Batteries
Redwood Materials wins $2B DOE loan to recycle EV batteries
The U.S. needs a robust domestic supply of recycled materials to get EVs on the road. Federal support will be a big help in kick-starting the nascent industry.
Batteries
Recycling renewables
Should the US mandate EV battery recycling?
Recycling electric-vehicle batteries could cut the need to mine critical minerals. The U.S. now has incentives for recycling, but no national requirements.
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Fun stuff
This billion-dollar-selling toy was inspired by heat pumps
Super Soaker inventor Lonnie Johnson talks to Canary Media about the toy's origin story and what he's working on now as a climatetech entrepreneur.
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Grid edge
Texans can now sign up for virtual power plant to help grid, make money
Tesla, Octopus Energy and other power retailers are offering customers compensation to use their solar and batteries to make the grid more efficient and clean.
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Air travel
A giant solar microgrid is coming to New York City’s JFK airport
Some 13,000 solar panels will cover a new terminal being built at JFK, giving the airport a clean power supply that can keep operations running even in a blackout.
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Batteries
Here's a plan for cutting US demand for lithium by up to 90%
A new report says smaller EV batteries, more battery recycling and less driving could curb the amount of lithium needed as the country shifts to clean energy.
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Batteries
Nevada lithium mine project gets $700M conditional loan offer from DOE
Federal loans for Ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge lithium mining project could expand domestic supplies of a key material for EVs and batteries.
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Energy storage
What's next for grid storage after a booming but chaotic year?
Grid-scale batteries are finally taking off — but now supply can't keep up with demand. Here's a recap of what went down in 2022 and a preview of the year ahead.
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Solar
California slashes payments to new rooftop-solar customers
A controversial decision to cut the value of power that homes export to the grid by up to 75% could kneecap the nation's biggest rooftop-solar market, critics say.
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Batteries
Element Energy raises $28M for grid storage powered by used EV batteries
The startup's granular charging controls can get more energy out of second-life batteries while also detecting and preventing failures that could start fires.
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Solar
As California guts solar net metering, batteries emerge as a moneymaker
Rooftop solar alone will earn less under new California policy, but firms are developing programs to make it lucrative to add home batteries that help the grid.
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