Battery, Finland, Market and Renewable

Norwegian startup Blastr plans €4B green steel plant in Finland

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Norwegian startup Blastr Green Steel is planning to establish a green steel plant with an integrated hydrogen production facility in Inkoo, Finland. Blastr’s project—the green steel plant together with the integrated hydrogen facility—will be among the largest industrial investments in Finland.

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Finland Green Coal Hydrogen

Neste to offer public electric vehicles charging service at its stations in Finland

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Neste is introducing public high power charging (HPC) at its service stations in Finland for light- and medium-duty electric vehicles. Neste MY Renewable Charging adds another option to Neste’s portfolio of solutions in Finland for supporting the transition to low-emission transport.

Finland

Finland Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles

Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel sign cooperation agreement on Li-ion battery recycling

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MARCH 9, 2020

Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel have signed a letter of intent to plan a Li-ion battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market. This would enable a successful “closed loop” cycle to re-use the critical metals present in used batteries. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Li-ion Finland Batteries Battery

Finnish Minerals Group & FREYR Battery collaborate to develop LFP cathode materials plant in Finland

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Finnish Minerals Group, a mining and battery industry development and investment company, and FREYR Battery will cooperate to assess the feasibility of establishing an LFP cathode material plant in the city of Vaasa.

Finland

Finland Batteries Battery Europe

FREYR Battery awarded €100M EU Innovation Fund grant

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JULY 15, 2023

FREYR Battery has been awarded a €100-million grant from the European Union to support development of FREYR’s Giga Arctic project in Norway. The grant will be funded through the EU’s Innovation Fund (EUIF) as part of the EU’s efforts to promote localized production of battery solutions.

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Grant Norway Batteries Battery

Umicore inaugurates CAM plant in Poland; complete battery materials value chain in Europe

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

This makes Umicore the first company in Europe with a complete circular and sustainable battery materials value chain. With this gigafactory, Umicore is leading the way in battery materials in Europe offering key ingredients for a responsible and sustainable value chain for electric transport.

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Poland Europe Batteries Battery

Stora Enso’s pilot plant for producing lignin-based carbon materials for batteries now operational

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JULY 26, 2021

Pilot production of Lignode by Stora Enso, wood-based carbon for batteries, is currently being ramped up. The global battery market is projected to grow tenfold over the next decade as battery producers seek more sustainable materials for the electrification of mobility. Stora Enso Lignode carbon powder.

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Carbon Batteries Battery Finland

BASF to build new cathode active materials production site in Schwarzheide

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

BASF will build a new battery materials production site in Schwarzheide, Germany, as part of its multi-step investment plan to support the European electric vehicle (EV) value chain. The plant in Schwarzheide will use precursors (PCAM) from BASF’s previously announced plant in Harjavalta, Finland.

Finland

Finland Building Production Germany

FREYR Battery concludes frame agreements for > 90% of raw material requirements for initial plants in Mo i Rana

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

FREYR Battery has entered into nine frame agreements with key suppliers for the supply of battery materials required for the Customer Qualification Plant (CQP) being built in Mo i Rana, Norway. FREYR is on track to start the initial sample production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells in its CQP in the second half of 2022.

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Batteries Battery Norway Supplies

Kati to cut its carbon footprint by half at Keliber’s lithium drilling site by using Neste renewable fuel oil

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

Oy Kati Ab, a long-term drilling contractor of Keliber, a company developing a European lithium project ( earlier post ), has started to use Neste MY Non Road Diesel renewable fuel oil in the drill rig at Keliber’s exploration site in Central Ostrobothnia. The measure will reduce the emissions caused by drilling by more than 50%.

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Renewable Oil Carbon Fuel

Umicore to build cathode active material plant in Canada

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JULY 24, 2022

Umicore plans to construct a manufacturing facility for cathode active battery materials (CAM) and their precursor materials (pCAM) in Ontario, Canada. Access to renewable energy across its sites is a key lever to reaching this goal. Umicore is in negotiations with several potential customers for production contracts in North America.

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Stora Enso and Northvolt partner to develop anode material from wood

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JULY 27, 2022

Stora Enso and Northvolt have entered into a Joint Development Agreement to create a sustainable battery featuring anode produced using lignin-based hard carbon produced from Nordic forest wood. Both companies bring key components, competence, and expertise to the battery partnership.

Finland

Finland Renewable Carbon Polymer

Stora Enso building €10M pilot plant to produce hard carbon from lignin; electrode materials

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JULY 28, 2019

Wood-based carbon can be utilized as a crucial component in batteries typically used in consumer electronics, the automotive industry and large-scale energy storage systems. The pilot plant will be located at Stora Enso’s Sunila Mill in Finland. Stora Enso has been producing lignin industrially at its Sunila Mill in Finland since 2015.

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Carbon Building Finland Energy Storage

BASF and Nornickel partner to supply cobalt and nickel battery materials

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

BASF and Nornickel have established a strategic cooperation to meet the growing needs for battery materials in electric vehicles. BASF has selected Harjavalta, Finland, as the first location for battery materials production serving the European automotive market. —Kenneth Lane, President, BASF’s Catalysts division.

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Supplies Batteries Battery Finland

EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. residue streams, renewable hydrogen and biogas to methanol.

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BASF breaks ground for cathode active materials production plant in Schwarzheide, Germany

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

The new plant is part of BASF’s multi-step investment plan in the European battery materials market and will use precursors (PCAM) from the company’s previously announced plant in Harjavalta, Finland. We aim to produce the world’s best-quality and best-performing batteries in Germany and Europe.

