Energy and Lithium - CleanTech Focus

Lithium Deficit Threatens EV Sales and Energy Transition

GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2022

This whitepaper provides S&P Global Commodity Insights' analysis of the global lithium deficit, threatening EV sales and could put the brakes on the energy transition. Lithium prices shot up by more than 500% in the past year due to the short global supply.

Lithium

Lithium Energy Energy Batteries

Breakthrough technology for lithium manufacture

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

For all of these reasons, continuous monitoring has long been the dream in lithium manufacture, so with successful trials at several plants, the industry is delighted that the dream has become reality. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global sales of new electric vehicles (EV) grew from 3 million in 2020 to 6.6

Energy Monitor

Energy Monitor Lithium Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring

Lithium battery industry presents opportunities for water treatment experts

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2022

Brine pools for lithium mining. The lithium battery economy, driven largely by the growing electrical vehicle market, presents opportunities for water and wastewater businesses across the value chain, according to a new report from BlueTech Research. Water reduction. Hard rock mining has a much lower water footprint than salar mining.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Recycling Recycling

This tech breakthrough could revolutionize lithium extraction

GreenBiz

APRIL 14, 2020

One huge potential benefit: reduced production costs for electric vehicle batteries.

Lithium

Lithium Electric vehicle Batteries Electricity

Toyota report grapples with energy storage challenge in logistics

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The need has emerged for solutions that allow energy to be stored in sufficient quantity to sustain a constant electricity supply and avoid the risk of power cuts. For example, batteries capable of very high capacity energy storage have a vital part to play in the UK’s future energy infrastructure. ”

Logistics

Logistics Energy Energy Batteries

Vulcan Energy reports progress on geothermal lithium operations in Germany

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.

Lithium

Lithium Energy Energy Europe

US DOE opens US$100 million call for non-lithium long-duration energy storage pilots

Energy Storage News

JULY 5, 2024

The US federal Department of Energy (DOE) will offer up to US$100 million for pilot-scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects utilising non-lithium technologies.

Lithium

Lithium Energy Energy Technology

Lithium-Ion’s Grip on Storage Faces Wave of Novel Technologies

BloombergNEF

JUNE 4, 2024

The domination of lithium-ion batteries in energy storage may soon be challenged by a group of novel technologies aimed at storing energy for very long hours. The post Lithium-Ion’s Grip on Storage Faces Wave of Novel Technologies appeared first on BloombergNEF.

Lithium

Lithium Technology Batteries Energy

Arizona utility SRP launches RFP for non-lithium long-duration energy storage

Energy Storage News

JULY 1, 2024

US utility company Salt River Project (SRP) has launched a request for proposals for non-lithium, long-duration energy storage (LDES) demonstration projects, targeting wider deployment during the early 2030s.

Lithium

Lithium Energy Energy Batteries

Pyrite, also known as fool's gold, may contain valuable lithium, a key element for green energy

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

APRIL 15, 2024

The technology revolution and development of new renewable energy resources is driving demand for lithium to new heights, but it is not a common mineral. Scientists say they have found lithium in an unexpected place; fool's gold, or pyrite, deposits.

Lithium

Lithium Energy Energy Demand

Scientists develop new electrolytes for low-temperature lithium metal batteries

TechXplore

JULY 2, 2024

Electric vehicles, large-scale energy storage, polar research and deep space exploration all have placed higher demands on the energy density and low-temperature performance of energy storage batteries.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Electric vehicle Demand

‘Emerging tech to challenge lithium-ion dominance’ in Australia’s long-duration energy storage sector

Energy Storage News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The Australian government’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources has indicated that lithium-ion batteries are poised to "dominate" stationary storage for durations under 4-hours, but alternative technologies could surpass them for long duration energy storage (LDES).

Lithium

Lithium Energy Energy Batteries

'Global China' is a big part of Latin America’s renewable energy boom, but homegrown industries are key

GreenBiz

JULY 26, 2023

Lithium, essential for EV batteries, could be South America’s white gold.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Energy Energy

Vast lithium reserves discovered in Arkansas, says USGS

Charged

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Researchers at the US Geological Survey (USGS) say they have located high concentrations of lithium brine in the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas. million metric tons) of lithium in Smackover Formation brine in southern Arkansas. Most of the world’s lithium is currently produced in Australia and South America.

