Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2023

The plant will process end-of-life lithium batteries from sectors such as auomotive. Since 2017, ABB has delivered electrification and automation equipment to power Northvolt’s Ett gigafactory for lithium-ion batteries in Sweden. Key to achieving this target, Northvolt Ett is powered by 100 percent fossil-free energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Professor Slater of the University of Birmingham said: “The challenge is no longer about recycling. DRX materials are seen as a promising alternative to the regular layered structure of conventional cathode materials, as they increase the capacity of the cathode, allowing development of higher energy density rechargable Lithium ion batteries.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) researchers and industry partners including PowerCo, Umicore, Weber Ultrasonics and Siemens are working together to improve spent battery recycling by recovering active components while maintaining functionality. The consumption of energy and chemicals in current recycling processes is high.

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MARCH 19, 2024

A further sign of Nissan’s commitment to electrification is a new joint project with Altilium , a UK-based clean technology group, which is aimed at improving the sustainability of UK-made EV batteries by recycling used batteries and reducing reliance on imported raw materials.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Regarding the prominent issue at hand, it is really true that electric car batteries can be recycled, and there are specific methods that allow for the recovery of up to 95% of the raw materials. Global governments are now insisting that electric vehicle (EV) batteries be designed and manufactured in a manner that facilitates easy recycling. 

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MARCH 12, 2024

Massachusetts-based 24M Technologies , an MIT spinout that has a partnership agreement with Volkswagen, has unveiled a new recycling process for its SemiSolid EV batteries. According to the company, this allows the recycling of all active materials, including those from the anode and cathode. Source: Electrek

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The facility will be designed for novel materials research, advanced process development and acceleration of next-generation lithium products to market. The company expects that innovations at the proposed site will enhance lithium recovery, improve production methods and introduce new forms of lithium for advances in battery performance.

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Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Li-Cycle is exploring "strategic alternatives" after pausing work on its main recycling facility in New York following soaring project costs while industry peer AquaMetals claims to Energy-Storage.news that its facility is 60% cheaper to build.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Specialty chemicals company Albemarle has announced plans to build a lithium hydroxide processing facility in Chester County, South Carolina. The so-called Mega-Flex plant will be able to process diverse lithium feedstocks, including lithium from recycled batteries. Source: Albemarle

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JUNE 21, 2022

Battery supplier InoBat Auto and mineral processing firm Green Lithium have formed a strategic partnership to build and operate a large-scale lithium refinery in the UK. Source: InoBat.

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MAY 2, 2023

Volkswagen and lithium-ion battery recycler Redwood Materials have partnered to offer US consumers a convenient way to recycle rechargeable devices or lithium-ion batteries. The collaboration between Volkswagen Group of America and Redwood began last year with a recycling deal for all Volkswagen and Audi EV battery packs.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Group AG and the Government of Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore deeper cooperation across all stages of the automotive value chain—from technical development and the extraction of raw materials to production, service life and recycling. Source: Mercedes-Benz.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Specialty chemicals supplier Albemarle has announced a definitive agreement with Ford to deliver battery-grade lithium hydroxide to support the automaker’s ramp-up of EV production. Albemarle will supply more than 100,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide for approximately 3 million future Ford EV batteries.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

A UN-backed report funded by the EU outlines a proposal whereby the recycling of certain components and sub-systems within electronic equipment should be mandated by law. Acceptance by the manufacturing and recycling industry is also needed, as the standards will only work when there is widespread adoption.”.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 12, 2022

PNE), an emerging growth company engaged in the regeneration of lithium-ion battery (LIB) material, announced its closure of a seed funding round at $7 million for LIB recycling. It can, according to PNE, significantly reduce CO2 emission, energy consumption and water usage while avoiding landfill waste production.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Automaker Stellantis and nuclear energy company Orano have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to recycle EV batteries and scrap. Stellantis will have access to cobalt, nickel and lithium from gigafactories in Europe and North America for electrification and energy transformation.

