In order to fulfill its promise of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as part of the country’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, Bangladesh is on the way to setting up a lithium battery production plant with an annual capacity of 1 gigawatt. Simultaneously, several electric vehicle manufacturing projects are in line as well. Business insiders believe these moves might change the energy landscape of the country.

Mongabay

Bangladesh to produce lithium batteries, electric vehicles to cut emissions

Battery | Li-ion Battery

In August 2021, the government published its UK Hydrogen Strategy which mapped out plans to achieve its hydrogen production ambition of 5GW per year by 2030. Less than a year later, it doubled this target to 10GW, with at least half of this from electrolytic hydrogen (green hydrogen)

Energy Voice

What the UK green hydrogen market can learn from battery storage

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Global awarded the multi-utility contract for Amaala this week. In addition to a 250MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, the contract includes renewable energy-powered water desalination and wastewater treatment plants to cater to the development

MEED

Region turns into battery storage hotspot

Carmaker Stellantis aims to expand its battery building capacity to 400 GWh to support growing production of electric vehicles, its head of global propulsion systems said on Friday

Reuters

Stellantis plans to expand battery capacity to 400 GWh

The Wending 320Ah energy storage battery represents the latest addition to REPT’s energy storage series, boasting four key advantages: impressive capacity, extended cycle life, exceptional compatibility, and cost-effectiveness. 

Energy Trend

320aH energy storage battery will be put into mass production in October this year

Developer NGEN Smart Grid Systems has completed a 10.3MW/20.6MWh standalone battery storage project in Austria, the largest in the country, it claimed.

Energy Storage News

Austria’s largest BESS project complete

The automaker, formerly known as Jaguar Land Rover, is working with Wykes Engineering, a manufacturer of renewable energy products, to develop one of the largest energy storage systems in the U.K. to harness solar and wind power using old I-Pace batteries

TechCrunch

Second-life Jaguar I-Pace batteries to power energy storage systems 

SSE Renewables has launched a new 150MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project at Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire, in a bid to strengthen the UK's grid storage capabilities in line with its net-zero strategy

edie

SSE Renewables launches 150MW battery storage project

SSE Renewables has launched a new 150MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project at Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire, in a bid to strengthen the UK's grid storage capabilities in line with its net-zero strategy.

The futures prices of European natural gas experienced a significant surge on August 9th, marked by intraday trading prices that soared by 40%. By the trading closing on the same day, Dutch TTF natural gas futures for September delivery exhibited a noteworthy increase, settling at €39.8/MWh, reflecting a remarkable 28% uptick from the closing price observed on the preceding trading day.

The futures prices of European natural gas surge, boosting the local demand for household energy storage

Ample capacity and favourable customs rules prompt European industry to shift natural supplies.

Financial Times

EU raises Ukrainian gas storage to ease winter shortage

Two of humanity's most ubiquitous historical materials, cement and carbon black (which resembles very fine charcoal), may form the basis for a novel, low-cost energy storage system, according to a new study. The technology could facilitate the use of renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and tidal power by allowing energy networks to remain stable despite fluctuations in renewable energy supply.

Tech Xplore

Engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient materials

Alfa Laval has entered into a strategic joint venture agreement with Aalborg CSP, a concentrated solar power technology company, and will join forces on the development of Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) solutions

Yahoo Finance

Alfa Laval in new partnership on energy storage

California and other states have accelerated adoption of electric-truck fleets, while grid upgrades needed for charging could take years

The Wall Street Journal

Electric big rigs hit the streets, but chargers are scarce

Developer Serentica Renewables has signed an offtake deal for 1.5GWh of pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) in two Indian states with its counterpart Greenko Group.

India’s Greenko and Serentica in pumped hydro-enabled 1.5GWh renewable energy deal

Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice, has been hailed as a “wonder material” since its discovery in 2004

EnergyPortal.eu

The rise of graphene: disrupting the energy storage landscape

China's dual carbon goal and targeted policies have provided strong tailwinds, enabling the country's energy storage businesses to thrive amid the rapidly evolving market competition

China Daily

China's dual carbon goal propels thriving energy storage sector

Con Edison President Matthew Ketschke reported that his company will place the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) in New York City in service just in time to help meet summer electricity demand peaks.

POWER Magazine

New York City’s Largest Battery Energy Storage System Nears Completion

The value of electricity has increased dramatically as a product of the global energy challenge—and this trend is unlikely to diminish. Energy providers are actively seeking ways to reduce their reliance on natural gas while also avoiding curtailment of energy from renewables.



