Lithium News

Bolivia state-owned Yacimientos de Litio Boliviano (YLB) has shortlisted four companies to advance into the next phase of a bid to develop pilot lithium extraction plants in the country’s salt flats. The companies selected are China’s CBC, Italy’s Protecno, France’s Eramet and Australia’s Eau Lithium, which YLB said were the bidders with the highest scores […]

A recent study focused on polymer binders could point to future breakthroughs in solid-state batteries, enabling safer, more powerful, and longer-lasting energy storage. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered that the molecular weight of these often-overlooked components plays a crucial role in the performance and durability of sulfide solid-state electrolytes (SSEs), a key […]

An energy start-up plans to build the world’s biggest battery in Lincoln, Maine, to help ease stresses on the region’s power grid. The project is being funded by the Department of Energy, which is putting $147 million in grants toward constructing the ambitious energy storage solution. If the current plans remain unchanged, the battery will […]

Like the petroleum industry itself, households are heavily invested in existing transport technologies. Getting oil and gas companies—and consumers—to switch to zero-emissions transport is a huge challenge. We can’t presume battery electric vehicles (EVs) will displace fossil fuel vehicles any time soon. They are not accessible to most households and don’t offer radically better transport services. They […]

A lithium-ion battery’s very first charge is more momentous than it sounds. It determines how well and how long the battery will work from then on—in particular, how many cycles of charging and discharging it can handle before deteriorating. In a study published today in Joule, researchers at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center report that giving […]

For the first time ever, two wind energy projects will be up for auction off the Oregon coast, the Department of Interior announced Thursday. The two projects, offshore Coos Bay and Brookings, will be auctioned Oct. 15, 2024, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, giving bidders the chance to build floating wind turbines. The […]

Battery-material giant Ganfeng Lithium Group Co. said it would delay spending on projects that do not generate “significant” near-term returns after posting a first-half loss, as the industry faces a boom-to-bust slump. The Chinese company — which reported a net loss of 760.4 million yuan ($107 million) from a profit a year earlier — will […]

Keeping battery-powered electronics in good shape is an arcane art. Do you keep them on the charger, so they’re always at 100 percent when needed, or do you constantly charge cycle them to prevent the batteries from degrading? Well, luckily for you, someone smarter than both of us has figured out the methods for your […]

Japanese researchers at Yokohama National University have demonstrated a promising alternative to nickel and cobalt-based batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). Their approach uses manganese in the anode to create a high-energy density battery that is both cost-effective and sustainable. EV manufacturers prefer nickel and cobalt batteries since they deliver higher energy density, translating to more […]

Norwegian battery startup Morrow, which opened its first factory earlier this month, has reached a preliminary deal to deliver power storage systems to Ukraine, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Morrow said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving (SAEE), adding that a […]