ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 13, 2025

Reported locally, Cornish Lithium announced having received planning permission to develop the UKs first commercial geothermal lithium production facility at its Cross Lanes Lithium Projec t, marking a significant step in the countrys efforts to establish a domestic lithium supply.

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Business Energy Monitoring Lithium Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 92

Energy Storage News

MAY 8, 2024

Europe appears to be slower and less bold than other markets like the US when it comes to financial support for upstream battery material projects like lithium refining, a company looking to invest half a billion euros in an EU project told Energy-Storage.news.

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Europe Batteries Lithium Investment 187

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A faster rate of electrification in the automotive industry will hasten the arrival of circularity (for batteries), according to the authors. It concludes that China will achieve this first, followed by Europe and the US. The research is published in Resources, Conservation and Recycling.

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altenergymag

JULY 26, 2021

-Acquisition expands Ecobat's position in Europe as the leader in recycling batteries of all chemistries -Combined capabilities position Ecobat as the only service provider across Europe to offer the full suite of lithium-ion recycling services

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Lithium Recycling Recycling Europe 197

Charged

JANUARY 21, 2025

German engineering firm Drr Systems has received an order from Italian battery manufacturer for the delivery of a giga-coating system comprising four anode and four cathode lines, as well as the associated calenders, slitters and solvent recovery systems. Source: Drr

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Batteries Lithium Europe Investment 105

GreenTechMedia

JULY 8, 2020

may have fallen behind Asia and Europe in battery manufacturing, but a number of well-funded companies are looking to get the country back in the game with a technology that could supersede today’s lithium-ion chemistries. Solid-state battery commercialization still a few years off. According to Wood Mackenzie, U.S.

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Technology Batteries Lithium North America 235

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The commonly held view that lithium-ion batteries are not being recycled is not true. China recycled around 67,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries last year, or 69 percent of all the stock available for recycling worldwide, according to Hans Eric Melin, founder of U.K.-based based Circular Energy Storage.

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Lithium Recycling Recycling Batteries 188

Energy Storage News

MARCH 14, 2024

The COO of one of the few energy-storage focused lithium-ion gigafactory companies in Europe, Morrow Batteries, talked to Energy-Storage.news about the firm's go-to-market strategy and what the future holds for Europe's gigafactory space.

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Batteries Lithium Europe Energy 187

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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Lithium Fossil fuels Electric vehicle Resilience 69

TechXplore

JUNE 24, 2024

Stephan von Delft from the University of Münster has been looking at what effects different strategies for achieving a circular economy with lithium, cobalt and nickel for electric vehicles will have on the demand for materials in Europe. Their conclusion is that 11 mines and 57 fewer recycling plants could be needed.

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Recycling Recycling Lithium Electric vehicle 223

Charged

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The COBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications), a European consortium that aims to develop a new cobalt-free lithium-ion battery technology, has chosen Millor Battery to make the prototypes and first batteries. Source: Millor Battery.

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Lithium Europe Batteries Automotive 110

Charged

MAY 16, 2022

Sustainability is the raison d’etre of EVs, so it’s obviously important to find a way to document the sustainable nature of the raw materials that go into EV batteries. million) in government funding to develop standards for gathering and disclosing data on batteries, which could soon become mandatory under European Union regulations.

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Batteries Europe Carbon Recycling 145

Charged

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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Startups Batteries Lithium Recycling 87

Energy Storage News

JANUARY 16, 2024

European lithium-ion battery developer and manufacturer Northvolt has secured a US$5 billion (€4.6 billion) non-recourse project financing package from various EU and Nordic institutions for its manufacturing and recycling plants.

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Packaging Europe Lithium Recycling 193

Charged

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Chile-based Ensorcia Metals , a specialist in extraction and transformation of lithium, reports that as a first step in its global expansion plans, it will invest €200 million for the construction of a European lithium hydroxide conversion plant under the auspices of its subsidiary, Sorcia Europe. Source: Green Car Congress

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Lithium Europe South America Investment 132

ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 4, 2025

The geothermal lithium projects of Vulcan Energy Resources in Germany and Eramet and lectricit de Strasbourg (S) in France have been classified as “strategic projects” by the European Commission under the Critical Raw Materials Act. A pilot project had been inaugurated at the Rittershoffen geothermal heat plant in 2023.

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Lithium Europe Patents Batteries 52

Energy Storage News

MAY 29, 2024

Some of the current market prices for lithium-ion batteries are below cost and will not last forever but Europe still needs to be more cost-competitive, the CEO of one of Europe's first large-scale manufacturing facilities told Energy-Storage.news.

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Lithium Europe Batteries Energy 198

Charged

JUNE 21, 2022

Battery supplier InoBat Auto and mineral processing firm Green Lithium have formed a strategic partnership to build and operate a large-scale lithium refinery in the UK. Source: InoBat.

