Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be
Electrek
APRIL 29, 2024
Nevada utility NV Energy’s largest battery energy storage system sits on a former coal-fired power plant site and will save customers a lot of money.
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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 20, 2022
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined $2.8 billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6
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Tesla Gigafactory Nevada employees celebrate 1,000,000th battery pack built at plant
Teslarati
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Tesla Gigafactory Nevada employees have built the 1,000,000th battery pack produced at the plant. Employees at the Sparks, Nevada facility have each signed the commemorative pack, recognizing their hard work has officially resulted in one heck of a milestone for Tesla as a whole and each worker involved on production lines.
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Blue Bird premieres next-generation electric school bus; more range, faster charging, increased seating; Cummins Accelera powertrain
Green Car Congress
JULY 16, 2023
The zero-emission vehicle will be on display for the first time from 14-19 July 2023, inside the Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nevada. This new Type C electric school bus features a proven powertrain platform and a next-generation battery with a capacity of 196 kWh, a more than 25%t capacity increase compared to today’s model bus.
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Tesla supplier Panasonic announces new training, R&D campus near Gigafactory Nevada
Teslarati
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Tesla battery supplier Panasonic announced today that it intends to build a new campus in Reno that will handle training, research and development, employee recruitment centers, and other support functions. Tesla battery partner Panasonic’s new Giga Nevada line to start operations in August.
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The US’s largest co-located solar + battery storage project is online
Electrek
JULY 23, 2024
The Gemini Solar + Storage project in Nevada – the US’s largest co-located solar + battery energy storage system – is now operational.
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Tesla opens new possibilities for Giga Nevada, halts Megapack production
Teslarati
MAY 3, 2023
Tesla has stopped Megapack production at Giga Nevada, but this is just the beginning for Tesla’s most underrated facility. Now, the Nevada plant is being dramatically shaken up, potentially for the better, as it will no longer be producing the Megapack. NEWS: @Tesla has built its last Megapack at Giga Nevada.
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Tesla gets $330M tax break for Giga Nevada expansion plan
Teslarati
MARCH 2, 2023
The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) Board approved a $330,250,366 million tax break for Tesla. billion to expand Gigafactory Nevada in Storey County. capital investment in Giga Nevada could generate an estimated $685 million in net state and local revenues in the next 20 years.
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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 11, 2012
Vorbeck Materials , a startup company based in Jessup, Maryland, is using a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)-developed method for developing graphene for better lithium air and lithium sulfur batteries. When combined with other advanced battery materials, it could effectively lower battery life cycle cost by up to 70%.
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Lithium Deposit In Extinct Nevada Volcano Could Be Largest In The World
CleanTechnica EVs
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
A team of geologists say they may have found the world's largest lithium deposit in the world inside an extinct volcano in Nevada.
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Redwood Materials Plans Major Expansion In Nevada
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 12, 2022
Redwood Materials is planning to expand its battery recycling operations in Nevada with a new 74-acre development.
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Tesla highlights key battery power milestone in Texas
Teslarati
AUGUST 26, 2024
Tesla has highlighted an important milestone in the deployment of battery power in Texas this month, as solar and energy storage systems continue to become utilized in increasing volumes. According to Tesla and the agency, batteries sent more power to the grid in Texas on August 20 than ever before.
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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
ARPA-E’s first funding opportunity, “OPEN 2009,” was issued three years ago and was similarly an open call for transformational energy technology solutions. expensive facilities that use significant amounts of energy. regenerated in a reactor, similar to a battery. ARPA-E OPEN 2012 selections: Transportation Energy Storage.
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Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be
Baua Electric
APRIL 29, 2024
Nevada utility NV Energy’s largest battery energy storage system sits on a former coal-fired power plant site and will save customers a lot of money. Energy Vault will maintain the system. It’s a two-hour energy storage system that stores and dispatches excess wind and solar power.
Tesla to open NV battery plant for Megapacks using CATL equipment: report
Teslarati
JANUARY 31, 2024
Tesla is reportedly poised to expand its battery production activities in Nevada. To accomplish this, the electric vehicle maker will reportedly launch a new battery manufacturing plant that uses idle equipment from one of its battery suppliers, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.
