What challenges are involved in recycling electric batteries?
As a member of the European Union, France is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. One of the major challenges is to decarbonize the sectors that generate the most greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), starting with transportation and mobility. Electricity, especially when production is highly decarbonized, is a sound alternative to fossil fuels.
European demand for electric vehicles, and therefore lithium-ion batteries, is expected to grow to more than 500 GWh by 2028. At the end of 2022, a revised regulatory framework calls for 70% of batteries to be recycled in Europe by 2030 and a high recycling rate for metals. The aim is to move toward a circular economy in which the Orano group is already involved through its nuclear industrial activities.
