With the rise of new energy vehicle ownership, the gradual utilization and recycling of power lithium-ion batteries have become an issue that must be faced. In the case of power lithium-ion battery, secondary utilization and recycling are not yet developed mature, the operation mode is particularly important, which concerns the cost and profitability of the company's vital interests. At present, domestic companies have already started the layout of power lithium-ion battery recycling and recycling, and the operation modes are different.
Bump Group: "Power lithium-ion battery + body recycling"
Bump Group is a high-tech company specializing in recycling and treatment of waste batteries and end-of-life vehicles and the production of high-end battery materials. Through the development in recent years, it has gradually formed three business sections of "battery recycling, carrier recycling, and recycling services", and specializes in digital battery and powerful lithium-ion battery recycling and treatment.
In response to the situation that new energy vehicles and powerful lithium-ion batteries are scrapped at the same time and the high cost of treatment, Bump Group proposes the model of "power lithium-ion battery and body recycling", which can not only ensure the safety of the transportation process but also reduce the packaging and transportation costs. According to industry insiders, the recycling of power batteries and complete body vehicles can be profitable and is a sustainable operation mode.
At present, Bump Group has achieved annual recycling and treatment of 20,000 tons of waste batteries, accounting for more than 40% of the domestic market share, realizing the recycling of waste batteries, and has supplied battery raw materials for BYD, Ningde Time, and other globally renowned battery manufacturers.
Ganzhou Haopeng: Cooperate with car companies to build recycling network
Ganzhou Haopeng is a national high-tech company specializing in the comprehensive utilization and disposal of waste power lithium-ion batteries, lithium-ion batteries, nickel-hydrogen batteries and nickel-cobalt-containing waste from new energy vehicles. The company attaches importance to the research and development of environmental protection technology for waste secondary batteries, and has more than fifty patented technologies, and participates in leading the formulation and revision of many national and industry standards.
In early March 2017, Ganzhou Haopeng and BAIC New Energy reached a strategic cooperation, the two sides will cooperate in the field of power lithium-ion battery recycling, using the sales channels of BAIC New Energy to jointly build a battery recycling network, while Ganzhou Haopeng is based on the research of gradient utilization, and the two will jointly create products such as energy storage batteries and small electric vehicle batteries.
The vehicle company and the battery recycling and dismantling company jointly build a recycling network, which is the most common model of power lithium-ion battery gradient utilization and recycling operation, the vehicle company supplies the recycling network channel, and the recycling company is responsible for professional dismantling, each to its own advantage. The cooperation between Ganzhou Haopeng and BAIC New Energy in power lithium-ion battery recycling not only makes the two companies implement the "producer responsibility system", but also becomes an important and indispensable link for BAIC New Energy to build a full closed-loop recycling industry chain.
Greenmei: Forming a "material recycling-battery recycling-vehicle manufacturing-battery recycling" cycle chain by joining hands with battery companies
In 2003, Greenmax pioneered the idea of "mining the city" and the industrial concept of "limited resources, unlimited recycling", and actively explored the mining mode of "city mine". We are committed to the research and industrialization of recycling and recycling products of "urban mineral" resources such as waste batteries, electronic waste, end-of-life automobiles, and cobalt-nickel-tungsten rare metal waste. In response to the call of the era of "Internet+", Greenmei launched the first domestic comprehensive O2O sorting and recycling platform - "Recycle Brother", which broadens the form of battery recycling.
The most important part of the cooperation is the recycling of end-of-life battery products, and this will jointly promote the construction of a recycling system of "material recycling - battery recycling - new energy vehicle manufacturing - power lithium-ion battery recycling". BYD is the largest manufacturer of automotive lithium-ion batteries in China, and Greenmax is the leading company in the field of lithium-ion battery recycling in China, so the two together will set a benchmark in the field of power lithium-ion battery recycling and recycling.
In addition, in April 2016, Greenmax signed a new energy vehicle green supply chain strategic cooperation agreement with Dongfeng Xiangyu and Samsung Huanxin to realize the strong combination of technology, market, and capital, and jointly establish a new energy vehicle supply value chain alliance to create a "material-battery-new energy vehicle manufacturing Supply chain finance and powerful lithium-ion battery recycling" closed-circuit system of the whole industry chain.
Recycling channels still have problems battery companies have tried
About the general recycling company, the most difficult to establish is the recycling channel, power lithium-ion battery recycling is no exception. Recycling channels about environmental protection companies can be a breeze, such as the residents of the community in the more mature sanitation system. But the community recycling model about 3C digital products battery recycling is more effective, about the new energy vehicle power lithium-ion battery recycling effect needs to be verified in practice. Because after the end of new energy vehicles, given the professional requirements of power lithium-ion battery disassembly, may not be removed by the owners themselves. Therefore, it remains to be seen whether the community offline recycling channel model is the best model for new energy vehicle power lithium-ion batteries.
In addition to the above-mentioned professional recycling companies, some power lithium-ion production companies in the powerful lithium-ion battery gradient utilization and recycling also have a layout, the operational model is not very different, more focus on technical research, in the exploration and research stage, "first gradient utilization, then dismantling" is its common point.
For example, in addition to gradually increasing investment in lithium research and development and production, Chaowei Group is also continuing to increase investment in the field of lithium recycling. At present, Chaowei Group is cooperating with research institutions and universities to vigorously promote the research of lithium-ion battery recycling; Wotema started to explore the route and method of secondary utilization of power lithium-ion batteries as early as five years ago, and built a 3MW lithium-iron-phosphate battery storage power station using retired electric vehicle power lithium-ion batteries, and also developed 1200kWh, 750kWh, 640kWh mobile replenishment trams. The company has also developed 1200kWh, 750kWh, and 640kWh mobile replenishment trams, which will be dismantled after the secondary use of the energy storage stage; AVIC Lithium has built a solar energy storage demonstration project, which is the secondary use of retired power lithium-ion batteries. In addition, AVIC Lithium also has the first domestic lithium iron phosphate power lithium-ion battery recycling pilot line, the demonstration line can maximize the recovery of valuable materials in the powerful lithium-ion battery, including copper and aluminum metal recovery rate of up to 98%, the cathode material recovery rate of more than 90%.
Starting with lead-acid batteries, Mastodon Technology has expanded its main business to the clean power industry chain and new energy vehicle industry chain in recent years, and the gradual utilization of power lithium-ion batteries has been drawn into its strategic development blueprint. Fierce Lion Technology Chairman Chen Le Wu said, in Fierce Lion Technology's strategic planning, the best future battery products will be used for new energy vehicles, the products will be eliminated, will be used in the clean power field to do energy storage batteries, and then used for home energy storage. Fierce Technology will power lithium-ion battery production and energy storage applications combined and eventually form a complete battery laddering system, through this laddering way to maximize the value of the use of batteries.
