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Benchmark: battery demand for manganese set to increase 8-fold this decade

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Demand for manganese in batteries is set to grow over eight-fold this decade, due to new battery chemistries and rising electric vehicle sales, according to Benchmark’s Manganese Sulphate Market Outlook. New battery chemistries are expected to use even more manganese.

Batteries

Batteries Battery Louisiana Lithium Ion

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

Green Car Congress

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. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined $2.8 Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6 Materials Separation & Processing (Cathode Minerals).

Parts

Parts Batteries Battery Lithium Ion

GM and Element 25 to expand US EV supply chain with domestic manganese sulfate production

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2023

Under the agreement, GM will provide Element 25 with a US$85-million loan to partially fund the construction of a new facility in the state of Louisiana for production of battery-grade high-purity manganese sulfate (HPMSM)—a key component in lithium-ion battery cathodes—starting in 2025.

GM

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GM invests in manganese sulfate production plant for EV batteries

Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2023

GM) signed a supply agreement with Element 25 Limited (E25) for battery-grade manganese sulfate, a key component in lithium-ion battery cathodes. Canada and free trade agreement countries like Australia,” said Doug Parks, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing, and Supply Chain.

GM

GM Louisiana General Motors Batteries

Ford sources battery capacity and raw materials for 600K EV annual run rate by late 2023, 2M by end of 2026; adding LFP

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Ford announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026. 150,000 F-150 Lightnings for North America. 150,000 Transit EVs for North America and Europe.

Ford

Ford North America F-150 Batteries

Koura licenses Kanto Denka Kogyo technology to make LiPF6

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Orbia’s Fluorinated Solutions business Koura signed a technology licensing agreement with Kanto Denka Kogyo for lithium hexafluorophoshate (LiPF 6 ), a lithium-ion battery electrolyte material. With significant growth of the US electric vehicles market, demand for lithium-ion batteries and materials is increasing.

Lithium Ion

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Syrah Resources signs binding offtake agreement with Tesla for natural graphite active anode material

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Australia-based Syrah Resources Limited signed a binding offtake agreement with Tesla to supply natural graphite Active Anode Material (AAM) from its vertically integrated AAM production facility in Vidalia, Louisiana. Vidalia battery anode material project site. Balama mine operation in Mozambique.

Mozambique

Mozambique Louisiana Tesla Financing

Tesla agrees to purchase majority of battery-ready graphite from US facility

Teslarati

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Tesla will be purchasing most of the battery-ready graphite that would be produced at a planned facility in Louisiana. This should make the facility an important partner for companies such as Tesla, which have staked their future on the rapid growth of the electric vehicle sector and the battery industry.

Purchase

Purchase Mozambique Tesla Batteries

BASF inaugurates battery materials R&D and application center in Japan; focus on Li-ion electrolytes and electrodes

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

BASF inaugurated its Research and Development Laboratory and Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan. The facility, located in the Amagasaki Research Incubation Center (ARIC), is BASF’s first combined battery materials research and development (R&D) and application technology operation in Asia Pacific.

Japan

Japan Li-ion Ohio Batteries

Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

Meanwhile, needle coke is being increasingly diverted into the battery market. Batteries underpin growth in natural graphite. Both synthetic and natural graphite compete for use in lithium-ion battery anodes, along with an increasing amount of needle coke and other existing carbon materials.

Price

Price Market Lithium Ion Batteries

Syrah Resources completes BFS for expansion of US anode material production

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Australia-based Syrah Resources has completed a bankable feasibility study (BFS) for expansion of its natural graphite AAM facility in Vidalia, Louisiana, as it continues to execute its strategy of becoming the first vertically integrated producer of natural graphite AAM (advanced anode material) outside of China.

Production

Production Mozambique USA China

BASF acquires Novolyte Technologies for Li-ion battery electrolytes

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APRIL 26, 2012

Novolyte is a manufacturer of electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries, as well as specialty chemicals for several key market segments. The acquisition comprises Novolyte’s Energy Storage activities focused on developing, producing and marketing performance electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries.

Li-ion

Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery

New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Location data and technology company HERE Technologies, in conjunction with SBD Automotive, a global automotive research firm, published an interactive index that shows the developing state of electric vehicle (EV) demand and infrastructure readiness across the United States and Europe.

