U.S. Battery Capacity Increased 66% in 2024

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:17:24 +0000

In the United States, cumulative utility-scale battery storage capacity exceeded 26 gigawatts (GW) in 2024, according to our January 2025 Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Generators added 10.4 GW of new battery storage capacity in 2024, the second-largest generating capacity addition after solar. Even though battery storage capacity is growing fast, … [continued]

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Milestone Puts Battery Recycling Industry One Step Closer to Increasing Lithium-Ion Processing in North America

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:44:04 +0000

A Cirba Solutions battery recycling and materials recovery facility in Lancaster, Ohio, will create battery-grade metal sulfates and lithium carbonate once it’s up and running. These will then become the raw materials for cathode active materials (pCAM) and cathode active materials (CAM) for batteries. The expansion of the site has … [continued]

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