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North America just got its first recycled Li-ion battery materials plant

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Photo: Green Li-ion Green Li-ion has launched North America’s first commercial-scale plant to process unsorted battery waste, or “black mass,” from used lithium-ion batteries. Green Li-ion says its process significantly reduces production time, yielding pCAM in around 12 hours.

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SK Innovation expects to produce 500 GWh of batteries in 2030

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At the event, SK Innovation officially announced that its current battery order backlog is “1 Terawatt + ?”; Converted into monetary terms, it is close to 130 trillion won (US$115 billion). Dong-Seob Jee, President of SK Innovation’s Battery Business, presenting at the “SK Innovation Story Day”. —President Jee. billion) by 2025.

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Tesla launches line of Li-ion stationary storage systems for homes and businesses: POWERWALL and POWERPACK

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The sleek, sculpture-like Li-ion packs come in 7 kWh ($3,000) and 10 kWh ($3,500) configurations. The packs contain all the integrated safety systems, the liquid thermal control and the DC/DC converter, and work with solar systems straight out of the box, Musk said. up to 90 kWh of storage. This could be a GWh solution.

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Siemens targeting Li-ion energy storage for marine and offshore oil and gas applications; 6MW system to West Mira rig

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West Mira will be the world’s first drilling rig to operate a low-emission hybrid power plant using Siemens’ lithium-ion energy storage solution. BlueVault, Siemens’ advanced lithium-ion battery-based solution, will be installed on Northern Drilling Ltd.’s Copyright: Neil Robertson. Seadrill Norway Operations Ltd.

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MITEI study finds hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar

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In a paper published in the journal Applied Energy , they report devising a methodology to estimate the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of meeting the seasonal nature of variable renewable energy (VRE) resources with either a hydrogen-fired gas turbine (HFGT) or lithium-ion battery system (LI). —Emre Gençer, co-author.

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CRU: lithium price downtrend continues, with disappointing EV sales in China the driver

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China is the world’s largest user of lithium, accounting for 57% of global demand in 2019, and is also the biggest supplier of lithium converted products. CRU calculates that the Li-ion battery sector accounts for 60% of lithium demand in China, of which EV and portable electronics have the largest share. Source: Fastmarkets.

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A123 says it will be in default on debt payments; 30-day grace period; bankruptcy an option

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In a Form 8K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 15 October, Li-ion battery maker A123 Systems said it will be in default under several of its debt agreements as of today (16 October). First, the company does not expect to pay its October interest payment of $2,695,312.50 Earlier post.).

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