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Battery Recycling Firm BatX Secures $5 Million to Fund Expansion Plans

BatX Energies, an India-based sustainable and circular Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery recycling company, has raised $5 million in pre-series A Funding. The funds will be...

December 19, 2023

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Market & Policy
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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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Staff

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Maharashtra Announces Incentives for Textile Units Setting up Solar Projects

The Government of Maharashtra has announced incentives in the form of capital subsidies for solar project installations by textile units in the state. The incentives are...

September 5, 2023

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Satish Shetty

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C&I

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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India has Potential to Attract Global Investments in Battery Recycling

The collective capacity of lithium-ion batteries in India across various sectors is projected to reach approximately 600 GWh by 2030, according to a report by NITI Aayog...

August 2, 2023

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Market & Policy
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Mufin Green Raises ₹80 Million from Shell Foundation to Finance EVs in India

Mufin Green Finance, a listed Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) dedicated to electric vehicle (EV) financing, has secured ₹80 million (~$972,585) in funding from...

July 31, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Electric Vehicles

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Market & Policy
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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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Study Says Microwaves Can Replace Furnaces in Solar Cell Manufacturing

A recent study by researchers from the School of Engineering at Macquarie University has demonstrated the effectiveness of using microwave radiation as a means of...

April 12, 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: Lithium Price Drop Effect on EVs

Lithium carbonate prices, the primary component used in batteries, have seen a considerable drop over the last couple of months, raising hopes among industry...

April 5, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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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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Government Adds Solar Modules to Ambit of E-Waste Management Rules

Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy R.K.Singh  informed the Rajya Sabha that the management of waste generated from solar photovoltaic modules, panels, and...

March 15, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Other

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Waste to Energy
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Battery Recycler Li-Cycle Raises $350 Million Loan from US Energy Department

Toronto-based Li-Cycle Holdings Corporation, a lithium-ion battery recycler, has entered into a conditional commitment for a $375 million loan from the U.S. Department...

February 28, 2023

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Finance and M&A

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Other
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Indian Railways Aims Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2030

Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from India and around the world: Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha that the Indian...

December 9, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Renewable Energy
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Chhattisgarh’s EV Policy Targets 15% of All Vehicles to Be Electric by 2027

The Chhattisgarh State Electric Vehicle Policy, 2022 aims to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EV), especially in the two-wheeler, public/shared transport,...

September 8, 2022

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Vijayalakshmi Sridhar

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid

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Market & Policy
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New Battery Waste Management Rules Mandates Recycling by Local Producers and Importers

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 ensuring environment-friendly management of waste...

September 6, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Energy Storage

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Market & Policy
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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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