Platinum firms look to develop batteries
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The world’s largest platinum and palladium suppliers, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Platinum Group Metals, want to develop lithium batteries
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European manufacturers clamour for Swedish batteries
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Swedish battery manufacturing startup Northvolt has announced growing interest from Volkswagen, BMW, Scania, ABB, Siemens, Vattenfall, Vestas and other European
Atlantic island pays car owners who supply grid
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The tiny Portuguese Atlantic island of Porto Santo (pictured) is looking to the sun and wind for its power needs
Volkswagen and Northvolt discuss German battery factory
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Volkswagen is purportedly in talks with Swedish-based battery-making startup Northvolt on plans to jointly build production in Salzgitter, near the
Equinor invests in battery research
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Norway’s oil and gas giant Equinor is announcing a US$180-million investment fund focused on battery technologies. The Chicago-based Volta Energy
Germany launches battery subsidy package
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The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has announced a subsidy programme for battery production with bids
Poland eyes €1bn homegrown electric car plant
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State-owned Polish energy companies are due to launch a €1-billion factory producing electric vehicles, the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reported. Most
Shell buys German battery pioneer
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Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to acquire a 100-per-cent stake in Sonnen, a German domestic energy storage provider, for an
BMW and Porsche reveal fast-charging batteries
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Electric vehicles (EV) may become quicker to charge as BMW and Porsche have demonstrated technologies to cut recharging times, in
Arsenal opts for battery power
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Arsenal Football Club in north London has installed large-scale batteries in a bid to cut electricity costs and boost renewable
Norway cruise giant eyes biogas power
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Discarded pieces of fish will be used to power Norwegian cruise ships with liquefied biogas (LBG) in an initiative to
BMW signs battery reuse deal
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BMW is leading a consortium to reuse electric vehicle (EV) batteries after they have lost the capacity to power cars.
Greek island provides landmark renewable example
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The Greek island of Tilos is set to become the first in the Mediterranean to be autonomously powered by renewable
French island chosen for ‘smart’ project
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Renault is looking to make Belle-Île-en-Mer (pictured), an island to the south of Brittany in northern France near St Nazarre,
Battery design flawed: study
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A study published in Nature Materials has been conducted to explain why lithium-ion batteries degrade over time and has recommended