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

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Charged

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Canadian province of Alberta, currently the country’s top producer of petroleum, could soon be producing substantial quantities of lithium. E3 Lithium sampled brine in the Nisku from six well locations in its Clearwater Project Area, and found lithium concentrations as high as 87 mg/L. Source: E3 Lithium

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A team of engineers at Nanjing University, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a new way to extract lithium from briny water.

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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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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

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BloombergNEF

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The post New Lithium Battery Technology Set to Disrupt Storage Market appeared first on BloombergNEF. Competition among automakers and battery manufacturers is driving innovations in batteries for lower cost and better performance.

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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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FuelCellsWorks

JUNE 4, 2024

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom– Green Lithium Refining Limited (Green Lithium) is pleased to announce that it is backing EDF’s Tees Green Hydrogen project regarding the supply of hydrogen to its large-scale lithium.

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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.

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Charged

APRIL 26, 2024

A team from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology has used a formic acid-hydrogen peroxide system for selective leaching of lithium ions from spent lithium iron phosphate batteries. Under these conditions, the extent of lithium leaching reaches 99.9%, while iron leaching is only 0.05%. Source: Green Car Congress

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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.

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TechXplore

JULY 2, 2024

In recent years, lithium metal batteries with a high specific capacity of lithium metal anode have become one of the most promising high energy density batteries.

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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.

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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.

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Charged

AUGUST 9, 2024

Modular industrial plant design company JordProxa, headquartered in Australia, and lithium brinefield technology provider Zelandez, based in Argentina, have signed a partnership to rapidly increase the supply of lithium from North and South American lithium brine mining companies. Source: Zelandez

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TechXplore

AUGUST 21, 2024

A new technology can extract lithium from brines at an estimated cost of under 40% that of today's dominant extraction method, and at just a fourth of lithium's current market price.

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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).

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JULY 1, 2024

The Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) of Italy recently held a conference and strategic workshop that focused on the market for lithium extraction from geothermal brine. Lithium extraction can maximize the use of geothermal resources and provide, for example, essential lithium for batteries in the automotive industry.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Canadian lithium producer Century Lithium has added a lithium carbonate stage at its Lithium Extraction Facility, a pilot plant in Amargosa Valley, Nevada, which is part of the company’s wholly-owned Angel Island Mine project. Source: Century Lithium

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JUNE 24, 2024

Lithium Australia’s subsidiary Envirostream Australia has signed an exclusive agreement with Volvo Group Australia’s bus division to recycle end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from its electric and hybrid fleet. Source: Lithium Australia

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Charged

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Supplemental funding of $982,000 for an additional two-year project will allow SVX to continue the development of competitive, domestically produced battery-grade LFP materials and support new domestic lithium-ion battery (LIB) manufacturing.

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 15, 2024

Neptune Energy Germany GmbH (Neptune Energy) has been awarded by the State Office for Geology and Mining the mining permits for lithium and geothermal energy in Altmark in the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. With this development, the company now plans to start the feasibility test for lithium extraction before the end of this year.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

General Motors and Lithium Americas plan to jointly invest in the development of the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which the companies call “the largest known source of lithium in the US.” GM plans to use lithium carbonate from Thacker Pass in its proprietary Ultium battery cells.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 24, 2024

LevertonHELM and EnBW have reported the successful production of lithium carbonate with a >99.95% purity from the extraction of lithium chloride from geothermal waters at the Bruchsal geothermal power plant in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Lithium plays a crucial role in the expansion of electromobility and renewable energies.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 20, 2024

For October 2024 witnessed an unprecedented surge in demand for lithium-ion batteries. Consequently, the mining industry scrambles to meet this insatiable appetite for “white gold” (lithium) and. These power sources fuel our smartphones, laptops, and a rapidly growing fleet of electric vehicles (EVs).

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Charged

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Piedmont Lithium has been selected to receive a $141.7-million The funding will support the construction of Piedmont’s Tennessee Lithium project, which has a budget of approximately $600 million and a goal of establishing lithium hydroxide production capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year. Source: Piedmont Lithium.

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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?

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 30, 2024

Overview The global production of lithium has seen remarkable growth, rising from 9.5 This growth reflects a surge in demand driven by lithium’s essential role in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage. Global Lithium Production 1995 to 2023. The World’s Top Lithium Producers. of the world’s total.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Next-generation electric vehicles could run on lithium metal batteries that go 500 to 700 miles on a single charge, twice the range of conventional lithium-ion batteries in EVs today.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Vanessa Peterson, used neutron scattering techniques to understand the formation of harmful lithium structures in rechargeable lithium ion batteries (LIBs). In a recent study published in Advanced Energy Materials, a team of ANSTO scientists, led by Prof.

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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.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Lithium de France , a subsidiary of Arverne Group , has announced the completion of 3D seismic exploration campaigns in the region of North Alsace in France. The data collected in these campaigns will provide valuable subsurface information that will aid the company’s planned geothermal heat and lithium production projects.

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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.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This is a project that aims to develop direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology using the “lithium ion pump” process that will be applied initially to geothermal brine from the Upper Rhine Graben region in Germany. This enables a concentrated lithium chloride solution of high purity to be obtained.

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 29, 2024

(CTR) has broken ground on the construction of an integrated geothermal power plant and lithium production facility at the Salton Sea in California. This is the first of seven project stages building towards a multi-billion-dollar clean energy precinct, the “Lithium Valley Campus.” ” The 1.85-billion-dollar

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