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1st Projects Receiving Clean Energy Manufacturing Investments in America’s Industrial & Energy Communities

April 22, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, battery materials, battery metals, battery minerals, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev battery materials, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., investing in america, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, policy & politics, press releases, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:08:44 +0000

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Supports New Projects Building Grid Transformers, Manufacturing EV Chargers and Solar Components, and Processing Critical Minerals, Helping Revitalize Local Economies with Clean Energy Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released details for 35 projects across 20 states that voluntarily shared … [continued]

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Porsche Behind World’s Biggest Factory For Silicon Battery Materials

April 13, 2023 admin batteries, battery factories, battery materials, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery, group14 technologies, porsche, silicon, silicon anodes, silicon batteries, silicon battery anode, usa, Washington

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 11:05:24 +0000

Silicon battery technology gets the seal of approval from Porsche, which has put up the big bucks to help Group14 build the world’s biggest silicon battery materials factory in Washington State.

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Arg! New “One Pot” Solid-State Batteries Deploy Argyrodite To Solve High Heat Conundrum

April 6, 2023 admin batteries, battery chemistry, battery materials, battery minerals, battery research, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, research, SCIENCE, solid-state batteries

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:05:03 +0000

The next big thing: solid-state batteries based on argyrodite sulfides for the electric vehicle of the future.

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Mercedes-Benz Expands Lithium Production in Germany

April 4, 2023 admin batteries, battery materials, clean transport, Electric vehicles, GERMANY, inflation reduction act of 2022., lithium, Mercedes Benz

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:05:52 +0000

There has been a lot of concern about battery materials and global geopolitical risks. In some ways, it would be easy to just keep relying on China for rare earth minerals, lithium, and other things we need for the energy transition. But, as we’ve learned in the past, depending on somebody too much gives them […]

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Ford Inks $4.5 Billion Battery Materials Deal, May Reprise The Capri Name For New EV

April 3, 2023 admin battery materials, byd, cars, clean transport, cobalt, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ford, indonesia, nickel, tesla

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 17:35:35 +0000

Ford has taken steps to control its battery materials supply chain by securing a supply of nickel with two partners in Indonesia.

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South Carolina Is Getting A New EV Battery Materials Facility

March 28, 2023 admin batteries, battery materials, cirba solutions, Energy Storage, ev battery materials, green economy, Manufacturing, SOUTH CAROLINA

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:00:43 +0000

If everybody woke up tomorrow, had money in hand, and wanted to buy an EV, it couldn’t happen. It’s not that we don’t want everybody to have one, but increasing EV battery production involves a number of complex processes, which require a large amount of minerals, which we’d need more mines to get. Even after […]

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Panasonic Strikes Battery Minerals Deal In Canada

November 25, 2022 admin Australia, batteries, battery materials, Canada, cars, clean transport, cobalt, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, gm, graphite, nickel, panasonic, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:30:14 +0000

Rare earth minerals and other battery materials are crucial for global politics. As this article explains, China’s power over the worlds clean technology advancements and medical progress came to a head in 2010 when it cut off supplies to Japan. This ultimately left Japan defenseless, and with no choice but to cave on the border […]

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Sustainable Battery Materials? Yeah, Right — Or, Right On!

September 16, 2022 admin batteries, battery chemistry, battery materials, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 17:30:24 +0000

The abundance and low cost of sodium has made it a promising alternative to lithium for an ion battery system. Overall, the outlook for the use of sodium-ion batteries in current technology is favorable, as long as cost, safety, cyclic stability, and energy density guidelines are met.

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New South African Lithium-Ion Cell Mega-Factory, Plans For 32 GWh/Year By 2028

February 9, 2020 admin batteries, battery materials, cobalt, Energy Storage, eskom, graphite, grid, lithium, lithium-ion batteries, manganese, Manufacturing, megamillion, mineral resources, nickel, nickel manganese cobalt batteries, nmc batteries, South Africa, southern africa, uyilo emobility programme

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:34:00 +0000

The battery storage market in South Africa is expected to grow significantly going forward as companies and homes look to cushion themselves from ongoing electricity blackouts. Eskom, the stated-owned utility company, has been battling to keep the lights on during peak demand hours. Electricity blackouts are expected for at least another 18 months according to some reports