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DECEMBER 26, 2024

billion to help finance the construction of up to two lithium-ion battery cell and module manufacturing plants in Kokomo, Indiana. At full capacity, the StarPlus project will produce about 67 GWh of batteries annually, enough to supply approximately 670,000 vehicles.

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Energy Storage News

AUGUST 13, 2024

State-owned energy company Stanwell has today (13 August) announced it has started construction on its 300MW/1,200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at the coal-fired Stanwell Power Station in Queensland, Australia.

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MARCH 14, 2025

Electrovaya , a developer and manufacturer of industry-specific lithium-ion battery systems, has announced that a major construction equipment company has placed an order for its high-voltage battery systems.

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Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Singapore-headquartered Gurin Energy has revealed plans for a 500MW, 4-hour duration (2,000MWh) battery storage project in Japan.

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Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Round-trip efficiency of alternative storage technologies is the standout metric for assessing their potential versus lithium-ion.

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MARCH 3, 2025

Norway-based Corvus Energy , which supplies batteries for the offshore and marine industry, will deliver a 25 MWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery system for an electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV) that will be constructed by Armon shipyard in Spain for UK-based shipowner Bibby Marine.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

Materials from Scottish-grown seaweed could help to improve the life-span and charge time of lithium-ion batteries used for the likes of electric vehicles, with a new first-of-its-kind prototype already being tested by expert researchers.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Stardust Power, a US-based developer of battery-grade lithium products, has broken ground on the construction of a lithium refinery at the Southside Industrial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Our lithium refinery will be crucial for addressing US national security and supply chain risks.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Lithium sulfide is produced from sulfur components generated as a byproduct in the process of manufacturing petroleum products, and is a key intermediate raw material for the production of solid electrolytes. Idemitsu plans to complete construction of the 21.3-billion billion facility within its complex in Chiba, Japan in June 2027.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan) has announced the start of lithium hydroxide production at the company’s Central Lithium Electrolysis Optimisation Plant (CLEOP) located at the Industriepark Höchst in Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany.

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Solar Power World

APRIL 10, 2020

Approved by the CPA Board of Directors on April 2, the 100-MW Luna Storage standalone battery storage project is the largest ESA deal for a CCA in California and one of the largest in the entire state.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

DMC and EMC are key components of the electrolyte solvent for lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. The plant is scheduled for completion in July 2026, and to begin operation in November of the same year. DMC is also used in the semiconductor manufacturing process.

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

Canadian lithium-ion battery materials developer Nano One Materials has been granted C$18 million in financing from the Government of Qubec to support the piloting of the companys One-Pot process and increase production capacity at its Candiac plant. The financing includes a $15-million Canadian ($10.5-million Source: Nano One

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This step is part of Vulcan’s combined project to produce climate-neutral lithium and renewable energy from deep geothermal energy and marks the start of work on the concrete implementation of the first project phase Lionheart on site. This amount of lithium is sufficient to produce 500,000 electric vehicle batteries per year.

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Energy Storage News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Australian utility Origin Energy has started constructing its 300MW/650MW Mortlake battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, Australia.

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Energy Storage News

AUGUST 8, 2024

Akaysha Energy confirmed it had started constructing its 205MW/410MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland, Australia.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The US and Europe badly need to start manufacturing battery cells, and break the Chinese dominance of the market. KORE Power and Freyr Battery have canceled plans to produce cells in the US. Lets be honest, Asian companies are the only ones that can produce battery cells at giga scale, Chico writes. So, what went wrong?

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TechXplore

MAY 7, 2024

million lithium-ion batteries of electric cars, buses and construction machinery will be decommissioned worldwide because they will reach the end of their planned service life, their warranty will expire or the entire vehicles will be scrapped. In 2030, around 1.2

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DECEMBER 26, 2022

Large-format lithium-metal battery developer Sion Power has announced plans to expand its existing manufacturing operations in Tucson, Arizona. Sion Power’s facility expansion will be equipped with fully automated battery cell production capabilities, including proprietary lithium metal anode manufacturing, cell assembly and testing.

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

Piedmont Lithium has been selected to receive a $141.7-million million grant from the DOE, one of the first wave of projects aimed at expanding domestic supply of battery raw material funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Tennessee Lithium project is located in McMinn County, Tennessee. Source: Piedmont Lithium.

