The new industry standard for low-carbon anode graphite battery materials has been set by the innovative brand Vianode.
Due to the rising concern about carbon emissions within the industry, the advanced battery materials company announced a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of their planned industrial-scale production, confirming a world-leading climate impact potential.
The LCA verified a climate change impact of 1.9 kilo CO2 equivalents per graphite kilo produced in Vianode's process. Feedstock material production and process have been considered the main emission contributors.
Reducing this could minimise 90 percent of CO2 emissions compared to traditional fossil-based production.
"Vianode's ambition is to change how batteries and battery materials are produced. In addition to leading sustainability metrics, our solutions offer high-performance properties that enable faster charging, longer service life and better recyclability of electric vehicles (EVs)," said Burkhard Staube, CEO of Vianode.
"We will provide a unique combination of the highest material quality and the world's lowest emissions for anode graphite solutions. Moreover, we aim to enable resilient local value chains by establishing industrial scale production in North America and Europe."
The sustainable production of anode graphite solutions has been named key in the green mobility transition. Graphite makes up 70 kilos per battery pack within an EV, representing up to 40 percent of battery cell emissions.
"Production of high-quality, sustainable anode graphite solutions will be a major step towards more sustainable batteries and EVs," said Andreas Forfang, Vianode's vice president of sustainability and ESG.
"Once in full industrial scale production, our contribution to CO2 footprint reductions will be equivalent to more than the emissions of the city of Copenhagen every year."
The LCA is a production study focused on the prospective production of battery-grade synthetic anode graphite at Vianode's large-scale production site.
The impact on the climate is assessed from the point of resource extraction to the factory gate, where the product is packed and loaded into trucks.
Seven internationally accepted impact categories were interpreted in detail: climate change, water scarcity footprint, land use, acidification potential, particulate matter, fossil resource use and mineral and metal resource use.
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