The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is committed to helping Australian companies ascend the value chain in battery materials. Australia has vast mineral resources to supply to battery manufacturers, but to date is only just starting to initiate value-added processes. To spur development, ARENA has recently committed AU$30 million to … [continued]
The battery-grade lithium producer Stardust Power is leveraging renewable energy to set up shop in Oklahoma…if it survives the Trump chopping block, that is.
Lithium extraction from alternate sources is crucial for the renewable energy transition and resource independence in countries such as the United States. Researchers continue to discover methods to obtain efficient and ecologically sound lithium. In partnership with other organizations, researchers at George Washington University have created a novel technique for … [continued]
Late in 2024 I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the world’s leading experts on critical minerals, Gavin Mudd, director of the centre for critical minerals intelligence at the British Geological Survey. The second half of the conversation included a great deal on why we’re both optimistic … [continued]
If electric cars are the cars of the future (and they are), then batteries are sort of the gasoline of the future (well, really, they should be considered the gas tanks of the future … but gas tanks aren’t nearly as valuable, technical, or worth discussing). What’s in those batteries … [continued]
The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program has been stimulating, funding, and supporting early-stage energy technologies and companies for several years now, since it was formed in 2009 under the Obama administration. From cutting-edge batteries to next-gen solar, ARPA-E aims to be ahead of the curve … [continued]
New lithium mines will plug a gaping hole in the US EV battery supply chain until more sustainable, alternative sources emerge.
It isn’t easy being green. Last year, a study published in the journal Science Advances claimed that there was enough lithium — as much as 40 million metric tons — in the McDermitt Caldera, a volcanic area on the border between Nevada and Oregon, to make enough lithium-ion batteries to … [continued]
GM is laying plans for the EV battery of the future, including new cost-cutting, performance-enhancing atomic layer deposition technology.
Lithium extraction is a vital component of creating an emissions free world but political complications could derail those efforts.
