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Hatch report finds NOVONIX dry cathode synthesis process offers cost and waste reduction improvements

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a global engineering consultancy firm, has delivered its report that evaluates NOVONIX’s all-dry, zero-waste cathode synthesis process. The Hatch study found that NOVONIX’s process may potentially reduce power consumption by an estimated 25% and practically eliminate waste byproduct generation over the conventional process.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

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Several companies are developing chemical processes, but these are still at pilot scale, and Aqua’s execs see serious challenges in delivering the required product purity and dealing with waste streams. Aqua Metals has a pilot line up and running, and is selling materials to customers in the metals industry.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem – Charged EVs

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Several companies are developing chemical processes, but these are still at pilot scale, and Aqua’s execs see serious challenges in delivering the required product purity and dealing with waste streams. Aqua Metals has a pilot line up and running, and is selling materials to customers in the metals industry.

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LanzaTech Pulls in $18M in Series B Funding; Qiming Ventures Leads

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New Zealand-based waste gas and syngas to fuels company LanzaTech ( earlier post ) has attracted US$18 million in Series B financing from investors led by China-focused venture capital firm Qiming Ventures. LanzaTech uses proprietary bacteria to convert industrial waste gases into fuels and chemicals. Gary Reischel.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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Professor Figge from Queen’s University Management School said: “Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors. Its sodium oxide value contributions show the worst level of resource efficiency in the entire study. billion from 1999 to 2007.

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The EV Transition Explained: Battery Challenges

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The effects of Simon’s “profound changes” are readily apparent, forcing a 120-year-old industry to fundamentally reinvent itself. Volvo’s CEO Jim Rowan stated earlier this year that increasing the computing power in EVs will be harder and more altering of the automotive industry than switching from ICE vehicles to EVs.