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JULY 10, 2020

The California Energy Commission has awarded an approximately $2.9-million million grant to CleanSpark, Inc., a diversified software and services company, and ReJoule, a battery diagnostics and optimization company. The grant is slated to be deployed over the next 30 months. Source: GFO-19-310 Pre-Application Workshop.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

a battery startup with exclusive licenses to produce domestic cobalt-free lithium batteries ( earlier post ), has won a grant for $2.6 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to extend its development into solid-state batteries. SPARKZ Inc.,

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MARCH 18, 2021

UK-based battery manufacturer AMTE Power and Faradion Ltd. , a leader in non-aqueous sodium-ion battery technolog ( earlier post ), announced a collaboration which combines Faradion’s IP with AMTE Power’s design and manufacturing capabilities. These trends will drive a significant increase in the use of battery storage.

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MAY 20, 2024

Clean transportation nonprofit consortium CALSTART has opened PowerForward, California’s grant program for EV battery manufacturing infrastructure. The program is funded by the California Energy Commission, which will provide up to $35 million in grants. Projects are eligible for awards of up to 50% of total costs.

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MAY 29, 2023

Cirba Solutions, a battery materials and management processor for end-of-life batteries and gigafactory manufacturing scrap, has agreed to partner with Volta Energy Technologies, a venture capital firm backed by some of the biggest names in energy and energy storage materials.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Wallbox recently announced a partnership with Bidirectional Energy, a software platform for bidirectional EV energy management. continued] The post Wallbox and Bidirectional Energy To Get Grant For More V2X In California appeared first on CleanTechnica. By working together, the.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The consortium comprises Monarch Tractor, Gridtractor, Rhombus Energy Solutions, Current Ways, and Polaris Energy Services. Farm equipment electrification can not only provide dramatic savings for growers but enable them to take control of their energy.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Saratoga Energy has won a National Science Foundation grant to scale up its breakthrough process for generating low-cost, top quality carbon nanotubes from carbon dioxide for use in making high-performance Li-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles, grid storage, and military and aerospace applications.

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APRIL 13, 2023

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) has released a Request for Information (RFI) ( DE-FOA-0003032 ) to seek public input that will help shape the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants for Electrified Vehicles program. Background.

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MAY 4, 2023

The companies have initiated the partnership with a non-recurring engineering (NRE) agreement to develop low-carbon technology for the conversion of critical metals—first virgin and later recycled material—into battery-grade cathode active material (CAM) precursors, which are essential to 6K Energy’s advanced cathode manufacturing.

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MARCH 9, 2023

The demand for domestically produced and sustainably sourced battery metals has grown at a near insatiable rate over recent years, as the domestic manufacturing capacity of lithium-ion batteries has grown exponentially from less than 50 GWh/year to now more than 700 GWh/year of operational and announced capacity.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Saratoga Energy , the developer of a process for synthesizing graphite from carbon dioxide, has won a $1-million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Department of Energy to help commercialize its innovation.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

Solid-state sodium battery company LiNa Energy ( earlier post ) has closed out a £3.5-million LiNa Energy, a spin-out from Lancaster University, established in 2017, is commercializing a safe, cobalt- and lithium-free solid-state sodium battery. —Dr Gene Lewis, CEO of LiNa Energy. million (US$4.8-million)

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MAY 2, 2023

InCharge Energy has launched its vehicle-to-everything (V2X) DC fast charger portfolio. V2G charging enables using an EV’s battery to provide power to the grid. Applicable to many use cases, V2X is suited for fleets with long dwell times, time-of-use energy tariffs and facilities in outage-prone regions.

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APRIL 21, 2021

With an identical manufacturing process to conventional Li-S and Li-ion, the delivery of the Quasi Solid-State batteries is achievable by late Autumn 2021, the company claims. The first generation Quasi Solid-State Li-S cell at 450 Wh/kg Specific energy with an Energy density of 550 Wh/L will be delivered by the Summer of 2022.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

RecycLiCo Battery Materials and Nanoramic Laboratories announced a strategic collaboration with the goal of optimizing the complete life cycle of lithium-ion batteries. Nanoramic’s NMP-free and PVDF-free electrodes offer a solution to potential bans on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in lithium-ion batteries.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Yachts de Luxe (YdL) of Singapore has placed a commercial 10-year worldwide contract with OXIS Energy valued at $5 million to build the world’s first luxury boat to be powered by Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) battery cells and battery systems technology.

