Charged

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Cirba Solutions and GM have extended an existing agreement to recycle battery scrap generated by manufacturing and research at selected GM facilities through 2024. The original agreement dates from 2021, and GM has already recycled more than a million pounds of batteries. Source: Cirba Solutions.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, storing up a potentially huge waste management problem for the future, according to a new study. Individual cells are formed into modules, which are then assembled into battery packs.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials will supply remanufactured battery cathode material to Panasonic, beginning in 2025, for a new factory the Japanese battery-maker is currently building in Kansas. Part of the demand is expected to be met by recycling, which could reduce the need for new mines.

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Charged

JUNE 29, 2023

The EU parliament has approved a new set of rules designed to make EV batteries more durable, more sustainable and better performing. The new regs, which will come into force once the European Council has formally endorsed the text, affect the design, production and waste management of all types of batteries sold in the EU.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Volkswagen has opened its first EV battery recycling facility to recover raw materials such as lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt in a closed loop, together with aluminum, copper and plastics, achieving a recycling rate of more than 90% over the long term. Source: Volkswagen.

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GreenTech Gazette

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The world is hungry for energy, and batteries are becoming increasingly important in meeting this demand. From powering our smartphones to electrifying our cars, batteries are essential to our modern lives. But as our energy needs grow, so does the demand for more powerful, longer-lasting, and safer batteries.

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Charged

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Battery recycler Li-Cycle has announced that its Alabama Spoke plant in Tuscaloosa has started commercial operations. The Alabama Spoke uses Li-Cycle’s patented technology to recycle and directly process full EV battery packs without any dismantling through a submerged shredding process that produces no wastewater.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

FREYR Battery has formed a joint venture with Koch Strategic Platforms (KSP) to develop an initial 50 GWh of battery cell manufacturing capacity in the US based on 24M Technologies ’ SemiSolid platform technology. The production platform enables capital and operating cost savings as well as expanded opportunities to recycle materials.

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Charged

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Dragonfly Energy, maker of Battle Born Batteries, in collaboration with battery recycling pioneer Aqua Metals , has reported a significant advance in its quest for sustainable lithium-ion battery production. Source: Dragonfly Energy

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Charged

OCTOBER 21, 2024

US-based battery recycling materials and management company Cirba Solutions has been selected to enter negotiations with the US Department of Energy for up to $200 million in funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the construction of its lithium-ion processing facility in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Redwood Materials , the battery materials firm founded by Tesla cofounder JB Straubel, has launched a battery recycling pilot in California that aims to “establish efficient, safe and effective recovery pathways for end-of-life hybrid and EV battery packs.” Source: Redwood Materials.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Battery recycling technology company Lithion has raised 125 million Canadian dollars ($99 million US) in a Series A funding round, and has granted construction and manufacturing firm IS Dongseo the exclusive right to use its lithium-ion battery recycling technology in the South Korean market.

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altenergymag

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The program’s focus is to demonstrate that battery grade metals can be manufactured from recycled materials at lower cost, lower environmental impact, and with higher domestic US sourced content than conventional virgin sourced metals.

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Charged

JANUARY 13, 2020

Swedish battery maker Northvolt is launching a new program, Revolt, that is devoted to recycling lithium-ion batteries. It plans to bring a pilot recycling plant online in Västerås, Sweden, in 2020, next to its existing manufacturing plant. It will serve as a platform for developing and validating the recycling?

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Here’s how Redwood Materials is putting recycling at the heart of the burgeoning battery belt. There’s a bit of a battery manufacturing boom going on. In 2021, battery manufacturing in the United States totaled approximately 55 gigawatt-hours’ worth of cells, or roughly enough batteries to produce 700,000 EVs.

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Charged

JANUARY 2, 2024

Toyota Motor North America is expanding its battery recycling network with Cirba Solutions, a battery recycling materials and management company. New automotive battery plant Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina (TBMNC) is also under construction and expected to open in 2025 with a $14-billion investment.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Swedish manufacturer Northvolt , which is partially owned by Volkswagen and BMW, announced that it has produced its first lithium-ion battery cell using 100% recycled nickel, manganese and cobalt. The recycling process can recover up to 95% of the metals in a battery to a level of purity on par with fresh virgin material.”.

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Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Aqua Metals has developed a novel battery recycling process. 6K Energy produces sustainable materials for lithium-ion batteries. The MOU includes a proposed supply agreement for recycled materials from Aqua Metals to meet the critical mineral needs of the 13,000-tonnes-per-year PlusCAM facility.