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Wärtsilä launches major test program towards carbon-free solutions with hydrogen and ammonia

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JULY 15, 2021

Full-scale engine tests have been recently carried out in Wärtsilä’s engine laboratory in Vaasa, Finland, to assess the optimum engine parameters for running on these fuels. For the energy market, Wärtsilä expects to have an engine and plant concept for pure hydrogen operation ready by 2025. —Håkan Agnevall.

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Hydrogen Carbon Mariner Norway

Orion Engineered Carbons joins HiQ-CARB consortium; scaling up conductive acetylene black for Li-ion cathodes

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JULY 9, 2021

a global supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, has joined the HiQ-CARB consortium to provide the lithium-ion battery industry with sustainable and high-performance carbon additives. Orion Engineered Carbons S.A., Lithium-Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt-Oxide) are electrically connected with each other and the current collector.

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Li-ion Carbon Lithium Ion Engine

European Council endorses 40% GHG cut by 2030; requests ways to cut transport emissions via efficiency, electrification and renewable fuels

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

The Council members also requested further examination by the European Commission on instruments and measures for a comprehensive and technology-neutral approach to reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency in transport, for electric transportation and for the use of renewable energy sources in transport after 2020.

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Umicore signs long-term agreement with Terrafame for supply of sustainable low-carbon nickel sulfate

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Umicore has signed a long-term agreement with Finland-based Terrafame Ltd. Terraframe produces nickel and cobalt sulfates, which are used as battery chemicals. With this partnership, Umicore and Terrafame reconfirm their strong commitment to establish a sustainable battery materials value chain in Europe.

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Supplies Carbon Poland Finland

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it

Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it . Lithium-ion batteries are something which everyone prefers over lead-acid batteries, since the last ten years its been seen used mostly mobiles to every electronic appliance. Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. .

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Lithium Ion Climate Batteries Battery

Northern Lights Energy and Reva Electric Car Company Sign Agreement to Develop the Electric Vehicle Market in Iceland

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Northern Lights Energy ( NLE ), the initiator of the 2012 charging infrastructure project and provider of infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EV) based in Iceland, has signed an agreement with Reva Electric Car Company to jointly develop the electric vehicle market in Iceland. Tags: Electric (Battery).

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Neste piloting its first EV charging service with Niemi Services; aims to launch in Finland in 2021

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JUNE 2, 2021

Neste is piloting its first electric vehicle charging service targeted to logistics companies in Finland. at their site in the Konala area in Helsinki, Finland. The pilot project supports Neste’s and Niemi’s climate strategies and helps Niemi, the leading moving and logistics company in Finland, to reduce its climate emissions.

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Finland Charging Fleet Diesel

More than 50 percent of MoUs signed in Vibrant Gujarat are green | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Semiconductors, green hydrogen, renewable energy, electronics, MSMEs, and electric mobility are some of the focus areas for the summit. We are constructing the world’s largest Renewable Energy Park at Khavda and investing Rs 2 lakh crore in Gujarat. This will lead to 1.7 times more production and 2.7 times more exports this year.

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A Comprehensive Guide to EV Charging Management Software Solution

Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

The beating heart of EV charging lies in the software and management systems that enable this dynamic market. EV charging software manages much more than just topping up the battery in an electric vehicle. EV chargers are more than just high-current electrical outlets.

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Charging Grid DC Industrial

How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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North America Batteries Battery America

How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

North America

North America Batteries Battery Charging

Hyundai Motor to integrate green energy into Charge myHyundai service in Europe

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When charged with renewable energy, battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) such as IONIQ 5 produce up to 81% lower well-to-wheel lifecycle emissions compared to a normal ICE vehicle, according to a 2021 study from the International Council of Clean Transportation (ICCT).

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Norwegian startup Blastr plans €4B green steel plant in Finland

Neste to offer public electric vehicles charging service at its stations in Finland

Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel sign cooperation agreement on Li-ion battery recycling

Finnish Minerals Group & FREYR Battery collaborate to develop LFP cathode materials plant in Finland

FREYR Battery awarded €100M EU Innovation Fund grant

Umicore inaugurates CAM plant in Poland; complete battery materials value chain in Europe

Stora Enso’s pilot plant for producing lignin-based carbon materials for batteries now operational

BASF to build new cathode active materials production site in Schwarzheide

FREYR Battery concludes frame agreements for > 90% of raw material requirements for initial plants in Mo i Rana

Kati to cut its carbon footprint by half at Keliber’s lithium drilling site by using Neste renewable fuel oil

Umicore to build cathode active material plant in Canada

Stora Enso and Northvolt partner to develop anode material from wood

Stora Enso building €10M pilot plant to produce hard carbon from lignin; electrode materials

BASF and Nornickel partner to supply cobalt and nickel battery materials

EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

BASF breaks ground for cathode active materials production plant in Schwarzheide, Germany

Wärtsilä launches major test program towards carbon-free solutions with hydrogen and ammonia

Orion Engineered Carbons joins HiQ-CARB consortium; scaling up conductive acetylene black for Li-ion cathodes

European Council endorses 40% GHG cut by 2030; requests ways to cut transport emissions via efficiency, electrification and renewable fuels

Umicore signs long-term agreement with Terrafame for supply of sustainable low-carbon nickel sulfate

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it

Northern Lights Energy and Reva Electric Car Company Sign Agreement to Develop the Electric Vehicle Market in Iceland

Neste piloting its first EV charging service with Niemi Services; aims to launch in Finland in 2021

More than 50 percent of MoUs signed in Vibrant Gujarat are green | Autocar Professional

A Comprehensive Guide to EV Charging Management Software Solution

How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

Hyundai Motor to integrate green energy into Charge myHyundai service in Europe

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