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JULY 19, 2020

Researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a cobalt-free high-energy lithium-ion battery, eliminating the cobalt and opening the door to reducing the costs of producing batteries while boosting performance in some ways. energy lithium?ion ion batteries.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of intent to release a funding opportunity that would provide up to $37 million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to advance electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling, transportation, and design (DE-FOA-0003120). As of July 2023, more than 3.9

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MAY 11, 2023

Cirba Solutions, a comprehensive battery materials and management company for end-of-life batteries and gigafactory scrap, selected global professional services company Jacobs to expand manufacturing capacity for sustainable electric vehicle (EV) battery materials across North America.

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Teslarati

JUNE 3, 2021

A team of battery researchers at Canada’s Dalhousie University are the recipients of a $6 million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). million to help develop advanced batteries from electric cars and grid energy storage. The NSERC will give the team, headed by Dr. Jeff Dahn, $2.9

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

StoreDot, the developer of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs) ( earlier post ), has developed new patented technology that will allow battery cells to regenerate while they are in use, through a seamless background repair mechanism. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 5, 2021

BNSF Railway Company and Wabtec began testing battery-electric locomotive technology in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, California. As BNSF seeks ways to further reduce its environmental impact, the advancement of battery technology offers some possible solutions. —Alan Hamilton, Wabtec vice president, Engineering.

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JUNE 2, 2021

In January, the California Energy Commission (CEC) released a competitive solicitation ( GFO-20-308 ) to fund applied research and development (ARD) projects that improve, scale-up, and increase the technology readiness of high-value direct recycling processes for lithium-ion batteries. e00152 (open access).

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Adden Energy, Inc., a startup developing innovative solid-state battery systems for use in future electric vehicles (EVs) that would fully charge in minutes, announced the grant of an exclusive technology license by Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development (OTD) and a seed round financing of $5.15 —Xin Li.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

ENGIE New Ventures, the corporate venture fund of ENGIE, is participating in a new round of investment to further the development of Connected Energy. Based in the United Kingdom, Connected Energy uses end-of-life EV batteries to create energy storage systems. —Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

EV charging and energy management specialist Wallbox and startup Bidirectional Energy have secured $2.2 million in grant funding from the California Energy Commission for Phase 1 of their Bidirectional Residential V2X Demonstration Project. Source: Wallbox The post Wallbox and Bidirectional Energy win $2.2-million

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JUNE 5, 2021

Echandia, a Swedish innovation company in battery and fuel-cell systems, now has its marine battery system, based on LTO technology, type-approved by Bureau Veritas. An important step on the road to electrifying shipping is to have safe and reliable battery systems. —Magnus Eriksson, CEO and founder of Echandia.

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MARCH 21, 2022

Sparkz, a battery startup with exclusive licenses from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to produce domestic cobalt-free lithium batteries ( earlier post ), will begin construction in 2022 of a Gigafactory in West Virginia to commercialize its zero-cobalt battery. In October 2021, the startup won a grant for $2.6

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

General Motors will develop electric vehicle battery separators with manufacturer Microvast in a joint partnership that will yield a new separator plant in the United States. The project is being funded by a $200 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing initiative.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As dealerships embrace electrification to maintain competitiveness , it’s crucial to also explore the benefits of integrating battery energy storage systems (BESS). Discover key insights into incorporating battery storage for your dealership’s sustainable energy storage. What are battery energy storage systems?

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JUNE 24, 2020

The COBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications) project has been awarded a €11.8-million million grant to develop Next Generation Cobalt-free batteries. The project will result in a unique battery system that features superior energy density, low cost, increased cycles and reduced critical materials.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

StoreDot, the developer of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs), says that it has developed advanced technology that extends the lifespan of batteries, making them highly effective not only during the vehicle lifespan, but also for second-life applications.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $15.5-billion This includes making available $2 billion in grants and up to $10 billion in loans to support automotive manufacturing conversion projects that retain high-quality jobs in communities that currently host these manufacturing facilities.

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OCTOBER 16, 2022

Amprius Technologies, a developer of ultra-high energy density lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Nanowire Anode Platform, was awarded a $1-million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (“AMO”) to be used to mature further its process for manufacturing nanowire-based silicon anodes.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

ABB has increased its stake in InCharge Energy, a provider of fleet electrification services ( earlier post ), to 60%. InCharge Energy will maintain its leadership team and tech neutrality as it joins ABB’s E-Mobility Division. Financial terms of this agreement were not disclosed.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Initial project partners are industry leader Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) and DTE Energy, who are fundamental in making this project become a reality. As EVs become more commonplace across passenger and commercial transit alike, truck stops face a fundamental point of evolution to their existing service models.

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