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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said on Thursday it is offering a fresh round of $1.2 billion in aid to extend the life of distressed ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said on Thursday it is offering a fresh round of $1.2 billion in aid to extend the life of distressed ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said on Thursday it is offering a fresh round of $1.2 billion in aid to extend the life of distressed ...

The U.S. Department of Energy will provide $375 million in loans to a battery recycling company to build its first, and one of the first, lithium ion battery recycling plants in North America. Experts have long talked about recycling the lithium in batteries because mining can be environmentally destructive and supplies in the Earths crust ultimately may be limited. There have been three such announcements of lithium recyling plants in recent weeks.

The 'hype cycle' around long duration energy storage (LDES) is ending and 2023 will be the year when companies must prove the technology out.

The 36th Annual IWV Economic Outlook Conference will be moving to the Desert Empire Fairgrounds this year only on Thursday, Feb. 23. Normally held at the Kerr McGee Center, this

The DOE loan is part of a Biden Administration push to create a domestic EV supply chain.

Senator Joe Manchin has urged the Biden Administration to invest more in non-lithium energy storage technology supply chains.

Following the first two years of the Biden Administration, and fresh off of the successful passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (LPO) is flush with new funds.

Some US$92 billion has been invested in the US battery supply chain since Biden took office, including recent projects by ICL and Rhyolite.