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Aqua Metals and Yulho form strategic partnership for sustainable lithium battery recycling in S Korea

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a storage solution and battery materials company based in South Korea. We believe our recently announced public equity raise, alongside our strategic financing and proposed partnership with Yulho, signifies a transformative moment for Aqua Metals. For the equity investment, Yulho has agreed to the purchase of approximately 4.5

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Silicon battery technology company Group14 closes additional $214M for $614M Series C funding round

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Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology, raised $214 million in additional financing from a consortium including Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, Lightrock Climate Impact Fund, Moore Strategic Ventures, Oman Investment Authority, and Molicel. Earlier post.)

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Vulcan Energy signs binding offtake agreement with LG Energy for lithium hydroxide

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Vulcan Energy Resources, the company developing Zero Carbon Lithium projects to produce both renewable geothermal energy and lithium hydroxide for electric vehicles from the same deep brine source in the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany, has signed a binding lithium hydroxide offtake agreement with LG Energy Solution (LGES).

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Group14 raises $400M in Series C; Porsche leads with $100M

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To deliver to customers including Porsche subsidiary Cellforce Group, Group14 plans to break ground on its second commercial-scale battery active materials (BAM) factory in the US to stay ahead of demand from markets reliant on high-performing batteries.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion.

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Wanxiang and GreatPoint Energy close $1.25B deal for 1 Tcf/year coal-to-natural-gas plant in Xinjiang; Sinopec to purchase output, building pipeline to east

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billion from Wanxiang to finance and construct the first phase of a coal-to-natural gas facility that ultimately will have an annual production capacity of one trillion cubic feet (1 Tcf) (30 billion cubic meters) per year. As part of the transaction, GreatPoint Energy has raised equity investment and secured project funding of $1.25

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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E-motorcycle companies’ product lines have come a long way, and lower-powered e-motorcycles that have not been commercially successful are being revised or dumped all together. Germany, the United Kingdom, several Nordic countries, Japan, and South Korea are continuing to pursue their hydrogen infrastructure roadmaps.

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