Tesla is trying to meet goals for battery production. This article gets into the technical details of the wet and dry battery production, like NMP. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/19/can-tesla-meet-2022-goals-for-in-house-battery-production/
Archive for the ‘Lithium’ Category:
2022-03-07 Battery Gives 750+ Miles Very Long Range
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/02/us-ev-battery-manufacturer-demonstrates-750-mile-range-raises-65-million/ The changes in chemical engineering are not coming fast enough. The difficulties are balancing tradeoffs in multiple factors. There is the battery’s Wh per kg. Then there’s the charge/discharge cycles. There are the toxicity, safety and fire hazards of the chemicals. And then there is the ability to develop a method of mass production.
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2022-02-24 Lithium Below Salton Sea
There are millions of metric tons of lithium in the brine below the Salton Sea. There is a geothermal power plant there that uses the hot brine. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/02/23/lithium-beneath-californias-salton-sea/
2022-02-20 “Holy Grail Of Batteries?” Lithium-Sulfur
There seems to be a lot of research and development to go before they can have a producible battery. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.techtimes.com/amp/articles/271897/20220216/holy-grail-batteries-lithium-sulfur-power-cells-three-times-capacity.htm
2022-02-03 Tesla Cathode Plant At GF Texas
I had assumed that the Project Bobcat at GF Texas would be the cathode plant. There already have been steel beam deliveries for a building with the name cathode. But the article doesn’t say anything about that, but the map shows that it is in the same location. So this application may be for the
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2022-01-30 Panasonic To Make 4680 Cells In Japan
This article has important information about the problems that Panasonic has had at GF Nevada. They will take production of 4680 cells to Japan. https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Panasonic-to-make-new-Tesla-batteries-in-Japan-after-U.S.-snag
2022-01-19 CATL Batteries Huge Future Demand 400+GWh
There will be a huge demand for batteries in the future according to CATL. They are bringing a huge factory online but the demand will be greater over the next few years. The demand is growing. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/01/17/catl-warns-on-solid-state-batteries-sees-supply-shortfall-ahead/amp/
2022-01-12 10 Notable BESS Completed in 2021
On top of these battery energy storage projects, there is the Johanna BESS that Southern California Edison will be commissioning in Santa Ana, California. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/10-notable-battery-storage-projects-that-went-live-in-2021/
2021-12-27 13 Battery Factories To Be Built In US
There will be (at least) 13 new battery factories to be built in the US by 2025. They forgot to count Tesla’s GF Texas battery manufacturing plant. https://electrek.co/2021/12/27/13-battery-gigafactories-coming-us-2025-ushering-new-era/ The biggest problem is to get the raw materials. That is establishing the supply chains for lithium, nickel, cobalt graphite, to name a few. And for LFP
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2021-12-23 Tesla Secures Graphite Anode Material
Tesla secures a supply of graphite battery anode material from Syrah Ltd., An Australian company which is building a plant in Vidalia, Louisiana. https://electrek.co/2021/12/23/tesla-tsla-secures-graphite-anode-material-battery-production-offtake-deal/
