Comparative life cycle assessment of prospective battery-grade material production in Norway
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Abstract
The manufacturing of battery grade materials is electricity intensive and currently\ndominated by China. Several European countries are exploring options of\nventuring into locally produced raw materials for battery manufacturing. In\nNorway, four battery manufacturing facilities are planned or under construction\nwhich increases the need for locally manufactured battery grade materials. This\nstudy investigates the potential impacts of producing nickel, cobalt and manganese\nsulfate in Norway, a country known for its renewable-sourced electricity. A high\nresolution model is developed for each of the three battery grade materials which\nconsiders individual steps of the value chain from mining to the final product.\nThis is vital in the modelling as some processes, especially those pertaining to\nmining and ore processing occur outside of Norway. Environmental impacts of\nthese battery grade materials are performed with Arda, an in house LCA calculator\nusing ReCiPe2016 as midpoint characterization method.\n\nThe results show that, producing nickel and cobalt sulfate in Norway yields 3.3kg\nCO2eq. and 7.7kg CO2eq., respectively, with the highest contribution from ore\nprocessing which occurs in Canada. Manganese sulfate produced in Norway\nwith ores mined in Gabon causes a GWP of 1.3 kgCO2eq., mainly due to metal\nrefining impacts. The results are benchmarked with other studies performed\nacross different geographical system boundaries to depict the emission reduction\nopportunities in producing these battery grade materials in Norway. What is\nobserved is that, production of these sulfates in Norway has significant emission\nreduction benefits as compared to other studies reported in the scientific literature.\nTo increase the robustness of the analysis, the thesis further develops scenarios\nto investigate the effect of changes in the electricity mix intensity of different\nmining and production countries on the overall GWP. Within these scenarios, the\nNorwegian case still emerges with the lowest GWP. Results of this study indicate\nthat producing battery grade materials in Norway has prospects of reducing the\nemissions associated with cell materials in lithium-ion batteries. Furthermore,\nfrom the scenarios developed, the GWP of cathode precursors can be significantly\nreduced by using low carbon electricity in both mining and producing countries.
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