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MAY 30, 2022

Li-Cycle , LG Chem (LGC) and LG Energy Solution (LGES) have agreed to cooperate on battery recycling and sales. Li-Cycle has agreed to recycle LGES’s battery manufacturing scrap and other lithium-ion battery material from its North American manufacturing sites over a 10-year period.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

Battery recycling firm Blue Whale Materials plans to build a Li-ion battery processing facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The company says that, unlike traditional wet processes, which can complicate further refining, the dry Blacksand technology streamlines the recycling process and enhances the quality of the recovered materials. “I

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Illustration by Sisi Kim for The Verge Smarter tech and new recycling techniques might just mean our EVs get even greener. Here’s how Redwood Materials is putting recycling at the heart of the burgeoning battery belt. The solution, or part of it, might come from recycling. There’s a bit of a battery manufacturing boom going on.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Image: Redwood Redwood Materials has recycled e-bike batteries and Tesla batteries. The decommissioning recently wrapped and the batteries are now being transported to the company’s facility in north Nevada for recycling. Now, it’s ready to level up a few sizes. million gallons per year. the company said.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Rice University scientists have reported what they believe to be a partial solution to the mounting disposal problem of worn-out lithium-ion batteries. The reported cost is about $118 to recycle one ton of untreated anode waste. It relies on a unique “flash” Joule heating process they have developed to produce graphene from waste.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

A new paper from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) analyzes the process of extracting lithium from brine. The lithium is naturally dried in large ponds to evaporate the water, concentrate the lithium and remove impurities. Materials and energy are later added to produce lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries. The method allows recovery of 100% of the aluminum and 98% of the lithium in electric car batteries.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

TES, a provider of sustainable technology lifecycle services, has taken over a recycling facility at the Port Of Rotterdam , Europe’s largest seaport, from Battery Recycling Services Netherlands. TES plans to focus the facility on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The TES project in Rotterdam is exactly that.

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MARCH 17, 2022

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled plans to expand its global battery recycling strategy. The automaker will build its own battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, and plans to enlist partners for battery recycling in China and the US. Sustainable battery recycling is a key factor in this, worldwide.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Faraday Institution researchers working on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries at the Universities of Leicester and Birmingham have developed a new method to recover materials from end-of-life EV batteries. This process proved highly effective in removing graphite and lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides (NMC).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Volkswagen has opened its first EV battery recycling facility to recover raw materials such as lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt in a closed loop, together with aluminum, copper and plastics, achieving a recycling rate of more than 90% over the long term. Source: Volkswagen.

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APRIL 28, 2021

Battery Resourcers , a battery recycling and manufacturing company, recently completed a $20-million Series B equity round to support the development of a commercial-scale processing facility with the annual capacity to recycle 10,000 tons of batteries—roughly the amount of batteries from 20,000 EVs.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) of 2021 authorized $335 million for battery recycling and second-life programs. The DOE is requesting information on lithium-ion battery materials in consumer electronics, EVs and manufacturing scrap. Now the DOE is seeking information to assist in implementing the investment.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Aqua Metals has developed a novel battery recycling process. 6K Energy produces sustainable materials for lithium-ion batteries. The MOU includes a proposed supply agreement for recycled materials from Aqua Metals to meet the critical mineral needs of the 13,000-tonnes-per-year PlusCAM facility.

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JULY 17, 2023

BASF , a chemicals firm, has opened a battery material production and recycling site in Schwarzheide, Germany. The automated production plant makes cathode active materials, and mechanically processes end-of-life batteries and battery production waste for the production of black mass, which contains lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A new technique offers a less energy-intensive way to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, and uses carbon dioxide for the process rather than the high temperatures or corrosive and hazardous chemicals traditionally associated with this activity.

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APRIL 9, 2024

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling venture founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has signed an agreement to recycle scrap and defective battery cells for Envision AESC, which manufactures batteries for the Nissan LEAF in Smyrna, Tennessee. million tons of lithium, 1.5 million tons of lithium, 1.5

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Johnson Matthey has entered into an agreement with OnTo Technology , a developer of battery recycling methods, to scale up OnTo’s process for the direct recycling of lithium-ion battery scrap. We are delighted to be working with OnTo and UKBIC to bring this technology closer to commercialization.”. Source: Johnson Matthey.

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DECEMBER 24, 2021

Li-Cycle ( profiled in our July/August 2020 issue ) uses a hub-and-spoke model for its recycling process. The Hub will transform that black mass into critical battery grade materials to be returned back to the lithium-ion battery supply chain.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

US-based EV battery recycler Smartville has introduced a new battery energy storage system (BESS) using retired EV batteries. Our EV battery repurposing and reuse platform is a key link to a lithium battery circular economy. See the feature article in our July-September issue.) Source: Smartville

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