ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 29, 2024

Multi-industry technology company ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vulcan Energy to jointly establish design, engineering, execution, and operations plans for the latter’s Zero Carbon Lithium project in the Upper Rhine Region in Germany.

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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

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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Energy Storage News

MARCH 12, 2024

The EU is 'stepping up its game on battery gigafactories', European Commission executive VP Maroš Šefčovič said at the Giga Europe conference today (12 March).

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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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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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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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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Spanish utility Iberdrola is aiming to become one of Europe’s top green hydrogen producers with a 200-megawatt electrolyzer project and plans for 600 MW more. Green hydrogen on the rise across Europe. Iberdrola’s electrolyzer plans come amid a growing push for green hydrogen across Europe. billion ($2.1 billion ($1.8

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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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Energy Storage News

JANUARY 16, 2024

European lithium-ion battery developer and manufacturer Northvolt has secured a US$5 billion (€4.6 billion) non-recourse project financing package from various EU and Nordic institutions for its manufacturing and recycling plants.

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Charged

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Rock Tech Lithium, a company with offices in Canada and Germany, is planning to build a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Guben, Brandenburg. The company plans to invest up to 470 million euros in the new plant, which is expected to employ some 160 technicians, engineers and production staff.

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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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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2022

Dutch carmaker behind brands such as Fiat, Chrysler, and Vauxhall invests in Vulcan, which aims to extract lithium in Germany without using fossil fuels. The firm's technique involves using renewable energy to separate lithium from geothermal brines.

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Charged

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Battery manufacturer Northvolt plans to invest $750 million to expand its laboratory facility in Sweden in order to meet soaring demand for lithium-ion batteries. Northvolt has set a target of a 25% market share in Europe by 2030. Northvolt plans to start production this year at its gigafactory in Skelleftea, Sweden.

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Energy Storage News

MARCH 14, 2024

The COO of one of the few energy-storage focused lithium-ion gigafactory companies in Europe, Morrow Batteries, talked to Energy-Storage.news about the firm's go-to-market strategy and what the future holds for Europe's gigafactory space.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

British Lithium Ltd secures backing from Innovate UK to help develop hard rock lithium extraction in the St Austell area of Cornwall. The project would make BLL the first company in the UK to explore for hard rock lithium. "We An on-site team of six is now preparing for a third phase of exploration, the firm said.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

In September 2023, New Zealand-based battery material developer CarbonScape announced an $18 million investment, signalling the company’s plans to commercialise its biographite production in Europe and the US, enabling cleaner lithium-ion batteries for EVs and grid-scale energy storage. They hired me as an energy analyst.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Mining giant announces investment in Slovakian R&D centre in support of plans to develop European 'battery ecosystem'. The investment, financial details for which were not disclosed, will support the completion of InoBat's research and development centre and pilot battery line in Voderady, Slovakia.

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Charged

JULY 8, 2022

Chinese equipment manufacturer LEAD has contracted with the Volkswagen Group to deliver lithium-ion battery manufacturing equipment for a 20 GWh factory in Salzgitter, Germany. Volkswagen recently announced a plan to invest €30 billion to build 6 battery factories in Europe. Source: LEAD.

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Charged

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The company’s Nissan Ambition 2030 strategy calls for investments of 2 trillion yen (around $17.6 By 2026, it hopes to make electrified vehicles (EV, PHEVs and hybrids) 75% of sales in Europe, 55% of sales in Japan and 40% in China. It also plans to invest up to 20 billion yen by 2026 in charging infrastructure.

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Charged

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Volkswagen Group has been steadily turning up the voltage, raising its planned investment in EV and self-driving technologies to 73 billion euros ($86 billion) over the next 5 years, and announcing 3 new battery-related initiatives. Lithium hydroxide from Vulcan. Cathode materials from Umicore. Cathode materials from Umicore.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Using precursor cathode active material (pCAM) and CAM, critical components for battery performance, the factory will produce high-nickel technologies and high lithium manganese (HLM) and solid-state batteries. The federal and provincial governments have agreed to directly provide Umicore with €1.27 billion in co-funding.

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Charged

JULY 25, 2023

As numerous EV execs have told Charged in recent months, the “buy American” provisions of the IRA and BIL are driving massive investments in domestic mining and processing for EV battery raw materials. billion in investment in the last six years. Now a similar gold rush appears to be gathering speed in the battery recycling field.

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Business Green

JULY 4, 2022

A new electric vehicle (EV) charging hub that has been hailed as Europe's "most powerful" to date will today officially open at a site in Oxford, providing fast and ultra-rapid charging capacity for up to 42 vehicles simultaneously.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2022

Rio Tinto lithium mining license revoked in Serbia. The Serbian government has revoked Rio Tinto's lithium exploration licenses in the Eastern European country after major protests against the mining giant's proposed activities erupted over environmental concerns, according to reports.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Recovering the critical raw materials residing within electronic waste will require investment, and a legal framework to incentivise this will be essential, say the authors (image credit: Steve Janosik , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Support more targeted private investments in new technology research and development.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2021

Swedish lithium-ion battery developer confirms completion of major equity fund-raising round. The European battery sector received a major boost today, after lithium-ion battery manufacturer Northvolt announced it has raised $2.75bn in equity to support the expansion of capacity at its planned factory in northern Sweden.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

Firm will move the Gresham's lithium-ion 50MW/75MWh Thurock battery storage site's outputs between different markets from its Edinburgh control room. Demand response specialist Flexitricity has clinched a deal to manage, optimise, and provide balancing services for one of Europe's largest battery storage sites.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Battery recycling and manufacturing company Ascend Elements (formerly known as Battery Resourcers ) is planning to open a battery recycling plant in Georgia by August of 2022, where it will recycle lithium, cobalt and nickel. It selected the Covington, Georgia site due to the proximity of EV manufacturing hubs and battery factories.

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Charged

MARCH 8, 2022

The company’s graphene nanotubes are used by lithium-ion battery manufacturers. The company plans to invest $300 million in the production facility, which it says will be capable of supplying nanotubes for up to 10 million EVs. In addition, OCSiAl says the production facility and R&D center will add 300 employees to its team. “Our

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Charged

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The company has invested heavily in equipment to remove the batteries from these cars and store them safely. These batteries will be processed at Altilium’s technology center in Devon to recover raw materials, including lithium and nickel, for direct reuse in the production of new batteries.

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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

MAY 10, 2022

A report from the Green Finance Institute’s Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport (CDRT) illustrates how the UK can become a global player in electric vehicle (EV) batteries if billions of pounds are invested now to build a battery supply chain. EVs and financing the drive to net zero. Out now! ??

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan) has been granted a new geothermal and lithium exploration license covering a region of Frankfurt am Main in Germany. The “Luftbrücke” license gives the company the privilege to explore for geothermal energy and lithium-containing brine within the 207-sq. license area.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Oil major Total and carmaker Groupe PSA have taken the next step in their lithium-ion battery manufacturing collaboration with the launch of a new joint venture company and the first management appointments. The total investment for the entire project is estimated at €5 billion. The transition to EVs in Europe is gathering pace.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Also of interest is new debt financing for 80 microgrids in India and a successful Series A for Silicon Anode Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, aiming to bolster the market in Europe. Have you read: Italgas launches innovation drive in US #COP26 – Gresham House chief: ESG critical to investment processes.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 1, 2022

Global lithium-sulphur cathode technology manufacturer Theion has launched its crystal battery for all mobile applications. Sulphur is 99% cheaper to source and is used in existing state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries. The new battery boasts triple energy density and 90% less production energy requirements. Crystal battery benefits.

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