Batteries, Grid and Supplies

Rolls-Royce to supply 60 MWh battery storage to Semper Power to stabilize the Dutch power grid

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to supply and install a large-scale mtu EnergyPack QG battery storage system on a turnkey basis to the Dutch energy company Semper Power in Vlissingen. When fully charged, the system has the capacity to supply 8,000 households with electrical energy for an entire day.

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New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have extended the capacity and duration of sodium-aluminum batteries. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. The team previously reported a neutral molten salt reaction. of peak charge capacity. —Weller et al.

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Nissan, Enel launch “Second Life” storage system with used electric car batteries for grid stabilization

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2022

Combining used Nissan electric vehicle batteries at a conventional power plant in Melilla, Spain, operated by the Enel Group’s Spanish subsidiary, Endesa, the project enhances grid stability to help meet the needs of an isolated network. The back-up generator is composed of 48 used Nissan LEAF batteries and 30 new ones.

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Sodium Batteries Challenge Lithium-Ion On Cost, Supply Chain

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 14, 2024

Having crossed some technical hurdles, low cost sodium batteries are hurtling towards the market for grid energy storage, EVs, and more. The post Sodium Batteries Challenge Lithium-Ion On Cost, Supply Chain appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Report says lithium from California’s Salton Sea can anchor US battery supply chain

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Developing lithium from the Salton Sea in California can help anchor a multi-billion dollar domestic electric vehicle battery supply chain and inject thousands of jobs and billions of dollars into California’s economically disadvantaged Imperial Valley, according to a new report from New Energy Nexus. Earlier post.).

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BNEF: China dominates the Li-ion battery supply chain, but Europe is on the rise

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

China dominates BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking in 2020, having quickly surpassed Japan and Korea that were leaders for the majority of the previous decade. This has led to a boom in European cell plants, and the rest of the supply chain is also slowly making its way to Europe.

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DOE announces $3.1B to boost domestic battery manufacturing and supply chains

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2022

billion in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to make more batteries and components in America and bolster domestic supply chains. The infrastructure investments will support the creation of new, retrofitted, and expanded commercial facilities as well as manufacturing demonstrations and battery recycling.

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Start-Up MOBI LATAM partners with EnergyX to develop Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

Both companies will work towards creating a Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain to develop the region’s electric mobility market. EnergyX is integrated into the lithium industry’s supply chains from brine to battery, and will provide MOBI work on developing a next-generation battery for MOBI’s fleet.

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LiNa Energy successfully demonstrates Na-ion technology for battery energy storage systems

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Solid-state sodium-ion battery company LiNa Energy ( earlier post ) successfully completed an independent demonstration of its lithium-free sodium batteries for energy storage systems with commercial partner ion Ventures.

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Jaguar Land Rover partners with Pramac to create charging unit using second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Pramac , a global leader in the energy sector, to develop a portable zero-emission energy storage unit powered by second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries. The partnership is the first in Jaguar Land Rover’s plans to create new circular economy business models for its vehicle batteries.

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SwRI forms joint industry program to investigate safety, longevity of grid-connected energy storage systems

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has launched a new Joint Industry Program (JIP) to investigate energy storage systems for the grid. One of the central questions is how long it takes for a battery to degrade. Over the course of its life, a grid-connected battery must respond slowly or suddenly, depending on the grid demands.

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Moment Energy and Mercedes-Benz Energy establish supply agreement for second-life batteries

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2022

Canada-based Moment Energy, a start-up created by four Simon Fraser University alumni, has established a supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz Energy (MBE) for second-life electric vehicle batteries. Together with Moment Energy we will enable sustainable ESS-solutions for North America based on second-life batteries.

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US DOE releases 2023 Critical Materials Assessment to evaluate supply chain security for clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its 2023 Critical Materials Assessment (2023 CMA), which evaluated materials for their criticality to global clean energy technology supply chains. The Assessment focuses on key materials with high risk of supply disruption that are integral to clean energy technologies.

