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Dutch carmaker Stellantis has entered into a long-term binding agreement to procure lithium hydroxide from Australia-listed lithium supplier Vulcan Energy Resources. The contract involves a minimum quantity of 81,000-99,000MT of lithium hydroxide to be procured over a five-year period starting from 2026. The deal was announced by both companies on November 29 and has been reported by various news agencies including Reuters. ...  more

At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), Indonesia committed to gradually reducing its greenhouse gas emissions after reaching peak emissions in 2030. ...  more

Ranked as the top seller among PHEVs in France in October 2021 and among the top three EVs in Europe for the first 10 months of 2021, French automaker Renault’s Zoe has been not only well received, but also a bestseller since its release. ...  more

Chinese cable and equipment provider ZTT announced in late November that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with a subsidiary of China Yangtze Power to build a 500MW/1GWh shared energy storage plant in Rudong County, which is located on the coastline of Jiangsu Province. ...  more

A Canadian research team may have developed the first flexible battery in the world that is capable of withstanding machine washing. ...  more

Power grids facilitate normal operations of the society, and distribute electricity generated by power plans to the user end in order to fulfill daily power consumption. However, power plants and electric towers are considered to be NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard) facilities, and the power grid upgrade plans of Germany over the past several years that consist of 100 projects and a total length of roughly 12,000 km are currently severely falling behind schedule. ...  more

PPES, a joint venture created by Toyota and Panasonic, recently announced a partnership with Britain-based battery developer Nexeon to develop the next generation of li-ion batteries, which will feature an increased silicon content for improved battery performance. ...  more

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has always been a determined supporter of nuclear energy. Musk has once again announced his perspective on Twitter recently, and believes that we should not shut down nuclear power plants unless they are susceptible to extreme natural disasters. ...  more

Photon Energy, a renewable energy developer based in the Netherlands, announced on November 3 that it has acquired 1,200ha of land in Australia to build a utility-scale solar-plus-storage project. The project, which is located in the state of South Australia, will feature a new kind of concentrated solar thermal array as well as a new kind of thermal energy storage system. The project will have a generation capacity of 300MW and a storage capacity of 3.6GWh. ...  more