Lithium

Lithium South America Resilience Waste

Wartsila’s Risto Paldanius on the pathways to 100% clean energy

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Wartsila’s Risto Paldanius on the pathways to 100% clean energy. Sarah Golden, senior energy analyst & VERGE energy chair at GreenBiz, interviewed Risto Paldanius, vice president of Wartsila Americas, during the VERGE 20 virtual event (October 26-30, 2020). This video is sponsored by Wartsila. taylor flores. Featured.

Energy

Energy Energy Lithium Waste

Metals Markets: Macroeconomic Challenges vs. Energy Transition Needs

GreenBiz

JUNE 27, 2024

Metals and minerals play a pivotal role in driving the energy transition efforts globally. From copper and lithium to nickel and cobalt, these essential resources are powering the development of solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries, plus alloys such as steel form the backbone of infrastructure.

Lithium

Lithium Energy Energy Batteries

Just add water: Researchers extend lithium metal battery lifespan by 750%

TechXplore

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Lithium metal, a next-generation anode material, has been highlighted for overcoming the performance limitations of commercial batteries. However, issues inherent to lithium metal have caused shortened battery lifespans and increased fire risks.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Energy Energy

General Motors to invest $625 million in new Lithium Americas JV

Charged

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

General Motors (GM) has entered into a new investment agreement with Lithium Americas to establish a joint venture (JV) to fund, develop, construct and operate the Thacker Pass lithium carbonate project in Humboldt County, Nevada. billion US Department of Energy (DOE) loan announced earlier this year.

Lithium

Lithium Investment Construction Resilience

A new high-concentration solid polymer electrolyte for high-voltage lithium-metal batteries

TechXplore

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Lithium-metal batteries, which contain anodes based on metallic lithium, are promising rechargeable batteries that could help to meet the growing demands of the electronics industry. These batteries have various advantages, including high energy density and fast charging times.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Demand Energy

UK unveils LDES support plan: cap-and-floor, 6-hour-plus duration, and lithium-ion excluded

Energy Storage News

JANUARY 10, 2024

The UK government has launched its consultation on its proposals for kickstarting investment into long-duration energy storage (LDES), which includes a cap-and-floor mechanism and excluding lithium-ion from being eligible.

Lithium

Lithium Government Investment Energy

An ultralow-concentration electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries

TechXplore

APRIL 22, 2024

Lithium salts make batteries powerful but expensive. An ultralow-concentration electrolyte based on the lithium salt LiDFOB may be a more economical and more sustainable alternative.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Recycling Recycling

Lithium-Ion Batteries are set to Face Competition from Novel Tech for Long-Duration Storage: BloombergNEF Research

BloombergNEF

MAY 30, 2024

Study shows that long-duration energy storage technologies are now mature enough to understand costs as deployment gets under way New York/San Francisco, May 30, 2024 – Long-duration energy storage, or LDES, is rapidly garnering interest worldwide as the day it will out-compete lithium-ion batteries in some markets approaches and as decarbonization (..)

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Technology Energy

Chart: Lithium-ion battery prices are falling again

Canary Media

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. After a brief hiatus, lithium-ion battery prices are back to their regularly scheduled nosedive. Throughout the 2010s, batteries got cheaper and cheaper, cheering the businesses and climate…

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Energy Energy

Ultra-thin lithium strips show great promise as anode material for enhanced lithium ion batteries

TechXplore

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A research team led by scientists from Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, has used the Australian Synchrotron in developing a novel strategy for the scalable production of high-performance, thin, and free-standing lithium anodes for lithium-ion batteries with enhanced cycling stability and electrochemical properties.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Energy Energy

Boston-based Pure Lithium acquires cathode materials provider Dimien

Charged

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Boston-based lithium metal battery technology company Pure Lithium has acquired the assets of private US vanadium cathode materials company Dimien. The purchase aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of Pure Lithium’s lithium metal vanadium (LVO) battery. Source: Pure Lithium Source: Pure Lithium

Lithium

Lithium North America Batteries Technology

SLB makes breakthrough in sustainable lithium production demo

Charged

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Oilfield services company SLB (aka Schlumberger), has proven its lithium production process at scale at its demonstration plant in Clayton Valley, Nevada. Verified results confirm 96% recovery of lithium from brine at operational rates. Source: SLB

Lithium

Lithium Sustainability Carbon Technology

Lithium miner switches on Australia’s biggest off-grid hybrid renewables system

Renew Economy

JUNE 11, 2024

A 95MW off-grid system comprised mostly of wind, solar and battery power switched on to power new lithium mine. The post Lithium miner switches on Australia’s biggest off-grid hybrid renewables system appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Energy Energy

Making batteries takes lots of lithium: Almost half of it could come from Pennsylvania wastewater

TechXplore

MAY 10, 2024

Most batteries used in technology like smartwatches and electric cars are made with lithium that travels across the world before even getting to manufacturers. But what if nearly half of the lithium used in the U.S. could come from Pennsylvania wastewater?