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Lithium Batteries Electric vehicle Recycling 132

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 18, 2020

The battery sector is turning to artificial intelligence for clues on how to improve recharging rates without increasing the degradation of lithium-ion batteries. 'An expensive bottleneck in battery research' The research effort has been in progress for at least three years.

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Energy Monitor Batteries Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 228

Energy Storage News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Rimac Energy, the battery energy storage system (BESS) division of EV supercar company, has unveiled its new product at the Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe (CEE).

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Europe Batteries Energy Energy 351

ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) has awarded the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2025 to EnBW Energie for its pioneering CASCADE project, an innovative approach to lithium extraction from geothermal brines. We are very happy to have received this award. As every year, the competition was very high-level.

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Lithium Innovation Technology Europe 52

Charged

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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Lithium Batteries Europe Electric vehicle 136

Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Gigafactory company Northvolt and sodium-ion battery technology firm Altris have together revealed a battery with an energy density of 160Wh/kg, designed for energy storage systems.

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Batteries Energy Energy Technology 344

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Scottish Water has completed work on its first large-scale battery storage project which the utility says will accelerate its drive towards net zero emissions by 2040. Four vanadium flow batteries, manufactured by Invinity Energy Systems, have recently been installed at the waste water treatment works that serve the city of Perth.

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Batteries Lithium Waste Waste 241

Charged

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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Lithium North America Batteries Europe 130

Energy Storage News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Norway-based Morrow Batteries has signed an MOU with a Ukraine state body to supply LFP battery cells for shoring up the country's conflict-stricken grid infrastructure.

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Batteries Energy Energy Lithium 310

Charged

APRIL 1, 2025

The compact, battery-powered unit can work in confined spaces, is capable of fast recharging and complies with the sort of carbon and noise emissions restrictions typically found in urban environments. The Briggs & Stratton Vanguard lithium-ion Fi7.0 kWh fixed battery packs that support a running time of five hours.

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Electricity Batteries Europe Lithium 94

Charged

JANUARY 27, 2025

After acquiring the Italian Sovema Group, Schuler is gradually establishing itself as a system supplier in the field of battery production. Schuler passed an important milestone as a supplier for gigafactories with the construction of a formation line for a large German battery cell manufacturer.

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Batteries Europe Lithium Automotive 107

Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Canada, which has abundant mineral resources and stringent environmental standards, is courting global automakers that are keen to localize and clean up their battery supply chains. Increasing production of EVs will mean increased demand for sustainably-sourced raw materials such as cobalt, lithium, nickel, graphite, manganese and copper.

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Lithium Automotive Carbon-neutral Electric vehicle 126

Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The consortium included Renfe, CAF, Toyota Motor Europe, and CNH2, among others, all working to develop a prototype train equipped with a Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack (FCHPP). This innovative system combines hydrogen fuel cells with battery systems to generate electricity for propulsion.

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Transportation Hydrogen Technology Batteries 133

Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

European battery company Northvolt has filed for Chapter 11 'reorganisation' bankruptcy in the US, which it said will allow it to restructure its debt to continue scaling the business.

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Batteries Lithium Europe 290

Charged

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Rimac Technology, a business unit of EV-maker Rimac that provides technology solutions to global OEMs, has partnered with EVE Energy, a manufacturer of lithium batteries, to manufacture battery cells in Europe starting in 2027. The battery cells will be used for Rimac Technology’s 46xx platform.

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Europe Batteries Lithium Energy 111

ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 17, 2024

Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH (Vulcan Energy) has recently made two announcements on their geothermal lithium operations in Germany – the first extraction of lithium chloride from the company’s Landau facility, and the topping-out ceremony of their facility in Frankfurt-Höchst.

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Lithium Energy Energy Europe 122

altenergymag

JUNE 23, 2023

LIACON, a half gigafactory-sized battery manufacturing plant in Europe, has released a new 12V lithium-iron-phosphate battery that can last 10 to 20 times longer than traditional lead-acid batteries. It can replace all Group 31 lead acid batteries currently on the market, and comes with a 4000+ life cycle.

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Lithium Batteries Europe 107

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

After years of selling more expensive home battery systems, sonnen launched a new product Thursday to compete on cost with other mainstream options in the U.S. That puts it in competition with the similarly sized and priced LG Chem Resu and Enphase Encharge batteries, and slightly smaller than Tesla's Powerwall, which holds 13.5

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Batteries Demand Power grid Lithium 236

Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

Cornwall is set to become home to Europe's first geothermal lithium recovery pilot plant, with government funding announced this week set to support a project that combines lithium extraction from geothermal waters deep below the surface of the county with geothermal energy generation. Around £14.3m

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Lithium Europe Geothermal power Electric vehicle 101

Charged

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

German carmaker BMW and South Korean technology firm SK tes plan to expand their closed-loop battery recycling system from Europe to the US-Mexico-Canada region in 2026. The recycling process recovers cobalt, nickel and lithium from used batteries to return them to the value chain to produce new batteries.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Lithium 52