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? Lithium’s shale moment? #175

Climate Tech VC

  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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Act now to secure the UK’s critical materials supply, says report

Envirotec Magazine

The workshop of a rare earth production enterprise in Jiangxi province, central China. Technology-critical metals such as rare earths, lithium and cobalt are essential for emerging clean-energy technologies including electric vehicle batteries, and permanent magnets used in efficient motors and generators.

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? On the ground at NY Climate Week #166

Climate Tech VC

Deals of the Week (9/11-9/17) Venture Fundings 🔋 Verkor, a Grenoble, France-based battery manufacturer, raised $907M in Series C funding, alongside $640M in debt support from the European Investment Bank, and $693M of French subsidies.

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? CTVC’s guide to NYCW #163

Climate Tech VC

for Northvolt to build energy storage, $100M for direct lithium extraction, and $60M for heat batteries. Deals of the Week (8/14-8/27) Venture Fundings 🔋 Northvolt , a Stockholm, Sweden-based lithium-ion batteries from recycled materials producer, raised $1.2B Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Michigan’s Grid Is Not as Resilient as It Could Be. Energy Storage Can Help

GreenTechMedia

Utility-scale battery storage capacity has soared over the past 10 or so years, from almost nothing before 2010 to nearly 1,000 megawatts today, driven in large part by lithium-ion battery storage, as the price of lithium-ion batteries has fallen 85 percent since 2010. Realizing energy storage's full potential.

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? It’s only a carbon credit if it’s from the CRCF region #186

Climate Tech VC

  In other news, China hopes to woo back foreign investment with new ESG requirements, Singapore mandates at least some SAFs in the mix for all flights from 2026, and the UK follows European peers in walking out on a treaty often used by fossil fuel companies to sue against climate reforms.   Can’t get enough deals?

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World Energy Storage Day: a global platform for the energy industry’s potential

Smart Energy International

This is because all these giga factories are now looking at scaling the global manufacturing operations for advanced lithium-ion manufacturing from 1000GWh to more than 5,000 GWh to 7,000 GWh within the next seven years. So, there are a lot of learning opportunities where people can pick and choose areas which they want to attend.

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