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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 2, 2022 - The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC) today announced a $3.6 million low-cost/fast-charge (LCFC) lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery development program with Nanoramic Laboratories® in Boston, Massachusetts. The contract award, which includes a 50 percent cost share by Nanoramic, funds a 30-month project that began last month.

The impacts of climate change are pushing electrical grids around the world to their limits. Last year, an unprecedented polar vortex caused consumers in Texas to crank up their thermostats and overwhelm the power grid, resulting in days-long power outages. And in California, power is preemptively shut off during high fire-risk weather conditions.

When Americans turn on a faucet, they rely on public treatment systems to ensure the water is safe to drink. Public water systems pump more than 27 million filtered gallons each minute to U.S. homes and businesses. Chemicals called flocculants play a

The Salton Sea geothermal field in California potentially holds enough lithium to meet all of the US’ domestic battery needs, with even enough left over to export some of it. (Earlier post.) There are currently 11 commercial plants at the Salton Sea field producing geothermal energy, a process in which...

Berkeley Lab in California will lead an investigation aimed at better understanding the Salton Sea’s geothermal lithium resources.