Hydro<\/a>, a pioneering aluminium and energy company. Hydrovolt is situated in Fredrikstad, southern Norway, and is the largest electric vehicle battery recycling plant in Europe.<\/p>\nHydrovolt elevates electric vehicle battery recycling to new frontiers, with the facility able to process around 12,000 tons of battery packs each year \u2013 around 25,000 electric vehicle batteries. With the unparalleled adoption of electric vehicles in Norway, Hydrovolt is positioned to provide a sustainable solution for its entire volume of electric vehicle batteries, stopping them from retiring from the market or reaching end-of-life.<\/p>\n
The EV battery recycling plant comprises cutting-edge technology proficient in recovering and isolating 95% of a battery’s materials, such as copper, plastics, aluminium, and black mass \u2013 which is a compound containing manganese, cobalt, nickel, and lithium.<\/p>\n
The plant boasts an array of innovative concepts that have been specially designed to maximise the use of all materials found within the facility, including a dust collection system that recovers valuable material that is typically lost during mechanical recycling steps.<\/p>\n
The Hydrovolt team is now investigating if they can increase their electric vehicle battery recycling capacity throughout Europe, with future aims of recycling approximately 70,000 tons of battery packs by 2025 and 300,000 tons by 2030. Staggeringly, this is the equivalent of 150,000 electric vehicle batteries by 2025 and 500,000 in 2030.<\/p>\n
Peter Qvarfordt, the CEO of Hydrovolt, commented: “Hydrovolt represents a milestone on Norway’s trailblazing journey towards widespread electric transportation. Norway has been leading the world in the adoption of electric vehicles for some years, but what has been missing is recycling capacity to ensure a sustainable solution for those batteries as they reach end-of-life.<\/p>\n
“Today, Hydrovolt is scaled to handle the entire volume of end-of-life batteries in Norway, but we’re now looking towards expanding to ensure we’re prepared for the higher flows of batteries we know are coming.”<\/p>\n
Reutilising black mass<\/h3>\n The expert recovery of black mass at the Hydrovolt plant is a significant breakthrough, as it will alleviate the dependence on acquiring primary raw materials through mining, meaning limited resources can be spared.<\/p>\n
Additionally, at its Revolt Ett recycling plant in Skellefte\u00e5, Sweden, Northvolt is developing a hydrometallurgical treatment that is critical for processing black mass into battery-grade material, with Hydrovolt forecasted to produce more than 2,000 tons of black mass annually by 2025.<\/p>\n
Emma Nehrenheim, the Chief Environmental Officer of Northvolt, concluded: “Recycling end-of-life batteries is a cornerstone to ensuring the electric vehicle transition is a true success from an environmental perspective. The metals used in battery production are finite, but by substituting raw materials mined from the Earth with recycled materials, we can not only cut the carbon footprint of batteries but enable the sustainable long-term use of lithium-ion battery technology.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let’s take a look under the bonnet of Hydrovolt \u2013 Europe’s largest electric vehicle battery recycling plant and how it will spark the continent’s transition to electrified transport. The widespread uptake of electric vehicles will be the driving force behind achieving Europe’s net zero ambitions. Currently, transport is the most significant source of emissions across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":24609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24425],"tags":[24412,582,24411],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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