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DOE launches design & construction of $75M grid energy storage research facility at PNNL

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has begun work on the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), a $75-million facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington that will boost clean energy adaptation and accelerate the development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost grid energy storage.

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Cal ISO: California grid battery storage increased nearly 20x since 2019 to 5,000MW; projected to hit 52,000 MW by 2045

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

According to the California Independent System Operator, battery storage capacity in the state has increased by nearly 20 times since 2019—from 250 megawatts (MW) to 5,000 MW. Today’s fleet of storage resources can capture enough electricity to power up to 5 million California homes.

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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? Our grid is changing, and so must the way we operate it.

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Battery-grade lithium carbonate forecast to trade at $74K/tonne in 12 months

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2022

Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations forecast battery-grade lithium carbonate to trade at 504,813 CNY (US$74,000) per tonne in 12 months time. Lithium is expected to trade at 484,185.00 by the end of this quarter. Source: Trading Economics. Source: Statista.

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WMG researchers convert used EV batteries into small off-grid ESS units

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick, have repurposed end-of-life electric vehicle batteries as small energy storage systems (ESS) for off-grid locations in developing countries or isolated communities. When an electric vehicle’s battery reaches the end of its useful life it is by no means massively depleted.

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DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

million in funding for 10 projects to advance technologies and processes for electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling and reuse. Advanced batteries are vital to the entire clean energy economy, but the US currently does not produce enough of the critical minerals and battery materials needed to power clean energy technologies.

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Qualcomm unveils next-gen powerline communication device to support vehicle-to-EVSE smart-grid communications

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2022

announced a next-generation powerline communication (PLC) device, the QCA7006AQ, designed to address the needs for electric vehicle (EV) charging station communications—also known as electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)—that use global Combined Charging System (CCS). —Lars Boeryd, Sr.

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XL Fleet launches XL Grid division with charging infrastructure solutions

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2020

XL Fleet, a leading provider of vehicle electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, has entered into a partnership with a commercial EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment) supplier to begin the launch of its XL Grid division. XL Fleet intends to continue expanding its XL Grid division to meet these energy demands.

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Volkswagen’s Elli and Elia Group partner to integrate EVs into the grid

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

The Group ensures that production and consumption are balanced, supplying 30 million end users with electricity. The signatories Elli, Elia and re.alto say that the batteries of electric vehicles can help stabilize grids as the share of volatile, renewable energies increases.

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Porsche demos grid balancing capability of group of Taycan EVs with cloud-based pooling system

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2022

A realistic pilot test conducted by Porsche, the grid operator TransnetBW and consulting firm Intelligent Energy System Services (IE2S), has demonstrated that electrical balancing power can be stored in the high-voltage batteries of an intelligent swarm of electric cars. —Dr Rainer Pflaum, CFO TransnetBW.

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The Australian lithium industry and the global battery supply chain

Innovation News Network

AUGUST 4, 2022

Curtin University’s Professor Jacques Eksteen explores the Australian lithium industry and its role in the global battery supply chain. Lithium is most commonly used for rechargeable batteries in our mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, home and grid energy storage, and electric vehicles (EVs).

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6

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DOE awarding $75K to Cirba to expand battery recycling as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. Of that, $75,000 will go to one project in the recycling segment of the supply chain. Earlier post.)

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SCE signs 7 contracts for 770 MW of battery-based energy storage for grid reliability

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

Southern California Edison recently signed seven contracts totaling 770 megawatts of battery-based energy storage resources to help enhance the region’s electric system reliability needs. The projects will enhance electric grid reliability and help address potential energy shortfalls identified in California.

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Cummins invests $24M in flow battery leader VoltStorage

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AUGUST 1, 2022

Cummins has invested $24 million in Germany-based VoltStorage, a developer of stationary flow batteries. The company says that it has the largest fleet of operating flow batteries in the world. By investing in VoltStorage, we are taking steps to advance solutions focused on the grid and energy storage. Source: VoltStorage.