The Global Energy Challenge Makes a Strong Case for Battery Energy Storage

Senegal and Mauritania have been making efforts to diversify their energy mix and increase their share of renewable energy sources.

Energy Capital & Power

Creating a Sustainable Energy Supply in West Africa Using Gas, Renewables

Efficient energy storage technology is needed to overcome fluctuations in renewable energy supply and decrease our reliance on fossil fuels. Here are some of the most promising technologies in the industry today

Impakter

What Are the Most Promising Energy Storage Technologies?

Battery | Energy Storage

Ford Motor Co. said the transition to electric cars will suffer should the UK follow through on delaying a ban on sales of petrol and diesel cars

Bloomberg

Ford says UK weighing petrol-car ban delay risks EV transition

The brainchild of French entrepreneur Adrien Lelièvre, the Pi-Pop e-bike uses a supercapacitor to store energy rather than rely on batteries

Euronews

This French company has designed the first e-bike that doesn’t need a battery

Labor leaders worry that some federal incentives for renewable energy do not come with strict standards on pay. In Maine, they added their own

The New York Times

Unions fight in the States to make Biden’s climate agenda work for workers

It’s now possible to garner vast amounts of electricity from wind and solar power. However, the challenge lies in finding effective renewable energy solutions for storage. As described in a PBS NOVA1 article, Form Energy’s Yet-Ming Chang explains that electricity is basically just electrons flowing between atoms - “the ultimate perishable commodity” because if you don’t use it or store it, it’s lost

Electropages

How rust air batteries are transforming green energy storage

CNGR Advanced Material Co., a Chinese maker of battery components, is joining forces with African private investment fund Al Mada to build an industrial base in Morocco

Chinese battery-parts maker, African fund plan $2 billion venture in Morocco

Over the last few years a “just transition” to electronic vehicles has become a buzzword among the corporate elite and UAW bureaucracy

World Socialist Web Site

The lie of a “just transition” under capitalism: EVs, critical minerals and the exploitation of the working class

Electric vehicles, renewable energy, alternatives to plastic and meat, carbon removal and storage, artificial intelligence-powered monitoring tools – the list of sustainability and clean tech areas that start-ups are innovating in is expanding rapidly. 



The Economist

What makes the best conditions for sustainability start-ups?

Fires sparked from lithium-ion batteries found in popular items like e-bikes, e-scooters and electric vehicles are on the rise - with two cars bursting into flames on the same day this week

Daily Mail Online

Electric vehicle fires: the little-known but terrifying reality about EV batteries

A team of researchers from Australia and China have found a way to make batteries safer and more efficient by using water and organic molecules

Interesting Engineering

A new battery tech that is safe, efficient, and non-toxic

The boom in solar power and electric vehicles this year is smashing the forecasts of the most bullish analysts, giving hope they are on the net-zero path the world needs. If only the same could be said of other forms of clean energy

The Washington Post

The rise of solar and batteries is upending our renewable future

The UK is facing a dilemma: should it fight the rising imports of Chinese electric cars with big new tariffs, in the same way the EU has threatened to do this week? Or should it allow them to continue? 



Chinese electric cars will reduce UK emissions but what about rivals here?

The cacophony of small-vehicle engines and horns is one of the most recognisable noises in traffic-choked cities across Asia. Soon that trademark roar may be a thing of the past, even if the horns remain. A wave of cross-border ventures for electric two- and three-wheelers, and the infrastructure required to power them, is rippling across the continent

Electric two-wheelers are creating a buzz in Asia

Energy system models fail to accurately represent energy storage and might recommend decarbonization strategies that make electric grids less reliable

A call for better energy system models to enable a decarbonized future

To Ilan Mandel, a Cornell robotics researcher and builder, the math didn't add up. How could a new, off-the-shelf hoverboard cost less than the parts that compose it?

'Garbatrage' spins e-waste into prototyping gold

A lot of bright minds are working on solutions to climate change. Tongchao Liu of Argonne National Lab is working on making batteries last longer

MIT Technology Review

Meet the climate innovators of tomorrow

The EU has announced an anti-subsidy probe into China’s electric car industry in an attempt to shield European manufacturers before they are priced out by Chinese rivals

EU moves against China’s electric-car makers in bid to shield own industry

Javier Rodríguez Soler, Head of Sustainability and Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) at BBVA, highlights in this article, published by EUROFI, the importance of the transition towards a greener and more inclusive economy in Europe.



