The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Illustration by Sisi Kim for The Verge Smarter tech and new recycling techniques might just mean our EVs get even greener. Here’s how Redwood Materials is putting recycling at the heart of the burgeoning battery belt. The solution, or part of it, might come from recycling. There’s a bit of a battery manufacturing boom going on.

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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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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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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Battery recycling specialist Li-Cycle will invest over $175 million dollars in a lithium-ion battery recycling “Hub” at Eastman Business Park in upstate New York. The new facility will work in conjunction with Li-Cycle’s “Spoke” facility, which is already located at the Rochester site.

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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

MARCH 19, 2021

“We are scaling a supply chain that was capable of supplying the consumer electronics industry to supply the transportation industry,” Celina Mikolajczak, VP of Battery Technology at Panasonic Energy of North America, told Transport Dive. There’s plenty of lithium around in the ground. Source: Transport Dive.

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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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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 18, 2021

Each of the “Detroit Three” automakers have announced major electric vehicle assembly investments in Canada over the past eight months, and President Joe Biden’s proposed $2-trillion infrastructure plan would pour US$174 billion into developing the EV market. Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler) will invest up to $1.5 Ford Motor Co.

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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. Raise Green , a marketplace for impact investing in climate solutions, closed a $1.2M seed round. seed round.

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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. SiTration raised $2.35M in pre-seed funding , which will support its novel separation processes for extracting lithium, cobalt, nickel, and more from recycled EV batteries.

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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

Currently, the majority of all lithium, graphite, battery-grade nickel, electrolyte salt, electrode binder and iron phosphate cathode material are produced outside the US and China controls the supply chains for many of these key inputs. in 12 states. Anticipated project locations for battery manufacturing.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 13, 2023

Lifecycle emissions commonly include emissions from mineral sourcing like mining or recycling, mineral processing, vehicle and battery manufacturing, car use and, in some cases, disposal and recycling at end of life. Many automakers, like Tesla , Ford , and General Motors , are investing in battery materials recycling.

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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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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.  The investment covers 40% of the Texas facility’s $1.3B project cost and is one of the largest DAC investments to date.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Source: Nature Lessons from Corporate Carbon Removal Purchases An article in Nature distilled some useful lessons from analyzing the corporate carbon removal purchase investments Microsoft and Stripe have made (covered previously in the Roundup). Robinson Meyer at The Atlantic has a good rundown of what is in there currently.

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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. In Ontario, 6,000 jobs and half-a-billion dollars of investment are thought to have been lost after the government cancelled renewable energy projects.

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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. In July, it raised $700 million in new investment. Straubel told Bloomberg.

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Elemental Excelerator

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

First of all, critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium, graphite, manganese, and others are the building blocks of many clean technology applications. Can we keep this e-waste from swamping landfills by leveling up our ability to recover and recycle their essential components? million Series A financing. gigatons of Co2 by 2050.

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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. Eclipse Solar Projects finances, develops, owns, and operates utility-scale solar projects in North America through newly developed technology and potential battery storage operations.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

The $7 billion the federal government is investing in clean H2 is meant to clean up precisely this type of production. It requires only recycled aluminum and water as its inputs. Exothermic heat is also usable for heating, and green alumina is usable in everything from semiconductor production to LED lighting and lithium-ion batteries.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 26, 2021

Driven largely (though not exclusively) by the rapid growth of electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing and popularity, the global market for lithium-ion batteries is expected to exceed $100 billion by 2030. With Asia and Europe accelerating, North America needs to catch up—or lose global market share.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 14, 2021

Eclipse Solar Projects finances, develops, owns, and operates utility-scale solar projects in North America through newly developed technology and potential battery storage operations. The company specializes in the recycling industries, water filtration, and wind energies. Transportation.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Indeed, constraints in the supply of batteries and components from China - where more than 90 per cent of the EV supply chain is concentrated - mean that consumer appetite for EVs in Europe and North America is outpacing the ability of manufacturers to produce them.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

In North America, Europe and China this will take place well before 2030. The ramp up plan from its pilot lithium-ion battery plant in California, with its 10 GWh annual capacity, includes an order of magnitude leap for Tesla to 100 GWh by 2022 before ballooning to 3 TWh by 2030. New cell factory configuration. Anode material.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 8, 2024

Overwhelmed by your new year inbox and missed our Friday 2023 Investment Trends report? Or if you’d rather that we read to you, save the date for Jan 25th and join us for a webinar on Sightline Climate’s 2023 investment trends, insights, and discussion. Be sure to skim here , or download it directly. in Seed funding. 

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes. The company specializes in the recycling industries, water filtration, and wind energies.

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Charged

AUGUST 16, 2022

They simply can’t ramp up production quickly enough, and this is not only because of the time and investment it takes to build new factories and repurpose production lines—the companies are also dealing with frustrating shortages of batteries and other components. What’s the scarcest of them all?

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 15, 2020

The investment will support battery research and innovation across Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden. The project is scheduled to run until 2031 and is expected to unlock a further €5 billion in private investment. And last December the European Commission approved €3.2 billion ($2 billion).

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Vehicles only qualify for the full $7,500 EV tax credit if the critical materials and battery components are sourced, produced, or assembled in North America or its trade partners. The other roadblock to rapidly scaling a domestic battery supply chain is the lack of experience actually making batteries in North America.

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Charged

JANUARY 18, 2023

So, if the regulators want to say that you will get some incentives only if you are manufacturing in North America, I can tell you that tomorrow there is a risk of no vehicles being sold in the US because most of what composes an EV battery is made outside of the US.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Veolia has and continues to strongly disagree with Antero’s allegations,” said Carrie Griffiths, executive vice president and chief communications officer for Veolia North America. “In oil and gas company such as ExxonMobil or Chevron, it has established solid credentials and pitched itself as a mature investment.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

And yet, it has clinched hundreds of millions of pounds of investment from private investors, the UK government, and mining giant Glencore, who have backed its ambitious plans to take on the Asian battery market with a new type of low-carbon battery pack that can be tailor-made to vehicle manufacturers' needs.

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Clean Energy Trust

JULY 8, 2021

Link Hot Investment Tip Heliogen announced that they are raising $108 million over two rounds to support the demonstration of its concentrated solar approach for process heat and power. A decade ago, there were a number of concentrated solar plays, before it was clear how cheap solar PV could get.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

  In deals, major funding for battery recycling and dry electrodes, and additional late-stage funding for forestry projects and precision weed control. In funds, Active Impact Investments and Congruent both launch their third funds.      Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet? Bekaert, and SAIC Capital.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

  This week, we get nerdy mining ExxonMobil’s lithium announcement - is this lithium’s shale moment? Lithium Mobil-ization Source: Company presentations, Bloomberg Last week, ExxonMobil unveiled its first-ever lithium mining operation in Arkansas, marking its first major foray into lithium production.

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