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Workers fitting out iM3NY's recently opened lithium battery factory in Endicott, New York. Image: iM3NY via Twitter.

‘North America’s only pure homegrown’ battery gigafactory serving EV and BESS sectors opens in New York

August 23, 2022
Lithium-ion battery factory serving EV and ESS sectors has opened in New York State which could ramp-up to 38GWh annual production capacity.
US Secretary for Energy Jennifer Granholm at ESS Inc's Wilsonville, Oregon factory. On the right is CEO Eric Dresselhuys with founder Craig Evans, centre. Image: Business Wire.

US DOE seeks input on how to direct US$675 million into Critical Materials R&D

August 10, 2022
The US government Department of Energy is looking for public input into how US$675 million of funding for R&D into Critical Materials should be best directed.
Austin Leach (left) of TechLink is shown test results for Enzinc's nickel-zinc pouch cell by battery engineering intern Santiago Edinger. Image: Enzinc.

Diversifying energy storage is vital for the global industry’s health

June 15, 2022
The battery industry is at risk of falling into the trap of becoming too dependent on a single ingredient.
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Is there life after death for Europe’s lithium-ion batteries?

June 1, 2022
Piotr Grudzień, innovation consultant at Bax & Company, proposes a plan to improve the efficiency of Li-ion battery reverse logistics in Europe.
Li-Cycle has a two step process to recover and reintroduce nickel, cobalt and lithium carbonate back into the supply chain. Image: Li-Cycle.

Glencore investing US$200 million into lithium battery recycler Li-Cycle

May 11, 2022
Natural resources giant Glencore has agreed to back the Canadian battery recycler to the tune of US$200 million.
LG Energy Solution's plant in Wroclaw, Poland, where it is manufacturing batteries for both EVs and ESS. Image: LG Energy Solution Wroclaw.

LG Energy Solution’s revenues hit by supply chain and Russia-Ukraine war impacts

April 27, 2022
Ongoing supply chain challenges and the impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine have affected the quarterly revenues of LG Energy Solution.
Tesla Model 3 at the car's launch event. EV, ESS and consumer electronics battery recycling presents a huge opportunity as well as a challenge that the world needs to solve. Image: Wikimedia user Steve Jurvetson.

Redwood Materials already gets 6GWh of lithium batteries per year for recycling

April 8, 2022
Redwood Materials CEO JB Straubel told a US Senate hearing his company already receives approximately 6GWh of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries for recycling annually. 
Joe Manchin at an event with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm (left). Image: Joe Manchin's office.

Cobalt-free lithium battery gigafactory to help transition West Virginia away from coal economy

March 23, 2022
A newly-announced battery gigafactory in the US from startup SPARKZ will make batteries suitable for grid storage and will be built in the heart of Appalachian coal county in West Virginia. 
Rendering of an EV battery plant in Hungary, Europe, being built by SK Innovation. Image: Sk Innovation.

US battery scrap recycling deal for SK, BASF building cathode materials and recycling plant in Canada

March 9, 2022
Ascend Elements will recycle manufacturing scrap from SK Innovation’s lithium battery gigafactories in Georgia, US.
What will be North America's biggest lithium battery recycling facility is scheduled to open soon in Covington, Georgia, through Ascend Elements. Image: Ascend Elements.

North America’s largest Li-ion battery recycling giga-facility to ‘take on as much as possible’ from ESS sector

January 14, 2022
The company behind what is claimed will be the largest lithium-ion battery recycling facility in North America intends to process as much material as it can from the energy storage system (ESS) industry. 

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