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Fortum Battery Recycling Opens Europe’s Largest Closed-Loop Hydrometallurgical Battery Recycling Facility In Finland

May 4, 2023 admin batteries, battery recycling, Energy Storage, Finland, fortum battery recycling

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 20:05:55 +0000

Fortum Battery Recycling has begun commercial operations at its hydrometallurgical battery material recycling facility in Harjavalta, Finland. The recently built facility is the first hydrometallurgical recycling commercial-scale facility in Europe and the largest recycling plant in Europe in terms of recycling capacity. The new large-scale plant will significantly ease the rising demand for sustainable battery […]

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Colorado Teardrops To Release A Series Of Electrified Classic Teardrop Adventure Trailers

May 3, 2023 admin batteries, clean transport, electric rvs, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, lithium iron phosphate, rvs

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 15:25:41 +0000

Colorado Teardrops has announced two new patent-pending models of its teardrop camping trailers that are inspired by its classic line of teardrop trailers. The new models contain integrated battery systems that come in three sizes — the base model comes with a 19 kWh battery, and there is an optional 29 kWh and a 38 […]

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US & South Korean Companies To Onshore More Battery Production To US

May 3, 2023 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, gm, korea, polaris, policy & politics, South korea, US

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:01:17 +0000

The dominance of China in the EV battery supply chain has raised concerns about the geopolitical risks associated with the reliance on one country for essential minerals and battery technology. As Chinese companies control over 70% of lithium-ion battery manufacturing and nearly all stages of the EV battery supply chain, this reliance on China puts […]

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BLUETTI AC500 vs. AC300: What’s Changed?

May 1, 2023 admin batteries, battery storage, bluetti, consumer technology, Energy Storage, home energy management, home energy storage, portable power stations, Sponsored

Credit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:30:28 +0000

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Volkswagen To Build Its Largest Battery Cell Factory … In Canada

April 28, 2023 admin batteries, Canada, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery factories, gigafactories, green economy, green jobs, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, Ontario, powerco se, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 04:44:01 +0000

The battery division of Volkswagen Group, PowerCo SE, has picked the location to construct its biggest battery gigafactory to date — St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. A potential final expansion stage could produce of up to 90 GWh of batteries annually. Actually, they already announced it last month. This was more of the formal announcement. PowerCo […]

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Caterpillar & Mining Company NMG Make Amazing Circular Deal

April 28, 2023 admin batteries, caterpillar, clean transport, electric mining trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, graphite, green economy, Manufacturing, Mining, nouveau monde graphite

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 18:20:59 +0000

When one person has something another needs, and that other person has something the first person needs, it makes sense to trade. Today, we learned how a manufacturer of heavy equipment, used in mining, is working toward a zero-emission future where batteries are needed. A mining company, on the other hand, is obtaining some of […]

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Chinese Researchers Announce 711 Wh/kg Lithium Battery

April 27, 2023 admin batteries, battery chemistry, China, Energy Storage, research

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:45:24 +0000

Researchers in China report they have created a lithium-ion battery with an energy density of more the 700 Wh/kg. Wow!

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SAE Releases New Standards Document For Safe Battery Storage

April 27, 2023 admin batteries, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, sae international

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 19:05:27 +0000

I have my differences with SAE. For one, I think its Levels of Autonomy are a badly thought-out concept that encourages automakers to engage in deceptive practices (I feel that any system that doesn’t take on financial liability is Level Zero). I’m also known to disagree with EV advocates who hate the idea of Level […]

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The Sodium-Ion Battery Is Coming To Production Cars This Year

April 25, 2023 admin batteries, battery chemistry, China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, sodium-ion batteries

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 13:45:39 +0000

Lithium is abundant, but difficult to extract and purify for use in batteries. Last year, the price of lithium carbonate peaked at over $80,000 per ton, although it has come down considerably since then. Oddly enough, people who don’t bat an eye about oil and gas wells within a few feet of homes and schools […]