BBVA

Enabling clean-tech investment for a greener, more inclusive and secure Europe

Researchers have invented a new battery that they claim could have profound implications for the future of energy storage and renewable technologies

The Independent

New invention could herald ‘battery revolution’, scientists say

As co-founder and CEO of cleantech firm Green Li-ion, Leon Farrant leads the company’s efforts in helping businesses recycle spent lithium-ion batteries and turn them into battery-grade cathode material that can be used in producing new batteries. He has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience over the past 15 years working in the energy and services sectors

Tech in Asia

Waste not, want not: This startup helps companies recycle batteries

Battery | Battery Tech

Innovation News Network takes a look at the role of nickel within the renewable energy revolution and explores how the industry is working to mitigate its environmental impact

Innovation News Network

The role of nickel in the renewable energy revolution

Electric vehicles, you might have heard, have a mineral problem. Beneath the floor of an EV sits a 900-pound battery filled with minerals extracted from around the world. Millions of tons of lithium, cobalt, bauxite and other minerals are mined, processed, shipped and refined — sometimes leaving a trail of human rights and environmental abuses

Are electric cars really better for the environment?

Hungary is going all in to become one of the world’s biggest suppliers for EVs, and Viktor Orban won’t let anything get in the way

The mission to create Europe’s battery hub, whatever the cost

Cheap Chinese solar panels crushed European companies, but the lessons from that saga don’t apply to the auto industry’s China problems

Europe's battle against Chinese EVs isn't a repeat of 2000s solar flood

Major 57MW/117MWh grid-scale battery project becomes the latest energy storage project to add to burgeoning UK pipeline. EDF Renewables is celebrating securing planning permission to build a 57MW/117MWh grid-scale battery project in Braintree, Essex

Business Green

'Summer of storage': EDF Renewables celebrates planning approval for Braintree battery project

Lucrative tax incentives have fueled a surge in solar panels but failed to boost wind power, data from a new project show

Biden’s climate law is reshaping private investment in the United States

Global chemical producer BASF has teamed up with companies in the US to make lithium-ion cells with recycled materials, a press release said. The approach is expected to reduce the carbon footprint of batteries by as much as 25 percent

Lithium batteries will now be made using recycled components

The real challenge for makers of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is not looks or room or performance. It is the batteries

Independent.ie

The race is now on to slash costly battery weight in EVs

Battery | Battery Metals

While the auto and greater mobility industry races to build more factories to produce batteries to power their growing portfolio of electric vehicles, there's growing concern over sometimes fatal fires ignited by those batteries due to manufacturing flaws.

Forbes

Liminal’s EV battery inspection tech could prevent fires, attracts ‘battery czar’ as advisor

Tokyo-based materials company Proterial recently announced a method for shaving more than 20% off the harmful carbon pollution made by processing nickel-based material for lithium-ion batteries. 

Yahoo News

This company wants to totally overhaul lithium-ion battery production — and its new process could change the market

Currently, zinc-air batteries have energy densities more than three times higher than lithium-ion batteries, but advancements are required to match their specific energy and voltage levels.

Innovation Origins

Groundbreaking leap in zinc-air battery technology

The global battle to reshape the lithium industry is sucking in oil producers, tech startups and entrenched mining giants, each jockeying to be the first to reinvent how a metal key to the green energy transition is produced.

Inside the race to remake lithium extraction for EV batteries

EV owners can now optimise their charging during times when the grid is at its cleanest with a new charging product from New Zealand company Evnex.



The Driven

New charger enables EV owners to fill car battery when grid is at its cleanest

Ghana plans to process its first lithium locally to ensure it maximizes its revenue from the metal, a key component of electric vehicle batteries, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Jinapor said.



Mining.com

Ghana plans to process its first lithium locally

JLR will rely on cells from Indian battery company Agratas for its future electric cars, as the carmaker has now announced to investors.

Electrive

JLR to source battery cells from Agratas

The United States is investing $192m in lithium battery recycling initiatives to drive a domestic circular economy for critical materials.


US supercharges lithium battery recycling with $192m funding

The new unit, named BEV Factory, is aiming to produce electric vehicles with a range of 1,000 kilometers. BEV Factory will introduce a full lineup of battery electric vehicles with “next generation” batteries from 2026.