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Technology Electricity

Sylvatex secures $1.4 million from DOE to develop lithium iron phosphate technology

Charged

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

million in total project funding from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The original award included $500,000 of funding under the TINA Topic W, or Supporting Entrepreneurial Energy Discoveries (SEED), program. Source: Sylvatex

Lithium

Lithium Technology Batteries Waste

Lithium-ion batteries have a forever chemical problem

The Verge: Energy

JULY 9, 2024

Photo by Jens Büttner / picture alliance via Getty Images Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in everyday gadgets, electric vehicles, and to store renewable energy could be a growing source of the “forever chemicals” that pollute soil and waterways, new research suggests.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Soil Pollution

Machine learning method for early fault detection could make lithium-ion batteries safer

TechXplore

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The safe use of lithium-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles and stationary energy storage systems, critically depends on condition monitoring and early fault detection. Failures in individual battery cells can lead to serious issues, including fires.

Energy Monitor

Energy Monitor Lithium Batteries Electric vehicle

Australian battery developer says its new lithium sulfur chemistry passes nail stab test, without exploding

Renew Economy

APRIL 30, 2024

The Victoria battery maker has posted a video showing what happens to its cells versus what happens to an equivalent lithium ion version when penetrated with a nail. The post Australian battery developer says its new lithium sulfur chemistry passes nail stab test, without exploding appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Energy Energy

Ioneer receives federal permit for its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada

Charged

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Emerging lithium-boron producer Ioneer has received the final permit approval for its Rhyolite Ridge project from the US Bureau of Land Management.

Lithium

Lithium Construction Batteries Carbon

SMU research team extends lithium-sulfur battery life

Charged

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Researchers at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Texas have found a way to expand the lifespan of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. That means it can preserve a much higher amount of electrical energy.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Transportation Sustainability

Using AI to develop a battery that uses less lithium

TechXplore

JANUARY 17, 2024

A team of AI researchers at Microsoft working with colleagues from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has used AI to develop a battery that uses less lithium. Together, they have published a paper describing their work on the arXiv preprint server.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Energy Energy

H2020 SOLiDIFY consortium produces prototype solid-state lithium battery

Charged

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The H2020 SOLiDIFY consortium, coordinated by Belgian research organization Imec , has developed a lithium-metal solid-state battery with high energy density. The cell has an energy density of 1,070 Wh/L, which is above the maximum of 800 Wh/L for lithium-ion technologies, according to Imec. Source: Imec

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Technology Organic

Extending the lifespan of lithium-metal batteries using a fluorinated ether diluent

TechXplore

MAY 24, 2024

Lithium (Li) batteries are the most widely used rechargeable batteries worldwide. The design of battery technologies with increasingly longer lifespans could help to meet the growing needs of the electronics and automotive industry.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Automotive Technology

London sees 60 percent spike in e-bike fires

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2023

In response, the London Fire Brigade has started the #ChargeSafe campaign, to alert people to the potential dangers of the bikes’ lithium-ion batteries, if they are of a poor quality and safety measures are not taken. These dangers are also present in electric car batteries.

Energy Monitor

Energy Monitor Lithium Health Batteries

Lithium-ion battery pack prices fall 20% in 2024 amidst ‘fight for market share’

Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Global average lithium-ion battery prices have fallen 20% to US$115 per kWh this year, going below US$100 for electric vehicles (EVs), BloombergNEF said.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Electric vehicle Electricity

Dormant capacity reserve in lithium-ion batteries detected

TechXplore

AUGUST 21, 2024

Lithium iron phosphate is one of the most important materials for batteries in electric cars, stationary energy storage systems and tools. Energy density is also making progress. It has a long service life, is comparatively inexpensive and does not tend to spontaneously combust.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Electricity Energy

Lithium composite material enhances performance and safety of next-gen lithium rechargeable batteries

TechXplore

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Amid the global pursuit of next-generation secondary battery solutions to replace current lithium-ion technology, Korean researchers have pioneered a lithium composite material that dramatically enhances both safety and lifespan, achieving over three times longer durability compared to existing materials.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Technology Energy

Upcycling of materials should be the priority for EV batteries

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

DRX materials are seen as a promising alternative to the regular layered structure of conventional cathode materials, as they increase the capacity of the cathode, allowing development of higher energy density rechargable Lithium ion batteries.