Europe

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The US’s largest solar panel maker opens a 3.3 GW factory in India

Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

Tempe, Arizona-based First Solar’s sixth operational factory expands the company’s global manufacturing footprint to four countries, including the US, Malaysia, and Vietnam. billion manufacturing expansion strategy that has seen it grow from approximately 6 GW operational in 2020 to over 16 GW global nameplate capacity at the end of 2023.

India

India Solar Ohio Financing

Albemarle develops technology to recover lithium from brine

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MAY 4, 2011

billion globally by 2015, primarily from increased demand for batteries in electrical vehicles. This newly developed technology will allow the company to recover lithium that is present in the brines at its Magnolia, Arkansas bromine facility and utilize it to produce lithium carbonate.

Arkansas

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Novolyte Technologies and Foosung Form JV for Li-ion Electrolytes

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Novolyte Technologies, a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty electrolyte materials for lithium-ion battery and energy storage applications, high performance solvents and other specialty chemicals, has signed a definitive agreement with Foosung Co., Tags: Batteries. Foosung Co., and its leaders.

Li-ion

Li-ion Lithium Ion Cleveland Energy Storage

Ford will use module-less LFP batteries from CATL

Push EVs

JULY 21, 2022

Ford will use module-less LFP (LiFePO4) batteries from CATL to cut costs by 10-15 percent starting next year. The company detailed its global vehicle portfolio plans supporting these production goals as part of its Ford+ plan. Moreover, the carmaker plans to localize and use 40 GWh of LFP capacity in North America starting in 2026.

Ford

Ford F-150 North America Batteries

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

GE Global Research (Niskayuna, New York). Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors for The Scale Up of High Energy Density Cobalt-Free Cathodes for Advanced Lithium ion Batteries, $1,200,000. Utility Global (Houston, Texas). Prometheus Innovations (Lafayette, Louisiana). Prometheus Innovations, LLC (Lafayette, Louisiana).

Commercial

Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

Washington’s drive to make the United States a major global lithium producer is being held back by a confusing mix of state regulations that are deterring developers and hampering efforts to break China’s control of the critical minerals sector. Nevada, which has the only commercial U.S.

Arkansas

Arkansas Auto Louisiana Texas

DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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AUGUST 7, 2009

Understand and control the nature, structure, and dynamics of reactions at electrodes in fuel cells, batteries, solar photovoltaics, and catalysts. Understand how fundamental chemical reactions occur at electrodes and use that knowledge to tailor new electrodes to improve the performance of existing batteries or to design entirely new ones.

Energy

Energy Energy Storage Conversion Solar

DOE awarding $33M for carbon-neutral hybrid electric aviation

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

The proposed propulsion system includes an efficient AC electric powertrain for turboelectric cruise, with battery boost for takeoff and climb flight phases. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. General Electric Global Research. High Performance Metal-Supported SOFC System for Range Extension of Commercial Aviation; $2,263,000.

Carbon

Carbon Hybrid Electric Electrical

EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Most recently, he implemented strategies that secured approximately $30 million in funding for local government entities and non-profits in California, Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and the District of Columbia. Taking people for rides in my battery electric vehicle (BEV) and talking to them have been effective.

North America

North America America El Paso New Mexico

EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Most recently, he implemented strategies that secured approximately $30 million in funding for local government entities and non-profits in California, Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and the District of Columbia. Taking people for rides in my battery electric vehicle (BEV) and talking to them have been effective.

North America

North America America El Paso New Mexico

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ]. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

EV Driven

Benchmark: battery demand for manganese set to increase 8-fold this decade

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

GM and Element 25 to expand US EV supply chain with domestic manganese sulfate production

GM invests in manganese sulfate production plant for EV batteries

Ford sources battery capacity and raw materials for 600K EV annual run rate by late 2023, 2M by end of 2026; adding LFP

Koura licenses Kanto Denka Kogyo technology to make LiPF6

Syrah Resources signs binding offtake agreement with Tesla for natural graphite active anode material

Tesla agrees to purchase majority of battery-ready graphite from US facility

BASF inaugurates battery materials R&D and application center in Japan; focus on Li-ion electrolytes and electrodes

Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

Syrah Resources completes BFS for expansion of US anode material production

BASF acquires Novolyte Technologies for Li-ion battery electrolytes

New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

The US’s largest solar panel maker opens a 3.3 GW factory in India

Albemarle develops technology to recover lithium from brine

Novolyte Technologies and Foosung Form JV for Li-ion Electrolytes

Ford will use module-less LFP batteries from CATL

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

DOE awarding $33M for carbon-neutral hybrid electric aviation

EAA National Board nominations from across North America

EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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