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Charged

MARCH 26, 2020

Finish utility company Fortum , German chemical company BASF , and Russian mining company Nornickel have signed a letter of intent to develop a battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland. The companies aim to promote the production and use of recycled raw materials in the EV battery market. Source: Fortum.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling venture founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, came out of stealth mode last year, and announced that it is recycling scrap from Panasonic’s battery cell production at Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada. Today, EVs account for less than 10% of Redwood’s recycling stock.

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Charged

APRIL 5, 2024

Afraid there won’t be enough recycling plants to recycle EV batteries when they start reaching end of life in large numbers? Encouraged by generous government incentives, companies have been investing heavily in battery plants. If a shortage of recyclable batteries develops, such companies could have the advantage.

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Charged

JULY 25, 2023

As numerous EV execs have told Charged in recent months, the “buy American” provisions of the IRA and BIL are driving massive investments in domestic mining and processing for EV battery raw materials. Now a similar gold rush appears to be gathering speed in the battery recycling field.

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Charged

AUGUST 4, 2021

Faraday Institution researchers working on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries at the Universities of Leicester and Birmingham have developed a new method to recover materials from end-of-life EV batteries. The new process uses ultrasonic waves to separate valuable material from the electrodes.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The use of recycled cathode material to make new batteries will be a key part of the circular battery supply chain, but is recycled material truly equivalent to the freshly-mined stuff? Battery manufacturer A123 Systems also participated. “In Meanwhile, its rate performance is 88.6%

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Last fall Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt announced that it had raised $600 million in equity to invest in capacity expansion, research and development, and large-scale recycling. Northvolt made the biggest deal in the battery space in 2020, but it was a huge year overall for the rapidly-growing sector.

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Charged

JULY 26, 2023

The authors of the endless articles warning of the environmental costs of battery raw materials are invariably “big fans” of EVs, but they’re naturally concerned that they may not be “as green as they claim.” As demand rises for battery raw materials, EV industry players are working to reduce the environmental costs of extraction.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BusinessGreen reports on the fast-evolving plans to establish a thriving EV battery recycling industry in the UK. Batteries are set to become even more ubiquitous than they are already. But what happens when these millions of batteries reach their end of life?

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Charged

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Now, true to Tesla’s original mission, his company, Redwood Materials , is tackling the critical task of building a global circular battery supply chain. Straubel founded Redwood Materials to deal with an unglamorous but absolutely essential aspect of electrification, one that few were paying attention to at the time.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 1, 2021

Creating a circular European battery industry Summary - Northvolt has partnered with Hydro to establish a first-of-its-kind battery recycling facility. The recycling plant will be established as a green field development, under a joint venture named Hydro Volt, and come online in 2021 in Fredrikstad, outside of Oslo.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Electric vehicle 78

Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 1, 2021

Creating a circular European battery industry Summary - Northvolt has partnered with Hydro to establish a first-of-its-kind battery recycling facility. The recycling plant will be established as a green field development, under a joint venture named Hydro Volt, and come online in 2021 in Fredrikstad, outside of Oslo.

Recycling 78

Recycling Recycling Batteries Electric vehicle 78

Charged

MAY 24, 2023

UK-based tech group Altilium Metals has produced cathode active materials (CAMs) recovered from end-of-life EV battery scrap. Altilium’s goal is to demonstrate that batteries produced with recycled materials can match the performance of those produced using virgin raw materials.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Less advertised around that time, the company unveiled details about its new modular vehicle platform and Ultium batteries , designed to lower EV prices and allow a 400-mile range fully charged. The company is an Ellen MacArthur Foundation partner, including in a collaboration with Veolia to close the loop on lithium-ion EV batteries.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

PHES still accounts for about 95% of all grid-scale storage, but that number has been falling in recent years as battery storage solutions have become more economical. In December 2017, the largest battery storage system to date was connected to the grid in South Australia. The Carbon Emission Footprint of Battery Storage.

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Charged

JANUARY 10, 2022

MIT Professor of Metallurgy Antoine Allanore and graduate student Caspar Stinn relied on a modified form of sulfidation to identify and separate 15 elements, including the cobalt in recycled lithium-ion batteries.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2022

Resource management company Veolia has unveiled plans to build a new recycling plant in the West Midlands that it claims will be capable of processing a fifth of the UK's end-of-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries in 2024.

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Charged

JULY 27, 2020

The BMW Group has signed a long-term battery cell supply contract worth 2 billion euros with Swedish supplier Northvolt. BMW is determined to keep its battery supply chain as green as possible. The Northvolt Ett plant will be powered entirely by renewable energy, and will have in-house recycling capacities.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Following my recent article – Lead-Acid Batteries Are On A Path To Extinction – I received an email from Battery Council International (BCI), the trade association for lead battery manufacturers, recyclers and suppliers. Indeed, it seems to me that the current trajectory is a path to extinction for lead-acid batteries.

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