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Li-S Energy said a single lithium-sulfur battery pack powered the Pegasus long-endurance drone through a test flight of almost two hours over Queensland. The result indicates the pack met the aircraft’s expected performance with capacity remaining at landing.
The European Commission has chosen 46 new strategic raw material projects across 16 member states. The projects include materials important for batteries, such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and graphite.
Volkswagen Group, PowerCo and Gotion High-tech said they are forming three joint ventures tied to LFP battery supply chains in Spain, Slovakia and Morocco. The planned projects point to expanded regional battery production capacity, but the input does not provide full project details.
Envision Energy said it has energised Morocco’s first large-scale lithium iron phosphate battery energy storage system at OCP Green Energy’s Benguerir phosphate mining site. The company said it supplied and commissioned the system under a contract signed in late 2025.
Geothermal Engineering Ltd has received an offer in principle of up to £9.8 million in UK government grant funding for a lithium extraction plant in Cornwall. The project is intended to produce 1,500 tonnes per year of technical-grade lithium carbonate.