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IDTechEx: Nio spearheading battery swapping expansion beyond China

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Battery swap stations are Nio’s signature replenishment facility, and it is currently the only company offering such models to the general consumer. There are also other companies in China that offer models with battery swap support, but for the taxi market. Swapping to become more efficient by using smaller batteries.

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California faces worsening grid challenges on Monday and Tuesday; CAISO calls for even greater reductions in electricity use

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Grid operators are closely monitoring wildfires for potential threats to generators and transmission wires, and fire officials have warned that more fires could break out in the coming days, due to the prolonged high heat and dry conditions. Several generators are already out of service, making supplies tighter.

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T&E: two-thirds of European battery production at risk as companies weigh investing in US instead

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according to new analysis by the European NGO Transport & Environment. Battery production capacity equivalent to 18 million electric cars—1.2 Europe must act or risk losing it all.

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Toyota & Honda partner on fuel cell bus mobile power generation system to supply electricity in disasters

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

will create a mobile power generation/output system—Moving e—that comprises a fuel cell bus that can carry a large amount of hydrogen; portable external power output devices; and portable batteries. Two types of Honda’s portable batteries: LiB-AID E500 and Honda Mobile Power Pack (MPP).

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JERA and Toyota deploy first large capacity Sweep Energy Storage System with second-life batteries

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The system was built using batteries reclaimed from electrified vehicles (HEV, PHEV, BEV, FCEV) and is connected to the consumer electrical power grid. JERA and Toyota began discussions in 2018 to establish battery reuse technologies, which eventually led to this large-capacity, grid-connected Sweep Energy Storage System.

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Fiat Chrysler and Italian grid operator Terna partner on V2G trials

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The CEO and General Manager of Terna, Luigi Ferraris, and the Chief Operating Officer of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in EMEA, Pietro Gorlier, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint trialing of sustainable mobility services and technologies such as Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G).

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TenneT and Daimler testing use of automobile battery systems for grid stabilization and recovery

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Transmission system operator TenneT and Daimler AG, through its wholly owned subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH, have researched and tested the feasibility of innovative system services in the transmission grid as part of a joint development partnership. These are second-life and replacement batteries.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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NREL review explores potential value of EV managed charging for realizing effective vehicle-grid integration

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

Their findings, published in Energy & Environmental Science , provide a comprehensive look at how EVs and the grid could work together as the electric and transportation sectors become intertwined. Managed charging can be a tremendous resource for the grid but there are trade-offs to solutions at different levels of commercial readiness.

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PG&E and Tesla launch virtual power plant pilot

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JULY 8, 2022

have launched a new pilot program that creates a virtual power plant (VPP) to help support electric grid reliability and save customers money. On 22 June, Tesla invited approximately 25,000 PG&E customers with Tesla Powerwalls to join the VPP and to help form the world’s largest distributed battery. How the PG&E Tesla VPP works.

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Benchmark: global battery industry needs to invest $514B to meet demand in 2030; $920B by 2035

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JUNE 20, 2023

Globally, the battery industry needs to invest at least $514 billion across the whole supply chain to meet expected demand in 2030, and $920 billion by 2035, according to a new analysis by Benchmark. Demand for lithium ion batteries is forecast to grow to 3.7 terawatt-hours by 2030, up from around 1 TWh this year.

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Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2023

A crucial aspect of electrified transportation is new demand for metals, and specifically the most non-replaceable metal for EV batteries—lithium. Even if the car-centricity of the US transportation system continues, limiting the size of EV batteries alone can cut lithium demand by as much as 42%.

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Grid Battery Metals: Establishing industry-leading lithium properties in Nevada

Innovation News Network

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Discover how Grid Battery Metals is poised for success as it develops its world-class lithium properties in Nevada. The post Grid Battery Metals: Establishing industry-leading lithium properties in Nevada appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Schaeffler signs five-year supply deal with REEtec for rare earth oxides

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2022

Through this partnership, we are also securing our supply of neodymium iron boron magnets for electric motors. The off-take agreement will supply REEtec with 750tons NdPr per year over 5 years. The energy demand is also very low and electricity consumption is based 100 % on hydro-electric sources from Norway’s green grid.

