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Onshore Wind and Utility-Scale Solar in the U.S. Have Lowest LCOE

A report by Lazard, an asset management and financial advisory company, found that the low ends of the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) for renewable energy technologies...

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Researchers Develop Fast-Charging Sodium Battery

Researchers have developed a high-energy, high-power hybrid sodium-ion battery that could be a viable alternative to lithium-ion batteries. Led by Jeung Ku Kang, a team...

April 29, 2024

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Staff

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Discover New Fast-conducting Li-ion Material

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have discovered a solid material that rapidly conducts lithium ions, which are essential components in the rechargeable...

February 23, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Flux Power Narrows Q2 Net Loss by 52% YoY on Cost Savings

Lithium-ion storage solutions provider Flux Power Holdings’ net loss for the second quarter of the financial year (FY) 2023-24 narrowed to $0.8 million from $1.7 million,...

February 13, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Finance and M&A
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MIT Scientists Develop Long-Lasting, Cobalt-Free Batteries for EVs

A new lithium-ion battery, which includes a cathode based on organic materials instead of metals such as cobalt or nickel, has been designed by researchers at the...

January 25, 2024

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Arshreet Singh

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Researchers Develop Lighter, Cost-Effective Lithium-Sulfur Battery Design

Researchers from the Monash University in Australia and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have unveiled a lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery design with a...

November 6, 2023

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Birla Carbon Acquires Belgium-based Battery Materials Maker Nanocyl

Birla Carbon, a group company of the diversified Aditya Birla Group, has acquired Nanocyl, a multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) manufacturer based in Sambreville,...

October 12, 2023

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Staff

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Electric Vehicles

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Finance and M&A
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Daily News Wrap-Up: CERC Approves Evacuation of 4.5 GW of Renewable Power in Gujarat

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has granted a transmission license to POWERGRID Khavda II-C Transmission, a wholly owned subsidiary of Power Grid...

August 3, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Researchers Extract Valuable Metals from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries

A research group at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea, has developed a method to recycle valuable metals from lithium-ion batteries using their spinning...

May 8, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Innovative Recycling Process Recovers 70% of Lithium from Spent Batteries

Researchers from Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have devised a low-cost and eco-friendly lithium recycling technique to...

April 4, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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KIT Researchers Discover a New Solution to Battery Passivation Puzzle

A recent study by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has shown that the formation of the solid electrolyte interphase, which is crucial for the functioning of...

March 28, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar

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Technology
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Daily News Wrap-Up: MEDA Tenders 10 MW of Rooftop Solar Systems

Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has invited bids for installing and commissioning 10 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar systems under the capital...

March 14, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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US Seeks Public Weigh-in for Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to help guide the implementation of $335 million in investments from President Biden’s...

August 30, 2022

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Vijayalakshmi Sridhar

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Light Can Act as an Efficiency Booster for Lithium-ion Batteries

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Kyushu University in Japan have demonstrated how light could be used to improve the efficiency of fuel...

February 26, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Joint Venture Power4Future to Make Lithium-Ion Batteries in Italy

Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Italy-based Fincantieri SI, an integrator of electric propulsion systems and complex...

June 1, 2021

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Srinwanti Das

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Renewable Energy

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