the agreement.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2021

BMW i Ventures will invest in Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based energy storage company that’s working to develop longer-range, lower-cost batteries. ONE will use the investment to scale production of its first products. ONE has demonstrated two proprietary technologies. Source: BMW.

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MAY 10, 2021

Geologists have estimated that an area in the Upper Rhine Valley, in the Black Forest area of southwestern Germany, holds enough lithium for more than 400 million electric cars, making it one of the world’s biggest deposits. The trove could reduce the reliance of the German car industry on imported lithium.

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Charged

JANUARY 24, 2022

Specialty chemicals firm Albemarle has signed a joint development agreement with materials management specialist 6K to use 6K’s patented UniMelt plasma technology to develop lithium battery materials. Albemarle has also made an undisclosed investment in 6K through venture capital firm Volta Energy Technologies.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In a filing Monday with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Dominion Energy Virginia proposed a groundbreaking battery storage pilot project that the company says could significantly increase the length of time batteries can discharge electricity to the grid. One of the technologies could discharge energy for multiple days.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

With billions invested in some literally explosive recycling technology, Redwood Materials is poised to become a significant factor in meeting that need. Well, not literal gold, at least not much, but there is plenty of lithium, cobalt, and other materials that are good for batteries but hard to find in the earth.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 7, 2024

Form Energy has been awarded a $30 million grant from the California Energy Commission to deploy the state’s first multi-day energy storage system. Form Energy, a pioneer of iron-air energy storage, is to deploy a 5MW/500MWh system at the site of a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) substation in Mendocino County.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Reported from France today, geothermal and lithium group Arverne, created by former oil companies to take advantage of geothermal energy, enters the stock market today. The company specializing in drilling hopes to boost the activities of its subsidiaries, from the production of lithium for batteries to geothermal energy for all.

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Charged

MARCH 22, 2024

Dutch developer of maritime battery systems EST-Floattech has received an investment of €3 million from Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam and a joint investment of €1 million from existing shareholders Rotterdam Port Fund, PDENH, Ponooc and Yard Energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A new study finds that investments in R&D on materials and chemistry were key, while economies of scale contributed less. They also applied the approach to understand the rising costs of nuclear energy. This can help provide guidance on public spending, private investments, and other incentives.

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Charged

JUNE 27, 2023

Stellantis Ventures , Stellantis’s corporate venture fund, has invested in Lyten to speed up the commercialization of the Silicon Valley startup’s 3D Graphene applications for the mobility sector. Applications include the LytCell lithium-sulfur EV battery, lightweight composites and unique on-board sensors.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2023

When prices are high, oil companies tend to invest a lot more into increasing production. But there is a lag between those investments and additional supply. That often results in a price crash in which investments dry up. But will lithium follow that same trend? So, prices may be high for a while, which can also 1).

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 9, 2024

Battery technology startup Alsym Energy is keeping the exact chemistry of its product under wraps for the time being, the company has confirmed to Energy-Storage.news.

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