Etiket: battery
Battery factory project in Montérégie | Complaint against Northvolt to the Lobbying Commissioner
The exchanges that Northvolt had with the Legault government without being registered in the register of lobbyists in Quebec, that The Press revealed Friday, are the subject of a complaint…
On video | Images of the site of the future Northvolt battery factory
What you see here is the future site of the Northvolt factory. The project raises a lot of opposition, especially from environmental groups. The construction of the plant would result…
Battery sector: massive losses for Northvolt
Last year, while Northvolt was negotiating with Quebec and Ottawa to obtain billions of dollars in financial aid, the young Swedish company suffered delays and massive losses. • Read also:…
Battery sector | No BAPE for many flagship projects
The battery industry is emerging from the shelter of the Office of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE). In addition to Northvolt, factories of General Motors (GM), Ford, Nemaska Lithium,…
Battery cell factory | The CQDE dismissed by the courts, Northvolt restarts its construction site
Quebec’s decision allowing Northvolt to cut down trees and encroach on wetlands on the land of its mega-cell factory was not “unreasonable”, rules the Superior Court of Quebec, which rejects…
Battery cell mega-factory | Northvolt can resume work, court rules
Northvolt can restart work on its battery cell mega-factory on the South Shore, where the company will encroach on wetlands: the Superior Court of Quebec rejects the request for an…
Battery sector | The price of lithium weighs down the mining industry
Electric vehicles are fueling demand for lithium, but its extraction is no guarantee of profit when prices are plummeting. The Quebec sector has just received its first warning with the…
Battery cell factory | Authorization granted to Northvolt attacked on two fronts
The authorization granted by the Legault government to Northvolt to allow it to fell trees and encroach on wetlands is now contested by two legal actions: that of the Quebec…
Everything about battery life
All electric vehicle owners, one day or another, will ask questions about the lifespan of their battery, and for good reason, considering that it can represent up to 70% of…
The battery sector is “the opportunity of a generation”, according to the boss of BMO
Quebec must seize the economic opportunities that its electricity provides before being caught up, says the president of BMO in Quebec, Grégoire Baillargeon. Unlike the big boss of the National…
Northvolt wants to market a new sodium battery
Northvolt plans to be the first company to commercialize sodium batteries on a large scale. This technology could play an important role in the energy transition, but not necessarily in…
Northvolt wants to market a new sodium battery
(Montreal) Northvolt plans to be the first company to commercialize sodium batteries on a large scale. This technology could play an important role in the energy transition, but not necessarily…
Battery sector: Nano One wants help from Quebec to build a cathode factory
A cathode manufacturer from Candiac, who relies on technology developed at the time by the Hydro-Québec Research Institute (IREQ), thinks that Quebec must invest in its factory project to avoid…
EU responds to US subsidies for battery factory
In the name of a new economic pragmatism, the EU on Monday approved state aid to secure the establishment in Germany of an automobile battery factory and respond to American…
Help in the battery sector: understand before speaking
Warning: this text will offend some people. You may have made statements at Christmas dinner that will go down in flames. In the major economic news of 2023, we remember…
Quiz | A good dose of announcements in the battery sector
Augustinian Monastery Manage like an Augustine Eight years ago, the Monastère des Augustines changed its vocation. The hotel company is now grappling with the same concerns as those working in…
The return of the sodium battery
It’s an old concept, the sodium battery: it has advantages in terms of power, charging speed, price, and pollution. Published on 17/12/2023 08:00 Update on 17/12/2023 08:04 Reading time: 2…
Battery sector in Bécancour | A missed opportunity cost Quebec 50 million
Every other Thursday, The Press offers a look back at what is attracting attention in the field of residential and commercial real estate. Published at 1:10 a.m. Updated at 5:00…
Severe criticism of our shift towards the electric battery sector
“We could have made much more intelligent choices by probably spending less money for greater results,” says an economics professor, who not only accuses the Legault government of building the…
One seriously injured in an explosion at the Northvolt factory in Sweden: “Battery manufacturing includes the handling of dangerous products”
An explosion inside the Northvolt mega-factory in Skellefteå, Sweden, left one seriously injured a month ago, but the Swedish company assures Newspaper have “a strong health and safety culture”. “On…