Charged

APRIL 20, 2023

Specialty chemicals company Albemarle has announced plans to build a lithium hydroxide processing facility in Chester County, South Carolina. The so-called Mega-Flex plant will be able to process diverse lithium feedstocks, including lithium from recycled batteries. Source: Albemarle

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Charged

MARCH 5, 2024

There’s more to a lithium-ion battery cell than a handful of lithium in a little metal can. Battery supplier Panasonic Energy has signed a long-term agreement with H&T Recharge, a German battery component manufacturer, for the supply of battery cans in North America. Source: Panasonic

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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.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Snow Lake Lithium shares a plan to develop the world’s first all-electric Lithium mine in Manitoba, Canada. They are developing a domestic supply of this critical resource to the North America electric vehicle industry. For that reason, the global automotive and energy storage industries will be competing […].

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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

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

JULY 5, 2022

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution have named their new joint venture battery company NextStar Energy, and have appointed Danies Lee as CEO. billion in setting up production, NextStar Energy will begin constructing a lithium-ion battery production plant in Windsor, Ontario later in 2022. Source: Stellantis.

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Charged

JUNE 27, 2023

Applications include the LytCell lithium-sulfur EV battery, lightweight composites and unique on-board sensors. Lyten’s lithium-sulfur batteries have a 60% smaller carbon footprint than lithium-ion batteries since they do not contain nickel, cobalt, or manganese.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 19, 2024

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has announced a Grant Funding Opportunity for projects that seek to address corrosion and/or scaling in geothermal installations in California or advance technologies to enhance extraction of lithium and other valuable minerals from geothermal brine at the Salton Sea geothermal field.

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Charged

MAY 29, 2023

South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution will invest approximately $5.5 The complex will consist of two manufacturing facilities—one for cylindrical batteries for EVs and another for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pouch-type batteries for energy storage systems (ESS). Source: LG Energy Solution

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altenergymag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

-Supports Li-Cycle’s Rochester Hub, which is expected to be the first source of recycled battery-grade lithium in North America -First support from DOE ATVM Program for a resource recovery facility and sustainable pure-play lithium-ion battery materials recycling company

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Charged

APRIL 9, 2024

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The commonly held view that lithium-ion batteries are not being recycled is not true. China recycled around 67,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries last year, or 69 percent of all the stock available for recycling worldwide, according to Hans Eric Melin, founder of U.K.-based based Circular Energy Storage.

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Charged

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Snow Lake Resources—doing business as Snow Lake Lithium —has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with LG Energy Solution (LGES) to collaborate on a lithium supply chain for the EV market in North America. million metric tons indicated and inferred resource at 1% Li 2 O,” says Snow Lake Lithium.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Highlights Advanced production approach has potential to unlock vast supplies of lithium in North America Domestic sourcing will contribute to energy security, support manufacturing and a.

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 18, 2024

Image: GM General Motors’ initial new home energy products are now available to purchase, including the equipment necessary to turn your GM-made electric vehicle into a mobile power generator for your home. GM launched GM Energy , its energy spinoff, in 2022 as a way to compete in the rapidly expanding home energy market.

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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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Charged

MAY 2, 2023

Volkswagen and lithium-ion battery recycler Redwood Materials have partnered to offer US consumers a convenient way to recycle rechargeable devices or lithium-ion batteries. Source: Volkswagen

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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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Charged

JANUARY 29, 2024

Plans call for the 21 GWh facility to begin production of lithium-iron-phosphate battery cells in 2027 for use in medium- and heavy-duty commercial electric trucks. China-headquartered battery maker EVE Energy has 10% ownership and will serve as technology partner, contributing its battery cell design. Source: PACCAR

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Charged

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Automaker Stellantis and nuclear energy company Orano have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to recycle EV batteries and scrap. Stellantis will have access to cobalt, nickel and lithium from gigafactories in Europe and North America for electrification and energy transformation.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mercedes has set the starting price for the eSprinter, its first all-electric van in North America, at $71,886.12. It is equipped with a 113 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery and offers a WLTP range of up to 249 miles.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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. Ecobat is known as the largest recycler of batteries in the world, a longtime dominant player of lead-acid battery recycling with a growing focus on lithium cells.

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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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Charged

JANUARY 17, 2023

EVM Arabia has been awarded an allocation of 127 hectares of land from The Royal Commission at Yanbu and a gas and power allocation from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Energy. This will be used for the first two processing trains in the Lithium Chemicals Plant to produce lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM).

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Charged

JULY 11, 2023

Panasonic Energy and Mazda Motor will negotiate a medium- to long-term partnership for EVs and batteries.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

LG Energy Solution and Honda have agreed to establish a joint venture to produce lithium-ion batteries in the US to power Honda and Acura EV models for the North American market. The pouch-type batteries produced at the new JV plant will be supplied exclusively to Honda facilities in North America.

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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. Source: Li-Cycle.

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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. NYPA seeks to replace gas peaker plants with battery storage Basque gigafactory can unlock the holy grail of energy storage says research boss. Have you read?

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 31, 2022

In two previous articles, I have discussed China’s commanding lead in the rapidly-growing lithium industry. In a nutshell, it’s because China has invested heavily into developing its lithium supply chain, while the U.S. However, a number of companies are working to commercialize a lithium industry in the U.S.

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Charged

AUGUST 21, 2023

American Battery Factory (ABF), a battery manufacturer that plans to build a network of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell gigafactories in the US, has raised significant development capital in Series A funding. We anticipate delivering our first battery cells within the next 18 months.”

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 3, 2022

AI to monitor bird interactions with solar PV, lithium iron phosphate battery production coming in Europe, a lithium mine for EV batteries and the energy infrastructure requirements in the Moon to Mars exploration are on the week’s technology radar. First lithium iron phosphate battery cell prototype in Europe.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 23, 2022

LG Energy Solutions (LGES) has announced a KRW1.7 It is said to be the first-ever cylindrical-type battery manufacturing plant in North America. Batteries produced from the Arizona plant will be supplied to electrical vehicle (EV) manufacturers, including start-ups and electric tool companies based in North America.

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Charged

APRIL 28, 2021

Battery Resourcers’ approach to battery manufacturing starts with a mixed stream of used lithium-ion batteries and ends with the production of finished, battery-ready cathode materials. “Battery Resourcers is on the verge of revolutionizing the lithium-ion battery supply chain,” said CEO Mike O’Kronley.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 20, 2022

North Carolina-based Pine Gate Renewables has announced the signing of two separate MoUs with EnerVenue and Urban Electric Power. The solar and energy storage developer will be purchasing 2.4GWh of EnerVenue’s nickel hydrogen BESS and 4.5GWh of Urban Electric’s zinc alkaline battery systems. EnerVenue storage solutions.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

As I indicated in the previous article , BP has turned over publication of the annual Statistical Review of World Energy to the Energy Institute (EI). Overview The newest Review shows the world remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels for energy needs, even as renewables like solar and wind continue rapid growth. growth in 2021.

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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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