Charged

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Swiss technology startup Morand has launched a hybrid energy storage system that combines the characteristics of an ultracapacitor with that of a chemical battery to create “a durable and ultra-fast energy pack that can be usefully recharged in seconds.”. The longest-running test unit is now approaching 70,000 cycles.”.

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Charged

AUGUST 15, 2021

Multinational oil giants are beginning to invest in companies in several different sectors of the EV industry. Phillips 66 manufactures specialty coke, a key precursor in the production of lithium-ion batteries. Phillips 66 will reportedly pay a total purchase price of $150 million, and will nominate one director to Novonix’s board.

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Batteries Investment Patents Lithium 116

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances sees a new study from BDEW and CapGemini detail how sustainable transformation and decarbonisation purchasing are more important than ever for Austrian and German utility Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals. ESG for utilities: decarbonisation on the up. Microgrid debt financing.

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CleanTech San Diego

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Southern California Energy Innovation Network companies GridWrap, SiLi-ion, TYFAST, and Looq among 40 companies selected to present SAN DIEGO, CA, February 26, 2024 – On February 20, the U.S. Since the first IGF, the effort has resulted in billions of dollars of investments into startup and early-stage companies. “It

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CleanTech San Diego

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Southern California Energy Innovation Network companies GridWrap, SiLi-ion, TYFAST, and Looq among 40 companies selected to present SAN DIEGO, CA, February 26, 2024 – On February 20, the U.S. Since the first IGF, the effort has resulted in billions of dollars of investments into startup and early-stage companies. “It

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Charged

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the past year, electric mobility and the demand for lithium-ion batteries has surged beyond expectations and this trend is set to continue. This is leading to a boom in lithium-ion cell production facilities all over the world. Munters’ patented Green PowerPurge technology reduces the required reactivation energy by up to 45%.

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Lithium Batteries Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Charged

APRIL 20, 2020

Enovix Corporation has secured an additional $45 million to produce and commercialize its 3D Silicon Lithium-ion Battery. Enovix CEO Harrold Rust said, “Anchoring the round is a $25-million strategic investment from a leading California technology company.

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CleanTech San Diego

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Funds Helping Regional Companies Advance Breakthrough Clean Energy Technologies for the Benefit of California Ratepayers. SAN DIEGO, CA, February 8, 2022 – Cleantech San Diego today announced that companies in its Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN) program have collectively attracted $268.5 This combined $268.5

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

Jason Dreisbach fields at least half a dozen calls every week from people trying to sell him a technology to lower his energy costs. Cold storage — from frozen food warehouses to grocery and restaurant refrigeration — has one of the highest energy costs of any industry; energy expenditures are usually second only to payroll.

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Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 239

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Syzygy Plasmonics and Greentown partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed an investment agreement. PARTNERSHIPS + DEPLOYMENTS American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) started operating its lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Nevada. The integration is now live on Energy Toolbase’s Platform.

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Charged

JANUARY 14, 2021

Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, has secured $17 million in a Series B funding round led by SK materials, a manufacturer of special gases and industrial gases. “Group14’s innovative battery material chemistry maximizes high-quality production at cost.”

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Batteries Lithium Patents Demand 71

Charged

MARCH 17, 2022

Mercedes will establish a pilot plant for the recycling of lithium-ion battery systems, under a new wholly-owned subsidiary called LICULAR. The process recovers battery-grade cobalt, nickel and lithium, and is expected to be able to recover graphite in the future. The pilot plant is expected to have an annual capacity of 2,500 tons.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Among a raft of announcement at the EV giant's AGM in California on Wednesday, the billionaire said Tesla had developed a new means of manufacturing lithium ion batteries, which he said would enable the US firm to more rapidly scale up cell manufacturing in the coming years. That's the true metric of success.

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Batteries Patents Lithium Electric vehicle 93

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Form Energy raised a $450M Series E for its cost-effective, multi-day energy-storage systems. 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.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 98

Smart Energy International

JUNE 12, 2022

Basquevolt is targeting production of 10GWh of solid state batteries for electric transport, stationary energy storage and other applications by 2027. First gigafactory for pure solid-state batteries in Switzerland Basque gigafactory can unlock the holy grail of energy storage says research boss. Have you read?

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

Four of the six projects to have been awarded funding are from the University of Birmingham, including the Reuse and Recycling of Lithium Ion Batteries (ReLIB) project which is being led by Professor Paul Anderson, co-director of the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials at Birmingham's School of Chemistry.

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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. Energy Dome closed an $11M convertible round to accelerate the commercial development of its CO 2 battery. Octopus Energy will launch an EV-leasing program and demand-response energy plan.

