Grenada energy storage battery recycling factory

Which battery companies have a recycling plant in Norway?

Northvolt: This Swedish battery startup, founded by former Tesla executives in 2016, already has an experimental recycling plant up and running and, with aluminum company Hydro, plans to open an 8,000-metric-ton-per-year recycling plant in Norway this year.

Are battery recyclers opening plants in North America?

Credit: Li-Cycle | In North America, many battery recyclers are opening plants, such as this Li-Cycle battery shredding facility, near planned battery production facilities in the US Southeast.

Are lithium-ion batteries recyclable?

Of the 180,000 metric tons of Li-ion batteries available for recycling worldwide in 2019, just a little over half were recycled. As lithium-ion battery production soars, so does interest in recycling.

Which EV companies recycle their own batteries?

SMCC Recycling: A joint venture of South Korea’s SungEel HiTech Co., a battery recycler, and Metallica Commodities Corp., the company plans to open an “environmentally friendly” 5,000-metric-ton Li-ion recycling plant in Endicott, N.Y. Tesla: For the past couple of years, Elon Musk has hinted that the EV maker will recycle its own batteries.

Where is Li-cycle constructing a lithium-ion battery-recycling plant?

Original article from 5 January 2021 follows: Later this year, the Canadian firm Li-Cycle will begin constructing a US $175 million plant in Rochester, N.Y., on the grounds of what used to be the Eastman Kodak complex. When completed, it will be the largest lithium-ion battery-recycling plant in North America.

Can batteries be recycled?

The U.S. Department of Energy, which has listed battery recycling among its priorities, has put millions of dollars into research aimed at developing new ways to extract materials from old batteries. Most of the work has been done through the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.