Record Year for Electric Vehicle Battery Supply Chains
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 03:38:46 +0000
This Blog is part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2022 Climate & Clean Energy Developments
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GM Banks On Honking Big Electric Vehicles In First-Ever Propulsion Do-Over
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 21:30:41 +0000
The US car buying public loves big vehicles, and now they are going to love big electric vehicles.
Battery Recycling — Home Grown
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 17:50:21 +0000
A big issue amongst those of us with environmental concerns is: What happens to the batteries? It is a fair question and one that deserves to be taken seriously and answered properly. Even RedEarth, which supplies stationary home batteries, finds this the most common customer concern. We can point to large firms like Redwood Materials […]
Graphmatech, Graphenea, & Northvolt: “Breakthrough in Battery Recycling”
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:25:41 +0000
As the electric vehicle market matures, battery recycling and reuse rapidly becomes a bigger deal. Battery recycling is a long established practice, but never before at the scale we will see for lithium-ion batteries from electric cars and trucks. One might think there’s nothing new under the sun in this world, but some young and […]
Greener Electric Car Batteries? (Ask A Scientist)
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 03:10:29 +0000
Lithium-ion batteries are the most popular battery in use today. First commercialized in 1991, their cost has declined by a remarkable 97 percent over the last three decades, enabling the rapid growth of mobile phones, laptops, and, more recently, electric cars. Global demand for the batteries is projected to increase dramatically by the end of this decade, […]
NREL Analysis Highlights Strategies Beyond Recycling To Bolster Circular Economy For Solar & Battery Technologies
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:31:58 +0000
In a new comprehensive literature review, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered that alternatives to recycling may have untapped potential to build an effective circular economy for solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery technologies. These alternative strategies, such as reducing the use of virgin materials in manufacturing, reusing for […]
Li-Cycle & Glencore Announce Partnership, Glencore Invests $200M In Li-Cycle
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 14:00:57 +0000
Li-Cycle and Glencore have announced a strategic partnership that will provide customers with an integrated approach for both primary and recycled metal needs. As part of this partnership. This is in addition to another partnership announced earlier in May. The two companies executed a global feedstock supply agreement in which Glencore will supply all types […]
MSW Management Awards Li-Cycle Co-Founders For Innovation & Leadership In Battery Recycling
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:00:45 +0000
MSW Management, which is focused on working in partnership with the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), has awarded Li-Cycle co-founders Ajay Kochhar and Tim Johnston for their innovation and leadership in the lithium-ion battery recycling industry. The two co-founders were among twenty other innovators of 2022 awarded for transforming the waste industry. Every […]
Li-Cycle’s Battery Recycling Plant In Arizona Now Open
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 14:10:10 +0000
Li-Cycle’s lithium-ion battery recycling plant in Arizona is now open. This is the company’s third operational Spoke facility in North America and it has a capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries annually. The battery recycling plant can process the equivalent of batteries required for around 20,000 EVs per […]
Laboratory Partnerships Bolster Battery Recycling Prize Solutions
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 19:52:46 +0000
Competitors Leverage Laboratory Capabilities To Improve the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Supply Chain Article courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). By Rebecca Martineau Innovation happens when the right resources, people, and passions come together to address a challenge. The Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize unites these elements to build a supply […]