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Startups Plastics Innovation North America 98

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 27, 2019

While Apple continues to file automotive-related patents, its efforts now appear focused on infotainment and autonomous driving software rather than building a car from scratch. China’s EV hopefuls have easy access to capital, low-cost manufacturing and the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery supply chain. billion ($3.2

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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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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

Between video calls, collaboration applications and streaming services, data centers are working overdrive - proving why energy efficiency matters more than ever. Less detailed analyses have predicted rapid growth in data center energy use, but without fully considering the historical efficiency progress made by the industry.

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Charged

MAY 18, 2021

The lithium-ion battery has proven to be an excellent fuel tank for EVs, but there remains much room for improvement. Armed with dozens of patents and sophisticated tools, Wildcat’s team of scientists has spent the past decade partnering with other companies to use its advanced techniques to help them accelerate battery development.

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Lithium Batteries Automotive Technology 52

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at Skeleton Technologies’ €108 million funding round, with investors such as Siemens Financial Services and Marubeni Corporation, for supercapacitor manufacturing and development of new high-power battery technology, namely the SuperBattery.

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Energy Energy Packaging Batteries 115

CleanTech San Diego

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Annual Southern California Energy Innovation Network Showcase Event Being Held November 9. SCEIN is an incubator program for clean energy startups based in San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties that are developing technologies to help California meet its clean energy goals.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The flagship scheme, delivered by framework contractor Absolute Solar & Wind Ltd, is part of a £2 million renewables project which includes the company’s largest single solar energy array to date. Invinity Energy Systems is providing key components of the energy storage project. The batteries are capable of storing up to 0.8

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Charged

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Battery technology developer Enevate has partnered with Lightning Motorcycles to equip Lightning’s Strike Carbon motorcycle with Enevate’s EV-size fast-charging lithium-ion cells. Enevate’s XFC-Energy Technology for EVs features a multi-layer design that the company says allows more energy to be safely packed into a single cell.

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Electricity Patents Lithium Batteries 131

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. Decreased weight means less CO2 emissions and a higher possibility of powering a vehicle with batteries as it would require less energy.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

New blockchain startup hits the market running CarbonEnfo, a subsidiary of the Atlanta, Georgia-based energy management and consulting company Empower Energy Technology, is in the process of developing a range of enterprise and consumer-facing blockchain-driven solutions for the US market. Have you read?

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Startups Technology Blockchain Lithium 64

Charged

MARCH 3, 2020

Introducing silicon into automotive-grade lithium-ion cells has been a major topic in the EV industry in the past decade. This is due to a fundamental difference in the way that silicon “stores” lithium. For example, if a particle of silicon absorbs as much lithium as thermodynamically possible, its volume increases by about 300%.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The UK-India collaborative initiative Innovating for Transport and Energy Systems (ITES) has announced its first intake of 20 cohorts to drive transport decarbonisation through diverse cleantech innovations. The company has developed proprietary algorithms that optimise energy consumption, improving efficiency and productivity.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 11, 2021

Nearly 30 startups joined our community in the final quarter of 2020, working on innovations as diverse as zinc-ion batteries, long-range weather forecasts, wave energy conversion, and replacements for petrochemical plastics. This energy storage solution is low-cost, flexible, and long-duration. MANUFACTURING. TRANSPORTATION.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Greentown Labs Houston will be the first climatetech-focused incubator in the city, aiming to serve as an on-the-ground catalyst for the energy transition in Houston. Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Shortages of copper and other important metals look likely to decisively shape the unfolding of any proposed energy transition Not enough copper is being mined to meet demand, according to the world’s largest producers, with shortages now looking likely to slow the transition to low-carbon energy sources.

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Energy Energy Demand Recycling 147

Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Responsible for nearly a third of global warming and a quarter of global energy, methane matters.   In deals this week $145m for lithium extraction, $52m for methane emissions detection, and $40m for sustainable aviation fuel.   In January, Longpath secured a $189m conditional US Department of Energy loan guarantee.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 10, 2021

Nikkei Asia has published an interesting read on Tesla’s patent numbers, which now number in the hundreds and cover a wide variety of topics. It seems like Tesla has a new patent for something every other day.

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CleanTechnica

MAY 12, 2021

Originally posted on EVANNEX. by Charles Morris Everyone loves a good mystery, especially when it has to do with Tesla and a potential battery breakthrough. In regards to Tesla’s rumored acquisition of a Canadian battery startup, we know just enough to spin an intriguing story (at least we hope you, dear readers, will find it so). […].

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CleanTechnica

APRIL 24, 2021

Back then, oil from animals (think whale blubber) was typically used, until a patent for creating kerosene from coal oil was patented in 1854. In 1859, the U.S. oil industry began when the first well was drilled in Pennsylvania. Once Pennsylvania shale oil was analyzed and determined […].

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

For almost a year now, I have been trying to get all the research, the patents, the facts, the rumors into one video, but it will not be ready in time, so this article will be a culmination of almost everything I think I know about Tesla’s next-generation battery. Well, there is only one day left until Tesla Battery Day.

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