Breakthrough in battery tech: Northvolt adds sodium-ion batteries to its portfolio

Battery manufacturing major, Northvolt announced that it has successfully validated sodium-ion batteries with an energy density of over 160 watt-hours per kilogram at the company's...

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Epsilon announces $650 million battery components and anode plant in USA

The move assumes significance considering China has moved to restrict graphite exports from December  Indian battery components maker Epsilon Advanced Materials (EAM) announce...

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Daily Shorts: Total seeks 5KTPA green H2, Indonesia wants homegrown EV champion

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French oil major TotalEnergies sought applications for 500,000 tonnes per annum of green hydrogen to replace the grey hydrogen it currently uses in industrial activities. The compa...

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Gotion to set up $2 billion lithium battery manufacturing plant in the U.S.

China's Gotion High Tech Co ltd on Friday said the company will set up a new state-of-the-art $2 billion lithium battery manufacturing plant in Manteno, Illinois. Covering about 15...

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Automotive battery provider Clarios to acquire Paragon’s battery unit

Automotive battery solutions provider, Clarios on Wednesday (August 30) announced it will purchase Paragon GmbH & Co. KGaA's power business that produces batteries and bat...

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Reliance Industries battery giga factory to be set up by 2026; to produce LFP battery solutions

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Monday (August 28) announced that it will enter battery manufacturing ecosystem with LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery solutions and will&n...

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MHI appoints Engineers India Limited to monitor progress of ACC-PLI scheme beneficiaries

The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), Government of India on Thursday (August 24) announced that it has appointed Engineers India Limited (EIL) as Independent Engineer ...

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Daily Shorts: China prepares to recycle old wind and solar equipment, Ford plans plant in Canada and more

China announced plans to set up a recycling system for old solar panels and wind turbines to manage equipment slated for retirement in the coming years. Multiple state agencies rel...

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IBC to set up recyclable lithium-ion battery manufacturing unit in Karnataka

International Battery Company signs MoU with Govt. of Karnataka on Tuesday, August 1.

US-based International Battery Company (IBC) has signed an investment pact with the Government of Karnataka to build a recyclable lithium-ion battery manufacturing f...

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ACC-PLI: MHI holds stakeholder consultation for balance 20GWh capacity

The Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India on Monday concluded a stakeholder consultation regarding re-bidding of balance 20GWh (of 50GWh) Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) ...

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Stellantis, Samsung SDI seal the deal for a second gigafactory in the U.S.

Stellantis N.V. and Samsung SDI today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to construct second battery manufacturing facility in the United ...

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Panasonic in talks to set up battery manufacturing plant in India

Japanese electronics major, Panasonic is in talks with senior government officials in India to set up a battery manufacturing plant under the PLI scheme for Advanced Chemistry Cell...

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FREYR's Giga Arctic project gets fresh infusion of €100 million

Battery manufacturing company, FREYR Battery (FREYR) on Thursday announced it has been awarded a €100 million grant from the European Union ("EU") to support development of FR...

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EU lawmakers back law regulating batteries and waste batteries

The European Union's (EU) lawmaking body, European Parliament has approved new rules for the design, production, and waste management of all types of batteries sold in the EU. With...

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Northvolt completes construction of Europe's largest factory for energy storage solutions

Swedish battery manufacturer, Northvolt has completed the construction of Northvolt Dwa in Gdańsk, Poland -- Europe's largest factory for energy storage solutio...

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Global EV Outlook 2023 projects yet another record-break year for global electric car sales

Electric cars have finally made inroads into the global auto industry. Constituting nearly one-fifth of the global car market, the share of electric cars will reach 18% in 2023 fro...

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Siemens to help scale-up battery cell production at FREYR gigafactories

Luxembourg- based battery manufacturer, FREYR Battery (FREYR) on Monday announced that it has entered a strategic agreement with Siemens for large-scale and sustainable b...

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AM Batteries, Amperex Technology Ltd to jointly develop solvent-free electrode manufacturing tech for lithium-ion batteries

AM Batteries' dry electrostatic spraying process.

Massachusetts-based AM Batteries (AMB) specializing in dry electrode manufacturing for lithium-ion batteries has teamed up with Amperex Technology Ltd (ATL) to develop solvent-free...

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Battery cell manufacturing: Trailing the Giga factory trend

Taking a look at the mushrooming of mega-sized battery cell manufacturing plants: why JVs between auto OEMs and cell makers can secure steady demand, but also why it makes sense fo...

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Europe gears for a competitive battery value chain

Europe's battery demand is skyrocketing year on year, with applications in the e-mobility and stationary storage domains taking a stark lead over consumer electronic goods' applica...

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ALLOX Advance Materials: Supplying lithium battery materials to Indian manufacturers

ALLOX Advance Materials is an Indian supplier of rare earth minerals in the battery production space. In collaboration with Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and ...

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Tesla to expand gigafactory in Nevada, increase battery production

The year 2022 is touted to be the one in which Tesla exceeds sale of one million EV units. However, expectations are that it will soon double those numbers. Tesla now nee...

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AMTE Power inks production contract with UKBIC for ultra-high power cells

AMTE Power, the Scottish developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells, has recently signed a contract with UK Battery Industrialization Center&n...

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IESA to host the 6th World Energy Storage Day Global Conference & Expo on Sept. 22

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) is all set to host the 6th World Energy Storage Day (WESD) on Thursday, September 22. With only a week left for WESD 2022 - Global Conference a...

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Reliance Industries to build four giga factories in India

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman, Mukesh Ambani has announced that the company will build four giga factories in India.  Speaking at the 44th annual g...

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Kodak capitalizes on its coating technology; forays into EV battery market

Renowned film manufacturing brand, Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak) has made a minority stake investment in Wildcat Discovery Technologies (Wildcat), a tech firm that uses propr...

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Advanced dehumidification solution for high-quality battery manufacturing

The entire world is moving towards environment-friendly solutions to curb the issue of rising pollution amid the backdrop of depleting resources, this situation has ...

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ACC PLI – key milestone in a long journey, just begun

In a major milestone for the energy storage industry, in March 2022 the Indian government announced the winners of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for advanced battery...

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IESA launches India Battery Supply Chain Council; Calls battery storage a trillion-dollar opportunity

With the aim of developing a holistic ecosystem for the supply chain of batteries in the country, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India's leading industry alliance focused on...

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India enters global race for giga factories

On May 12, the Union Cabinet gave a final nod to the much-awaited Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for ACC battery storage, ETN magazine interviewed Dr. Rahu...

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