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MARCH 31, 2025

Lithium-ion battery systems manufacturer Electrovaya has closed a loan of $50.8 million with the Export-Import Bank of the United States announced last November to expand its battery-manufacturing capabilities. million for lithium-ion cell, module and battery pack manufacturing and $5.3

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Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Australian utility Origin Energy yesterday (30 October) confirmed it had started construction on the second phase of its 2.1GWh Eraring battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia.

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JULY 7, 2020

Scientists from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have developed a silica-based cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries, which they say could enable batteries that last for over 2,000 charge/discharge cycles. . But using sulfur in batteries is tricky for two reasons. Source: DGIST.

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The project comprises 211 MW of PV panels and 130 MW of energy storage for 5 hours based on lithium batteries. The company calls the largest operational battery system in Latin America. Our investment plan includes having more than 1,600 MW of operational batteries by 2027 in Chile.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The City Council of Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany has approved an agreement with Vulcan Energy (Vulcan) to begin construction of an integrated geothermal energy generation and lithium extraction plant (G-LEP) at the site of the planned “Am Messegelände Südost” business park.

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

Cornish Lithium has secured an investment package of up to £18 million ($24 million) from metals investment company TechMet. Cornish Lithium seeks to create a domestic supply of lithium and other battery metals for the UK. Simon Gardner-Bond from TechMet will join the Cornish Lithium Board.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Specialty chemicals firm Albemarle has signed a joint development agreement with materials management specialist 6K to use 6K’s patented UniMelt plasma technology to develop lithium battery materials. Albemarle has also made an undisclosed investment in 6K through venture capital firm Volta Energy Technologies. Source: Albemarle.

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Energy Storage News

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Chilean arm of France-based multinational utility Engie has started construction on a 68MW/418MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at an operational solar PV plant.

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MARCH 31, 2023

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) has identified what it calls “one of the largest known lithium deposits in the United States” at its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project in Big Smoky Valley, Nevada. The ABTC Tonopah Flats Lithium Project encompasses 517 unpatented lode claims covering approximately 10,340 acres.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Tees Valley Lithium (TVL), a subsidiary of Alkemy Capital Investments, has received planning permission to build a lithium hydroxide refinery at the Wilton International Chemicals Park in Teesside, UK, following an environmental impact assessment and local consultation over an 18-month period. Source: Alkemy via Battery Tech News.

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Energy Storage News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Energy Plug Technologies and the Malahat Nation have confirmed that construction has started on Canada’s first indigenous-led energy storage gigafactory in Mill Bay, British Columbia.

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JUNE 24, 2022

Lithium supplier Livent has announced an agreement to boost its ownership of a lithium hydroxide development project called Nemaska Lithium to 50%. Nemaska is strategically located to serve growing lithium demand in North America and Europe.”. Source: Livent.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Specialty chemicals company Albemarle has announced plans to build a lithium hydroxide processing facility in Chester County, South Carolina. The so-called Mega-Flex plant will be able to process diverse lithium feedstocks, including lithium from recycled batteries.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2021

The University of Birmingham has purchased a laboratory-scale rare earth roll separator for its School of Metallurgy and Minerals lithium-ion battery recycling research facility. This includes a battery shredding facility and a range of physical separation equipment. High-intensity magnetic separation.

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MARCH 14, 2022

Australia-based battery materials company Liontown Resources has agreed to supply Tesla with spodumene concentrate, a source of lithium. Liontown will supply Tesla with up to 150,000 dry metric tons (DMT) of spodumene concentrate per year, produced at Liontown’s Kathleen Valley Lithium Project in Western Australia.

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JULY 3, 2023

Battery manufacturer Group14 Technologies has begun the construction of its second commercial-scale Battery Active Materials (BAM-2) factory in Moses Lake, Washington. The 1 million-square-foot campus will manufacture commercial quantities of SCC55, together with the BAM-1 factory in Woodinville, Washington.

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Energy Storage News

JUNE 4, 2024

Equinor-owned East Point Energy has submitted a Public Facility Review application with the Prince William Planning Commission in Virginia, US, for the construction of a standalone battery energy storage system (BESS).

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