Upcycling

Upcycling Batteries Recycling Recycling

Adding thin layer of tin prevents short-circuiting in lithium-ion batteries

TechXplore

JULY 31, 2024

Lithium-ion batteries have a lot of advantages. They charge quickly, have a high energy density, and can be repeatedly charged and discharged.

Lithium

Lithium Batteries Energy Energy

Extracting metals from end-of-life EV batteries: CO2-based solution is potential game changer

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A new technique offers a less energy-intensive way to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, and uses carbon dioxide for the process rather than the high temperatures or corrosive and hazardous chemicals traditionally associated with this activity.

Batteries

Batteries Lithium Recycling Recycling

Lithium Deficit Threatens EV Sales and Energy Transition

Breakthrough technology for lithium manufacture

Trending Sources

Lithium battery industry presents opportunities for water treatment experts

This tech breakthrough could revolutionize lithium extraction

Toyota report grapples with energy storage challenge in logistics

Vulcan Energy reports progress on geothermal lithium operations in Germany

US DOE opens US$100 million call for non-lithium long-duration energy storage pilots

Lithium-Ion’s Grip on Storage Faces Wave of Novel Technologies

Arizona utility SRP launches RFP for non-lithium long-duration energy storage

Pyrite, also known as fool's gold, may contain valuable lithium, a key element for green energy

Scientists develop new electrolytes for low-temperature lithium metal batteries

‘Emerging tech to challenge lithium-ion dominance’ in Australia’s long-duration energy storage sector

'Global China' is a big part of Latin America’s renewable energy boom, but homegrown industries are key

Vast lithium reserves discovered in Arkansas, says USGS

Wartsila’s Risto Paldanius on the pathways to 100% clean energy

Metals Markets: Macroeconomic Challenges vs. Energy Transition Needs

Just add water: Researchers extend lithium metal battery lifespan by 750%

General Motors to invest $625 million in new Lithium Americas JV

A new high-concentration solid polymer electrolyte for high-voltage lithium-metal batteries

UK unveils LDES support plan: cap-and-floor, 6-hour-plus duration, and lithium-ion excluded

An ultralow-concentration electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries

Lithium-Ion Batteries are set to Face Competition from Novel Tech for Long-Duration Storage: BloombergNEF Research

Chart: Lithium-ion battery prices are falling again

Ultra-thin lithium strips show great promise as anode material for enhanced lithium ion batteries

Boston-based Pure Lithium acquires cathode materials provider Dimien

SLB makes breakthrough in sustainable lithium production demo

Lithium miner switches on Australia’s biggest off-grid hybrid renewables system

Making batteries takes lots of lithium: Almost half of it could come from Pennsylvania wastewater

Sylvatex secures $1.4 million from DOE to develop lithium iron phosphate technology

Lithium-ion batteries have a forever chemical problem

Machine learning method for early fault detection could make lithium-ion batteries safer

Australian battery developer says its new lithium sulfur chemistry passes nail stab test, without exploding

Ioneer receives federal permit for its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada

SMU research team extends lithium-sulfur battery life

Using AI to develop a battery that uses less lithium

H2020 SOLiDIFY consortium produces prototype solid-state lithium battery

Extending the lifespan of lithium-metal batteries using a fluorinated ether diluent

London sees 60 percent spike in e-bike fires

Lithium-ion battery pack prices fall 20% in 2024 amidst ‘fight for market share’

Dormant capacity reserve in lithium-ion batteries detected

Lithium composite material enhances performance and safety of next-gen lithium rechargeable batteries

Upcycling of materials should be the priority for EV batteries

Adding thin layer of tin prevents short-circuiting in lithium-ion batteries

Extracting metals from end-of-life EV batteries: CO2-based solution is potential game changer

Stay Connected