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

Green Car Congress

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. of peak charge capacity.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

Charged EVs

Aqua Metals has pioneered a new electro-hydrometallurgy process that uses renewable electricity and recycles the chemicals used. Charged spoke with Steve Cotton, CEO and President, and David Regan, VP of Commercial, about the different ways to recycle batteries, and the challenges of building a full-scale circular supply chain for batteries.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

Considering a use case with the following supply chain, The total emissions for lithium extraction in Chile, which then stays in Chile for lithium processing and proceeds to Korea for cell manufacturing and vehicle assembly will be 1.5 tons of GHG each year assuming 50% energy generation from renewable energy [3,6]. metric tons (5.07

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

Baua Electric

Aqua Metals has pioneered a new electro-hydrometallurgy process that uses renewable electricity and recycles the chemicals used. Charged spoke with Steve Cotton, CEO and President, and David Regan, VP of Commercial, about the different ways to recycle batteries, and the challenges of building a full-scale circular supply chain for batteries.

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The EV Transition Explained: Battery Challenges

Cars That Think

Reliable, secure supplies of minerals and software are core elements for EVs, which represent a “shift from a fuel-intensive to a material-intensive energy system,” according to a. Ramping up the battery supply chain is the automakers’ current “ most challenging topic ,” according to VW Chief Financial Officer Arno Antlitz.

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

Cars That Think

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is pursuing as part of a drive to ease the military’s deployment of all-electric supply vehicles by 2030 and of EV tactical vehicles by 2050. In comparison, lithium-ion batteries cost around $138/kWh. Chris Philpot Using lithium-based batteries would create its own set of problems.