EV battery plant gets 500 acres from economic development alliance

Alabama Power Building BESS at Former Coal-Fired Power Plant Site

Officials with Alabama Power said the company will develop the state’s first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) at the site of the former coal-fired William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant. The post Alabama Power Building BESS at Former Coal-Fired Power Plant Site appeared first on POWER Magazine.

EV battery plant gets 500 acres from economic development alliance

(The Center Square) – The Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance recently announced it “transferred” 500 acres of land to BlueOval Battery Michigan LLC for its building of the BlueOval Battery

Watercycle Technologies and Primobius partner to boost sustainable battery recycling

Watercycle Technologies, a UK-based climate-tech company specialising in critical minerals recovery, has entered into an agreement with Primobius, a specialist in recycling solutions, to collaborate on optimising battery recycling processes and sustainable critical minerals extraction. Highlights Agreement to leverage advanced hydrometallurgical processes to drive innovation, reduce the need for new raw materials in the battery supply chain, an…

Charged EVs | UBE starts construction of Louisiana plant to produce lithium-ion battery electrolyte materials

UBE C1 Chemical America, a subsidiary of Japanese chemical manufacturer UBE, has started building a dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) plant in Louisiana. The plant will produce 100,000 tons of DMC per year and 40,000 tons of EMC derived from DMC per year. The plant is scheduled for completion in July 2026, and to begin operation in November of the same year. DMC and EMC are key components of the electrolyte solvent for li…