CNBC

Toyota shares surge 5% after announcing plans for next-gen battery EVs

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery in battery technology, finding a way to create an efficient battery using zinc, a readily available and inexpensive metal, instead of the rare metals typically used in lithium batteries.

Tasnim News Agency

New Zinc Battery Offers Efficient, Safe Alternative to Lithium-ion Batteries

Solid-state batteries are potentially an all-around better fit for electric vehicles than lithium-ion batteries.



Top Speed

Why Solid-State Batteries Are So Important For Electric Vehicles

Slow charging is one of the biggest drawbacks to owning an electric vehicle. One Chinese startup says it has found a breakthrough to aid wider adoption of EVs. Greater Bay says its new battery can charge 0-80% in just 6 minutes. 

Insider

A Chinese startup says its electric-car battery can charge in 6 minutes — even in extreme cold

The Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) has announced a funding pot of $2 million for the recycling and reuse of Li-ion batteries, administered through the ReCell Center located at Argonne National Laboratory.

US DoE invests in lithium battery recycling programmes

The chief strategy officer for US-based lithium chemicals producer, Livent, says automotive manufacturers are overhauling their approach to the battery supply chain, including the way they view and price raw materials like lithium


Fastmarkets

Automakers overhauling approach to battery supply chains, Livent exec says

Gotion High-Tech Company claims to have developed a technology to offer cheaper and more powerful electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Recently, the Chinese battery maker launched a lithium-iron-manganese-phosphate battery (LMFP), which it claims can give an EV a range of 1,000km on a single charge.

Verdict

Gotion to produce cheaper and lighter batteries with new tech

Africa doesn’t have a supersized battery factory of its own — at least not yet. The idea of “gigafactories” capable of producing batteries that can store at least 1 billion watt-hours of electricity, or roughly enough to go into 16,000 Tesla Inc. Model 3 electric cars, became popular after Elon Musk used the term for his first sprawling battery facility in Nevada.

When will Africa get its first gigantic battery factory?

A research group at Japan’s Tohoku University has developed a prototype calcium metal rechargeable battery capable of 500 cycles of repeated charge-discharge – the benchmark for practical use.

Calcium battery passes test of running for multiple cycles

The government on Friday permitted the import of pet coke for making graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries as a feedstock and not for any other purposes. Import of pet coke for fuel purposes is completely banned.


CNBC TV

India permits import of pet coke as raw material for lithium-ion batteries

Plant expected to create 2,000 jobs as France aims to be self-sufficient in vehicle battery production by 2027



The Guardian

France opens first electric vehicle battery gigafactory

Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science and other universities and organizations across the US have developed a machine learning model that can predict the locations of minerals on earth—and potentially other planets—by taking advantage of patterns in mineral associations.



AI helps find untapped mineral deposits

Battery | Innovation

By mining data from X-ray images, researchers at MIT, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator, and the Toyota Research Institute have made significant new discoveries about the reactivity of lithium iron phosphate, a material used in batteries for electric cars and in other rechargeable batteries

Pixel-by-pixel analysis yields insights into lithium-ion batteries

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have devised an efficient method of recovering high-purity silicon from expired solar panels to produce lithium-ion batteries that could help meet the increasing global demand to power electric vehicles.

Scientists develop method to recover high-purity silicon from solar panels for upcycling into lithium-ion batteries

A vital component of the batteries at the heart of electric vehicles and grid energy storage, lithium is key to a clean energy future. But producing the silvery-white metal comes with significant environmental costs.

Revolutionizing lithium production on a string

A truly solid, highly conductive electrolyte has been designed, bringing solid-state lithium batteries within reach. Batteries store energy chemically and rely on the movement of charged ions between a cathode and an anode, through an electrolyte. For most of battery history, this electrolyte has been a liquid, although research has long sought a solid alternative.

A solid battery electrolyte with high performance

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) provide our portable devices like tablets and mobiles—and increasingly also vehicles—with power. As the share of volatile renewable energy needing electricity storage increases, more and more LIBs are needed, lithium prices rise, resources dwindle, and the amount of depleted batteries that contain toxic substances increases.

Efficient and mild: recycling of used lithium-ion batteries

State subsidies follow steel and solar panel playbook in reinforcing race for market share 

China’s battery plant rush raises fears of global squeeze

From east Asia to Europe and North America, companies along the battery supply chain are investing billions of dollars in recycling capabilities as they confront projected shortages of the raw materials that will power the next generation of electric vehicles.

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