Our series of exclusive RE+ 2022 interviews continues with Matt Harper and Matt Walz of flow battery company Invinity Energy Systems.

The US Department of Energy has launched 140 programmes to advance equitable development of climate, sustainability, and health measures.

A region of southern California desert has the potential to become the hub of a “world-class lithium industry”.

President Joe Biden’s recent invocation of the Defense Production Act of 1950 could help solve supply chain issues, but only over the longer term. 

Redwood Materials CEO JB Straubel told a US Senate hearing his company already receives approximately 6GWh of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries for recycling annually. 

EU-supported European Battery Alliance (EBA) will roll out a newly updated action plan to enable 90% of the Union’s demand for batteries to be met with domestically made products by 2030.

Li-Cycle has seen its revenues rise although the cost of expansion to meet expected future demand remains high.

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced financial support for four technology sector manufacturing projects, including a vanadium processing plant.

US President Joe Biden announced a “major investment in domestic production of key minerals and materials” this week, including efforts to strengthen supply chains of lithium and other materials used in batteries. 

Australia’s federal government has committed millions of dollars in grants to companies involved in lithium battery and vanadium redox flow battery value chains, as part of a wider pledge to support resources and critical minerals sectors in the country.