Veolia, a water, energy and waste recycling services multinational headquartered in France, has presented the results of a successful vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial that enabled two specially designed bidirectional vehicles to be charged and then to discharge 110 kW of energy, or enough to power 110 households for over two hours during peak evening hours. Turbo… Read more »
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Li-Cycle to use Veolia’s HPD crystallization tech at its Rochester Hub
Battery recycling firm Li-Cycle has partnered with Veolia Water Technologies, a designer of water treatment plants and equipment, to use its HPD crystallization technology for battery recycling at its Rochester Hub, a facility scheduled to be fully operational in 2023. HPD crystallization is used in the final stage of the battery recycling process to produce… Read more »
Element 25 secures US site for EV battery materials plant
Element 25 (E25) has agreed with Veolia North America to secure a site for its planned high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) refinery in Louisiana. The plant will have the capacity to produce 135,000 tons of HPMSM annually for US EV battery manufacturing, in partnership with automakers GM and Stellantis. GM has committed $85 million in… Read more »
Westminster City Council powers fleet of 45 electric refuse trucks with waste
In a recent interview, a Mack Trucks exec gave Charged several reasons that garbage trucks represent an ideal use case for EVs, and here’s one more: refuse trucks can be powered by electricity generated by the waste they collect. That’s just what’s going on at the Landmann Way depot in London, where an adjacent waste… Read more »
London electric waste-collection fleet is powered by waste it collects
Westminster City Council and French transnational water- and waste-management company Veolia have announced the rollout over the coming weeks of 45 new electric refuse collection trucks, which represents an investment of £20 million. Plans call for eventual replacement of the entire existing fleet of 80 trucks. According to estimates, each EV will reduce CO2 emissions… Read more »
Dennis Eagle to supply 40 eCollect electric refuse trucks to Westminster City Council
UK-based refuse truck manufacturer Dennis Eagle has announced that Westminster City Council in Greater London, after extensive trials in 2022, has ordered 40 of the company’s eCollect 27-tonne 6×2 rear-steer vehicles. The vehicles will be operated by global waste-management company Veolia in partnership with Westminster City Council, which has set a goal of reaching net… Read more »
Compass Minerals converts Great Salt Lake lithium brine to battery-grade lithium hydroxide
Compass Minerals has announced the successful third-party conversion testing of its lithium brine resource into both lithium carbonate and battery-grade lithium hydroxide, representing a significant milestone in its previously announced lithium development project. Veolia Energy conducted lithium chloride to lithium hydroxide conversion testing using a proven, commercially viable conversion process. The company believes this is… Read more »
Peugeot wins order for 3000 iOn EVs
UGAP, an organization that makes large-scale purchases for various French government agencies and private firms, has placed an order with automaker Peugeot for 3,000 of the company’s iOn EVs.