Charged EVs | Vianode study finds low emissions for graphite battery anode production

Norway-headquartered Vianode, a producer of artificial graphite for battery anodes, has launched the outcomes of a life cycle evaluation (LCA) of its deliberate industrial-scale manufacturing.

A typical EV battery pack incorporates round 70 kg of graphite, which represents as much as 40% of battery cell emissions, primarily based on common present-day manufacturing. Vianode says the outcomes symbolize a possible CO₂ emission discount of greater than 90% in comparison with typical fossil-based manufacturing, in response to the most recent LCA outcomes, inner firm evaluation information, and specialist data supplier Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. 

The LCA is a scope 1, 2 and three research—from the purpose of useful resource extraction to the manufacturing facility gate—of the possible manufacturing of battery-grade artificial anode graphite at Vianode’s deliberate large-scale website. Seven internationally accepted affect classes have been thought of: local weather change, water shortage footprint, land use, acidification potential, particulate matter, fossil useful resource use, and mineral and metallic useful resource use. The research has been licensed in response to the ISO-14040 and ISO-14044 requirements.

Vianode plans to open its first full-scale manufacturing plant at Herøya, Norway, within the second half of 2024 and scale as much as produce high-performance anode graphite options for 3 million EVs yearly by 2030 throughout Europe and North America.

“Vianode’s ambition is to alter the best way batteries and battery supplies are produced,” mentioned Vianode CEO Burkhard Straube. “Along with main sustainability metrics, our options supply high-performance properties that allow sooner charging, longer service life and higher recyclability of EVs.”

Supply: Vianode