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Europe Needs Over 30 Battery Gigafactories By 2025
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 15, 2021
For ease of thinking, I use 1 BGF (battery gigafactory) as unit of production capacity. This refers to the original planned size of the first Tesla battery gigafactory in Nevada. Plans change and factory sizes change and our realization of what is needed changes.
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Tesla to provide batteries for energy storage farm in Kauai, Hawaii
Green Car Reports
JUNE 15, 2016
While its electric-car manufacturing continues to get the most attention, Tesla quietly continues to build up its energy-storage business as well. Today, the still-incomplete "gigafactory" in Nevada is assembling standalone battery packs for the company's Tesla Energy stationary energy-storage division.
Tesla and Panasonic begin production of Li-ion cells at Gigafactory
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 5, 2017
Tesla and Panasonic have begun mass production of high-performance cylindrical “2170” (21mm diameter, 70mm height) lithium-ion battery cells at the Gigafactory in Nevada. The output will first be used in Tesla’s energy storage products and then in the Model 3. Model 3 cell production will follow in Q2.
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CATL reaches deal to supply energy storage systems to US firm HGP
CN EV Post
MARCH 28, 2023
The 450-MWh battery storage project will be deployed in Texas and is expected to begin commercial operations in 2024. Image credit: CATL ) CATL recently entered into a 450 MWh supply agreement with US battery storage project developer HGP, the battery giant's latest similar agreement with a US company.
Canaccord raises Tesla (TSLA) price target by 155% over battery, solar potential
Teslarati
APRIL 12, 2021
Tesla ( NASDAQ:TSLA ) has received a vote of confidence from Canaccord Genuity analyst Jed Dorsheimer, who stated that the EV maker is moving towards an “Apple-esque ecosystem” of products that are focused on sustainable energy. . Yet, it remains battery supply constrained. Don’t hesitate to contact us for news tips.
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Tesla Gigafactory will be covered in solar panels by end of 2022
Teslarati
AUGUST 9, 2021
Tesla will completely cover its Nevada Gigafactory in solar panels by the end of 2022, the company said in its 2020 Impact Report. Over the past several years, the Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada has flown under the radar, not getting the attention the facility really deserves. However, the factory, which houses 5.3
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Washington, Oregon, CA, & Nevada EV Policies in the News, Cycling Surge Here to Stay, EA
EV Obssesion
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Reaches 30 Megawatts in Installed Battery Energy Storage. The post Washington, Oregon, CA, & Nevada EV Policies in the News, Cycling Surge Here to Stay, EA appeared first on EV Obsession.
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Proterra electric buses pass 2M revenue-miles mark
Green Car Congress
MARCH 1, 2016
Proterra has 63 buses on the road today in Texas, California, Massachusetts, Nevada, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina and Washington. The Proterra Catalyst features the longest range per kWh of energy storage and the lowest fuel cost per mile, at 22 MPGe and 1.7 Proterra Inc. million pounds of CO 2 emissions.
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Tesla powers Eneco’s largest battery project
Teslarati
JUNE 7, 2023
Eneco, an energy producer in the Netherlands, is relying on Tesla to power its biggest battery project to date, which will be used to “more efficiently balance Belgium’s electricity grid” and is expected to be operational in 2024. This project is an important step for us towards a CO2-neutral energy system in 2035.”
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The Top 10 EV Battery Makers
Cars That Think
AUGUST 25, 2021
Boomtimes in Batteries. It's a great time to be a battery maker: The world could see 145 million electric vehicles on roads by 2030, versus 10 million in 2020, according to the International Energy Agency. gigawatt-hours of batteries — a 40 percent jump in one year, according to Adamas Intelligence. Meeting Demand.
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Tesla places 45 GWh LFP battery order from CATL for 2022 — enough for nearly 800k Model 3 and Model Y
Teslarati
OCTOBER 29, 2021
As per recent reports from China, Tesla has reportedly placed an order for 45 GWh worth of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries from Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), one of its key battery partners. 36Kr: CATL secured 45GWh order of LFP battery from Tesla — Kelvin Yang (@KelvinYang7) October 29, 2021.
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Electrify America invests $1.3M in SMUD Energy StorageShares program
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 16, 2020
Electrify America will purchase an interest in an energy storage program with the utility company. This will help reduce Electrify America’s demand charges and increase the overall grid benefit of its energy storage. —SMUD CEO and General Manager Arlen Orchard.
