Energy Storage News

APRIL 2, 2024

Big investments are being made into the battery recycling sector in Europe as the continent looks to increase the domestic supply of critical materials for its lithium-ion gigafactory projects.

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TechXplore

JULY 2, 2024

Norwegian battery recycling firm Hydrovolt said Tuesday that it will expand internationally by opening a facility in France, boosting a nascent hub for producing electric vehicle batteries.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

million grant from the U S Department of Energy to help improve the nation’s EV battery recycling ecosystem. Tennessee Tech University’s project aims to develop a mobile preprocessing hub that can be taken to local collection sites, allowing EV owners to have batteries safely disassembled and shredded on-site.

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MARCH 31, 2025

US-based supplier of remanufactured battery packs for EVs, re/cell has introduced lithium-ion blocks using recycled cells from Tesla battery packs. The company has released a reference battery architecture for heavy payload drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). ” Source: re/cell

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries. The method allows recovery of 100% of the aluminum and 98% of the lithium in electric car batteries.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sponsored: A global leader in EV battery innovation and manufacturing, Panasonic is tackling the climate crisis on a global scale, with recycling and supply chain localization at its core.

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JANUARY 12, 2025

Ace Green Recycling , a provider of sustainable battery recycling technology, has secured a site in Mundra, Gujarat, to build what it says will be Indias largest battery recycling facility. Ace plans to establish 10,000 metric tons per year of LFP battery recycling capacity in India by 2026.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

For example, batteries capable of very high capacity energy storage have a vital part to play in the UK’s future energy infrastructure. Potentially, say the authors, batteries may have to be able to store enough energy to run entire industrial sites or to power cities or large urban conurbations. ” .” ”

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Shops that sell large volumes of batteries have to provide a battery recycling collection. A survey ¹ carried out on behalf of Zero Waste Scotland has revealed that 25% of people who responded admitted they disposed of batteries in the general household bin.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 20, 2023

University of Birmingham researchers have announced a new approach for recycling the highest value component of end-of-life electric car batteries, the battery cathode, that is less energy-intensive and uses less hazardous chemicals than current recycling methods.

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TechXplore

JULY 9, 2024

Rechargeable solid-state lithium batteries are an emerging technology that could someday power cell phones and laptops for days with a single charge.

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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Tozero, a Munich-based startup that recovers valuable raw materials from recycled lithium-ion batteries, is gearing up to scale. Currently, Tozero’s pilot plant processes nine tonnes of lithium-ion battery […] © 2024 TechCrunch. first-of-a-kind or FOAK) plant.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

UK-based clean technology group Altilium has launched a new online platform that offers businesses a way to sell spent EV batteries. Altilium’s Recell.store provides an online interface for UK businesses looking to sell used batteries for recycling or second-life applications. Source: Altilium

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JANUARY 31, 2025

US battery recycling technology firms Redivivus and Re-New-Able Technologies have partnered to establish a scalable lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Illinois. Re-New-Able is leading the project, using Redivivus’s Redi-Shred recycling technology. ” Source: Redivivus .

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

New research carried out by Imperial College London indicates that recycled EV battery materials produced by UK-based Altilium can match the performance of mined materials. This can potentially deliver improvements in battery performance, including longer battery life, faster charging times and lower costs.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

Better batteries will get us to an electrified future. The mass adoption of electric vehicles — and, well, electric everything — will rely heavily on cheap, dependable batteries. While the cost of lithium-ion batteries has dropped dramatically , the technology still leaves something to be desired. Mike De Socio.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 28, 2022

Five- to tenfold growth is expected in the global lithium battery market over the next decade as people shift to electric vehicles, but already lithium supplies are tight.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A new corps of startups have different methods, but the same goal: Avoid the environmental and human impacts of lithium mining.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries. This week, I've been thinking a lot about electric vehicle batteries and the massive potential for battery recycling and reuse. The industry needs to make the process of EV battery production, use, reuse and recycling much more efficient.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

University of Leicester scientists have developed a technique for sustainably extracting valuable metals from a waste product of used batteries with a mix of water and cooking oil.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Researchers at Monash University have developed a new lithium-sulfur battery design with a nanoporous polymer-coated lithium foil anode that reduces the amount of lithium required in a single battery.

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TechXplore

APRIL 22, 2024

Lithium salts make batteries powerful but expensive. In addition, the electrolyte could facilitate both production and recycling of the batteries. An ultralow-concentration electrolyte based on the lithium salt LiDFOB may be a more economical and more sustainable alternative.

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TechXplore

JUNE 24, 2024

Their conclusion is that 11 mines and 57 fewer recycling plants could be needed. 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.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process could provide a viable pathway for the sustainable recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): No chemicals beyond citric acid need to be added to leach out and separate over 99% of the lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese metals contained in NCM batteries.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In the cradle of France's atomic program, researchers are using their nuclear know-how for a key project in the country's energy transition: recycling the raw materials in old electric car batteries, solar panels and wind turbines.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 12, 2024

The forthcoming introduction of the European Union (EU) Battery Passport could result in a 2-10% reduction in procurement costs, according to the consortium tasked with its implementation.

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MARCH 21, 2025

US battery technology company Pure Lithium has been awarded funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE)s Vehicle Technology Office to scale production of lithium metal anodes from recycled lithium metal, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).

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Charged

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Continued EV adoption hinges on several key factors: reducing costs, building a robust charging infrastructure, and designing efficient, durable battery packs with longer-range and fast-charging capabilities. However, these changes can affect structural support and complicate battery replacement, disassembly, and recycling.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2024

To reach Net Zero, manufacturing more products in the UK that contain recycled content, and ensuring that they are reprocessed domestically, will be crucial. The aluminium recycling process requires only 5-10 percent of the energy needed to produce the primary metal, resulting in significant carbon emissions savings.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Demand for valuable metals needed in batteries is poised to grow over the coming decades in step with the growth of clean energy technologies, and the best place to source them may be by recycling spent batteries.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

German start-up Circunomics, which is developing a battery lifecycle management system, closed an 8-million Series A financing round in December 2024. The company promotes the circular economy for lithium-ion batteries by “advancing internationalization and developing new digital services.” ” Source: Circunomics .

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TechXplore

AUGUST 27, 2024

Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, in cell phones, computers, electric vehicles, and even toys, to name only a few places. They have become an integral part of our everyday lives.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Mercedes-Benz inaugurated Monday a plant for recycling electric vehicle batteries in Germany, with the luxury carmaker's boss hailing a "key milestone" in boosting the sector's sustainability.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2022

As we enter the warmer months, waste and recycling sites are increasingly vulnerable to fire. Such risks are amplified by the presence of batteries in waste streams and in the vehicles and machinery used on waste sites. Batteries, however, are an increasingly common presence, found in items such as children’s toys and mobile phones.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A new study highlights potential pathways to significantly increase waste collection and plastic recycling rates globally. These countries have plastic recycling rates of up to 10 per cent. Examples of countries include Kenya, Iraq and Congo. Examples of countries include Indonesia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

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Charged

MARCH 24, 2025

Eleven companies will jointly present their battery cell production project, demonstrating a model production process to scale and optimize robot-assisted production of EV battery cells and packs. These drive systems enable the precise and reliable transportation of raw materials and finished products within the production line.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2020

Some batteries designed for transportation applications may have the opportunity to be recovered and reused for another purpose before even reaching the stage of recycling.

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