Lithium

Electric Vehicle Battery

US, Japan Ink Trade Deal Around EV Battery Materials

A lithium mine in Nevada. Materials critical to electric vehicle battery production is the subject of a new trade deal between the U.S. and Japan. Skyhobo via G…

Electric Car

Rock Tech Lithium Breaks Ground on Guben Converter; Battery-Grade Lioh for Mercedes-Benz Battery Suppliers Starting in 2026

Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium officially broke ground for its lithium conversion plant in Guben, Germany (earlier post), from which it will supply Mercedes-Ben…

Energy Saving Products

Improving the Durability of Lithium Metal Batteries Using Carbon Fiber Paper as the Anode

Due to the worldwide growth of electric vehicles, there has been a rise in demand for next-generation secondary batteries with higher capacity and faster chargi…

Solar Cell

LG Energy Solution to Make 16 Gwh of LFP Batteries for ESS in Arizona

LG Energy Solution will construct a battery manufacturing complex in Queen Creek, Arizona, that will make cylindrical batteries for EVs and lithium-iron phospha…

Energy Storage Battery

Researchers Develop an Oxygen-Ion Battery

Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous today, but that does not mean that they are the best solution for all areas of application. TU Wien has now succeeded in de…

Energy Storage Battery

Group Develops Framework for High-Energy-Density, Long Life-Cycle Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries

Research conducted by Purdue University's Vilas Pol Energy Research (ViPER) Group shows promise for developing high-energy-density rechargeable lithium-meta…

Energy Storage Battery

California Distributed Battery Storage Company Electriq Power in ‘Estimated’ Us$300 Million Deal

Electriq Power, a US provider of battery storage solutions for residential and small business customers, has secured a deal that could be worth more than US$300…

Geothermal Power Plant

Lithium de France Raises Eur 44 Million Series B Funding

Lithium de France has closed a Series B funding round for capital that will go towards heating and lithium extraction projects using geothermal resources.

Nuclear Fuel

Subsidiary of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company Will Supply Lithium-7 for a Nuclear Power Plant in Brazil

Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP), an enterprise of TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom, has been awarded as the winner of the tender by the Brazilian Ele…

Energy Storage Battery

Switzerland’s Axpo Buys 20MW Battery Storage Project in Sweden From Res and Scr

Switzerland’s largest energy firm Axpo has entered the battery storage market in Sweden, buying a project from developers RES and SCR set to come online i…

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Storage Market Predictions Are Trickier Than Ever

Much of the current movement to decarbonize the grid involves installing many gigawatts of battery-based energy storage. Lithium-ion technology is leading the w…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Electric Vehicle Batteries Could Get Big Boost With New Polymer Coating

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating—called HOS-PFM—that could enable longer lasting…

Geothermal Power Plant

Fraunhofer Ipm Developing In-Line Sensor for Geothermal Lithium Extraction

Fraunhofer IPM is developing an in-line monitoring sensor for lithium concentration to improve the efficiency of the geothermal lithium extraction process.

Energy Storage Material

Iran announces first lithium reserve in country; Projected 8.5 million tonnes

Iran’s Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade recently announced that the country has discovered its first lithium reserve, in Qahavand in Hamedan provi…

Energy Storage Battery

Simple techniques to quantify LI plating and speed up the charging of li-ion batteries

Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) are among the most widespread rechargeable battery technologies, due to their high energy densities and performances. Despite their…