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Opinion: Could A Lithium Shortage De-Rail The Electric Car Boom?
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2016
Consider the number of battery gigafactories that are being built around the world. We have all heard about Tesla’s Nevada facility that will at full capacity produce enough batteries to power 500,000 electric cars per year by 2020. million metric tons of it—to last us over 350 years in batteries. In the U.S.,
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Tesla Megafactory for Megapack production breaks ground in Lathrop, CA
Teslarati
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
The facility will produce Tesla’s Megapack, a large-scale energy storage product utilized by sizeable sustainable energy products to store excessive amounts of energy produced from solar panels. Tesla Megapack batteries sold out “through the end of 2022”. The price is around $1 million each.
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Redwood Materials To Launch Anode Copper Foil Production
CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 23, 2022
Earlier this month, Redwood also announced that Panasonic would begin including its copper foil that is produced from recycled materials in new battery production at Giga Nevada. […].
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Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada set to receive Class I air quality permit
Teslarati
JULY 16, 2022
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada is set to receive a Class I air quality permit. In its 2021 Impact Report, Tesla said that it had installed solar panels with a capacity of 21,405 kW with most of this on the roofs of Gigafactories Nevada and New York. One example of this is by covering the roof with solar panels.
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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double
Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2016
Driven by the rise of battery gigafactories and game-changing Powerwall and energy storage businesses, the world now finds itself at the beginning of a lithium super cycle that is all about securing new supply, much of which is poised to come from lithium superstar Argentina. Remember—this is one man, one company.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
trafficThis scenario is highly desirable to automotive manufacturers, who harbor great concerns about battery warranty if vehicle-to-grid discharging is allowed. V2GFull varies not only the charging of the vehicle battery, but also can vary the discharging of the battery back into the power grid.
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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology
Green Car Congress
MARCH 25, 2009
a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs. Founded in 1989, and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Valence has facilities in Nevada, China and Northern Ireland. Donaghy noted that Valence has shipped some 70 MWh of Li-ion battery capacity since 2005—equivalent to 200,000 batteries, or enough for 1,500 3.5
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CNBC: How Tesla’s Battery Mastermind Is Tackling Electric Vehicles’ Biggest Problem
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 25, 2021
In a new video, CNBC details how Tesla’s battery mastermind is solving the largest problem that EVs have. The video starts out with thousands of plastic bags filled with batteries. These batteries come from EVs, phones, scooters, laptops, and other electronic devices.
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Tesla shows off new Megapack production facility in California
Teslarati
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
The new Lathrop facility is likely a dramatic increase in production rate, considering Giga-Nevada, which produces numerous Tesla products , was previously the only production location for the Megapack. What is more apparent is that Tesla is far from alone in the energy storage business. Answers remain unclear.
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Tesla And Panasonic: Partners In Electric Cars, Foes In Home Energy Storage
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
Tesla and Panasonic work closely together on battery-cell production for the carmaker's high-end electric cars. It's also helping to fund Tesla's massive Nevada "Gigafactory," and will oversee cell-fabrication operations once the factory is.
Tesla finally moves forward with Gigafactory Nevada expansion for Tesla Semi and 4680 cells
Baua Electric
JANUARY 19, 2024
Tesla finally moved forward with Gigafactory Nevada expansion for Tesla Semi and 4680 cells a year after the original announcement. Tesla Gigafactory Nevada was the first major step in Tesla’s effort to secure battery cell supply for its ambitious growth. It was supposed to become the largest building in the world.
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Redwood Materials searches for interns this summer
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The recycling company seems pumped to welcome engineering interns in Nevada this summer. If you’re passionate about building a sustainable energy future and hungry to innovate and learn, come join us in Nevada this summer!” Redwood Materials’ summer 2024 internships are in Sparks and Reno, Nevada.
Redwood Materials May Be Worth $5 Billion Already
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 25, 2023
Battery recycling company and Tesla partner Redwood Materials is currently in discussion to raise as much as $700 million in funding. If all goes according to plan, the funding would put the company’s valuation at nearly $5 billion ahead of the company’s plans to construct a new factory in Nevada — though it isn’t yet a done […]
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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. Grid sourced electrical energy used to recharge the bus batteries will be augmented with solar energy collected with panels procured and installed under this project. City of Santa Clarita, California: $4,620,000.
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