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Natron collaborates with Clarios on first mass manufacturing of Sodium-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2022

Natron Energy, a manufacturer of sodium-ion batteries, and Clarios International Inc., a manufacturer of low-voltage advanced battery technologies for mobility, will collaborate to manufacture the first mass-produced sodium-ion batteries. Natron has spent 10 years developing sodium-ion battery chemistry for mass manufacturing.

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Tesla nickel supplier BHP building off-grid solar & battery storage systems for mining

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Tesla nickel supplier BHP announced that construction on one of the world’s largest off-grid mining solar and battery energy storage systems has started. MW battery at Leinster. Demand for nickel has been high since it is used to power batteries and electric vehicles. The project was announced in 2021 and includes a 27.4

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Rolls-Royce to supply 60 MWh battery storage to Semper Power to stabilize the Dutch power grid

New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Nissan, Enel launch “Second Life” storage system with used electric car batteries for grid stabilization

Sodium Batteries Challenge Lithium-Ion On Cost, Supply Chain

Report says lithium from California’s Salton Sea can anchor US battery supply chain

BNEF: China dominates the Li-ion battery supply chain, but Europe is on the rise

DOE announces $3.1B to boost domestic battery manufacturing and supply chains

Start-Up MOBI LATAM partners with EnergyX to develop Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain

LiNa Energy successfully demonstrates Na-ion technology for battery energy storage systems

Jaguar Land Rover partners with Pramac to create charging unit using second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries

SwRI forms joint industry program to investigate safety, longevity of grid-connected energy storage systems

Moment Energy and Mercedes-Benz Energy establish supply agreement for second-life batteries

US DOE releases 2023 Critical Materials Assessment to evaluate supply chain security for clean energy technologies

DOE launches design & construction of $75M grid energy storage research facility at PNNL

Cal ISO: California grid battery storage increased nearly 20x since 2019 to 5,000MW; projected to hit 52,000 MW by 2045

Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

Battery-grade lithium carbonate forecast to trade at $74K/tonne in 12 months

WMG researchers convert used EV batteries into small off-grid ESS units

DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

Qualcomm unveils next-gen powerline communication device to support vehicle-to-EVSE smart-grid communications

XL Fleet launches XL Grid division with charging infrastructure solutions

Volkswagen’s Elli and Elia Group partner to integrate EVs into the grid

Porsche demos grid balancing capability of group of Taycan EVs with cloud-based pooling system

The Australian lithium industry and the global battery supply chain

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

DOE awarding $75K to Cirba to expand battery recycling as part of $2.8B funding

SCE signs 7 contracts for 770 MW of battery-based energy storage for grid reliability

Cummins invests $24M in flow battery leader VoltStorage

IDTechEx: Nio spearheading battery swapping expansion beyond China

California faces worsening grid challenges on Monday and Tuesday; CAISO calls for even greater reductions in electricity use

T&E: two-thirds of European battery production at risk as companies weigh investing in US instead

Toyota & Honda partner on fuel cell bus mobile power generation system to supply electricity in disasters

JERA and Toyota deploy first large capacity Sweep Energy Storage System with second-life batteries

Fiat Chrysler and Italian grid operator Terna partner on V2G trials

TenneT and Daimler testing use of automobile battery systems for grid stabilization and recovery

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

NREL review explores potential value of EV managed charging for realizing effective vehicle-grid integration

PG&E and Tesla launch virtual power plant pilot

Benchmark: global battery industry needs to invest $514B to meet demand in 2030; $920B by 2035

Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand

Grid Battery Metals: Establishing industry-leading lithium properties in Nevada

Schaeffler signs five-year supply deal with REEtec for rare earth oxides

Natron collaborates with Clarios on first mass manufacturing of Sodium-ion batteries

Tesla nickel supplier BHP building off-grid solar & battery storage systems for mining

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