NREL Battery Supply Chain Database Maps Out the State of North America’s Manufacturing Base

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 13:55:45 +0000

As the United States continues to transition to clean energy, strengthening the domestic supply chain by increasing the availability of critical materials is paramount to enabling greater domestic manufacturing. This focus on securing the clean energy supply chain—in particular domestically—is a key part of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) … [continued]

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An Industrial Blueprint For Batteries In Europe

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 00:32:02 +0000

A new report explores how Europe can successfully build a sustainable battery value chain Executive summary As Europe is decarbonising its economy, it is facing a monumental challenge to rebuild the fossil-based system into a carbon free one. Batteries and the materials that go into making them are central to … [continued]

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European Made Batteries Could Be 60% Less Carbon Intensive Than Chinese — Analysis

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 23:14:45 +0000

But over half of Europe’s battery production plans are at risk without stronger government action. Onshoring the EV supply chain to Europe would cut the emissions of producing a battery by 37% compared to a China-controlled supply chain, according to new analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E). This carbon saving rises to … [continued]

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Archer Aviation Completes Installation Of High-Volume Battery Pack Manufacturing Line

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 12:17:53 +0000

Archer’s battery pack manufacturing team has installed an “automotive style” line that is designed for high-volume production from day one with the capability of producing up to 15,000 battery packs per year This facility will produce the proprietary battery packs needed to support the ramp of Archer’s aircraft production at … [continued]

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Lithium-Sulfur EV Batteries To Be Tested By Automakers

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 20:47:23 +0000

Automakers and other energy storage stakeholders are lining up to test new lithium-sulfur EV batteries from the US startup Lyten.

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The Southeast US Battery Belt Is Learning To Love EVs

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 22:23:23 +0000

Laid-off workers in the Southeast have a new option. As electric vehicle battery plants rise in the region, they’re accompanied by good jobs, and these jobs are better paying than any of the previous textile or furniture industry positions from years past. EV battery plants are reinvigorating areas left destitute … [continued]

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Texas-Based Solid-State EV Battery Startup Lays Out Oil-Killing Plans

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 15:25:12 +0000

The Texas-based solid-state EV battery innovator Solidion plans on accelerating the vehicle electrification movement with new materials and a radical new battery architecture.

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Green Builder Sustainability Symposium Presentation — Slides & Transcript

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 18:48:44 +0000

In mid-2023, Green Builder Media’s CEO Sara Gutterman reached out to me to see if I were interested in presenting at their annual Sustainability Symposium. It’s been running annually for close to a decade, and with COVID it transitioned to virtual and won’t be going back. That event occurred a … [continued]

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How Can We Expose More Consumers To EVs?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 17:17:51 +0000

There is a direct relationship between the time US consumers spend with an electric vehicle (EV) and their desire to purchase one. On the other hand, over one-third of US consumers haven’t had the chance to get up-front-and-personal with an EV. It’s clearly time to expose more consumers to EVs … [continued]

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Making More Batteries With Fewer Materials

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 05 May 2024 15:02:04 +0000

An Argonne partnership with a Minnesota mining company is taking waste from one battery production process and using it in another. Researchers investigate how to use mining waste in battery production. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is developing a new process that could dramatically increase the … [continued]

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