Credit to Author: Otto Gunderson| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 01:40:01 +0000
The call for circular economic practices to be used in conjunction with other aspects of the renewable energy transition has been gaining more attention within the U.S. and Europe. Projects in the U.S. such as circular economy for textiles and metrics and tools for sustainable buildings encourage industries to take their downstream material usage seriously. […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 21:06:56 +0000
Redwood Materials reports that after the first year of operation, its battery recycling facility in California has been a success.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:15:28 +0000
With curiosity about electric vehicles at an all-time high, attention has turned to lithium-ion batteries. Are they dangerous? What effects do they have on the environment? Are we exchanging one set of problems for another if we turn to this form of energy?
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:33:56 +0000
Electrifying our transportation system is essential for mitigating emissions that cause climate change and adverse health impacts. This electrification will require a lot more batteries and therefore a lot more minerals. Recovering these materials from retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries is an alternative source to mining. Essentially, the materials recovered through battery recycling can replace […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:55:09 +0000
Li-Cycle has been granted a $375 million conditional loan to develop its lithium recycling hub in Rochester, New York.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:38:38 +0000
Battery recycling and second life grid storage applications for used EV batteries are expanding, but is that happening too soon?
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:05:25 +0000
Redwood Materials is in line to receive up to $2 billion from the DOE to build its battery recycling facility in Nevada.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:29:45 +0000
Electric vehicles currently only represent about 6% of new vehicle sales in the US, but a huge industrial shift toward battery projects suggests that the figure could skyrocket in the coming years. Tesla’s market dominance has other automakers making major investments into automotive batteries, and it’s hard to keep track of the new EV battery […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 19:30:38 +0000
“Now is our only time to really prepare and react,” says Straubel. “The scale of all this is so big that even when we’re running flat out as fast as we can, with all that urgency that you felt and hopefully more, it’ll still take us decades.”
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 21:35:51 +0000
Researchers at Berkeley Lab say that have created a new process that will make battery recycling easier and less expensive.