Bio-based material enters battery supply chain
In the last few weeks, headlines around the world have carried news of Stora Enso and Northvolt’s newly announced partnership to create sustainable batteries using lignin-based hard carbon from locally sourced trees.
It’s an incredible partnership, that will explore solutions for global problems we’re all too aware of. Together, these two companies will look to secure the region’s battery value chain, keeping spiralling in-demand raw material costs down, and finding an environmentally friendly way to make batteries.
The goal of pursuing hard carbon from lignin is to replace polluting mined and synthetic graphitic carbon in lithium-ion batteries.
But hang on… graphite doesn’t have to be dirty
We know there’s another, sustainable, way to produce it - we’ve already developed the technology to do so.
CarbonScape biographite for use in lithium-ion batteries is environmentally friendly. It’s carbon negative, it’s renewable because it’s made from timber industry byproduct, it’s very high quality and it’s low cost.
After product validation with one of world’s leading battery manufacturers, we are now beginning commercialisation.
This is a true game changer.
Immediate and growing demand
While the hard carbon market is experiencing a revival, the readily addressable graphite anode market is exploding.
According to S&P Global Platts, graphite demand is expected to triple by 2030.
Most of the world’s graphite production is concentrated in China, and while some others are coming online, the bottlenecks expected from this centralised supply chain will give battery manufacturers precious little to work with.
At CarbonScape, we are ready. Our proprietary process is designed to make anode material quickly: from biomass to biographite in mere hours, compared to the weeks it normally takes to make traditional synthetic graphite. And, it’s designed to produce biographite constantly, anywhere in the world, which will go a long way to securing those supply chains – saving further costs and transport emissions.
Working together with existing and new partners in Asia, we are currently in the process of commercialising our biographite technology and establishing new joint venture opportunities for Europe and North America.
Let’s make it happen
We are excited by Stora Enso and Northvolt’s announcement and look forward to others joining us in developing sustainable and environmentally-friendly solutions.
For the benefit of our climate and our collective future, we must act now. CarbonScape biographite technology is ready to lead the charge to decarbonise and de-pollute the battery supply chain.
Contact us for commercialising opportunities.
