Difficulties in Recycling Power Li-ion Batteries -Lithium - Ion Battery Equipment
If we say that the dilemma of lead-acid batteries flowing to small workshops is still there, then lithium-ion batteries, which are about to reach the peak of scrapping, will not escape the dilemma, and the situation is even worse. It is understood that electric vehicles may be scrapped after 5 to 7 years of use, and a large amount of scrap is expected to begin in 2018. According to the forecast of my country Automotive Technology Research Center, by 2020, my country's cumulative scrapped power lithium batteries will reach 120,000 to 200,000 tons.(Lithium - Ion Battery Equipment)
The industry estimates that the recycling market size created by the recovery of metals such as cobalt, nickel, manganese, lithium, iron and aluminum from waste power lithium-ion batteries will exceed 5.3 billion yuan in 2018, 10 billion yuan in 2020, and 2023 waste. The power lithium-ion battery market will reach 25 billion yuan. At present, BYD, Chery and other production companies, Ningde Times, BAK Battery, GEM, Thornton New Energy and other power lithium battery manufacturers and Tianneng, Chaowei and other lead-acid battery production companies have already laid out in the field of battery recycling. .
Wen Yibo, chairman of Hunan Thornton New Energy Co., Ltd., introduced to reporters that the company currently has three recycling channels, including the national sanitation network, the recycling system of community streets, online and offline renewable resource channels, and 4S store online network platform . BYD, which entered the battery field earlier, has developed its own recycling system.
"We rely on BYD 4S stores to temporarily collect and store them, and then recycle them to BYD recycling points; in the taxi industry, we collect them as major customers, and there are special centralized points for maintenance and repairs. At the same time, the centralized point It also has the responsibility of temporarily storing batteries; in the end, we will recycle batteries in different states to the corresponding factory for processing." The relevant person in charge of BYD told reporters. However, in this field, there is still a lack of mandatory binding force, and it is mainly dependent on the company's spontaneous promotion.
At present, the extended producer responsibility system is mainly adopted in the recycling of electric vehicle power batteries. Electric vehicle production companies, power battery production companies and cascade utilization battery production companies should respectively assume the important responsibility for the recycling and utilization of power batteries produced and used, and scrap them. The car recycling and dismantling company should be responsible for recycling the power battery on the scrapped car. However, the state does not mandate the recycling of scrapped power lithium batteries, and neither OEMs, battery factories nor dismantling factories have found a suitable operation mode. "In the actual recycling business, the power lithium batteries of different manufacturers are quite different in structure and material system, which makes recycling more difficult and recycling costs higher. Although it can be processed by comprehensive recycling, this method is difficult to fully recover. To do a good job in power lithium battery recycling, we must also recommend a unified standard system to unify power lithium battery standards; and increase investment in improving the basic technology in the field of power lithium battery recycling." Yu Qingjiao said. "The government will promote the corresponding local companies in the demonstration cities to do battery recycling through corresponding financial subsidies, and the market will naturally choose the method after the scale effect is formed." The above-mentioned person in charge of BYD believes that this is a more pragmatic approach at present.
However, in Wen Yibo's view, the road to financial subsidies is no longer sustainable. The solution to the problem is to allow regular companies to receive more sources of waste batteries through tax adjustment. Zhang Tianren also suggested that the government should formulate and implement incentive and punishment measures for the recycling of power lithium batteries. For example, companies that fail to fulfill their responsibilities and obligations in accordance with the recycling policy will be punished, and battery recycling companies and battery recycling companies will be subsidized according to the number of battery sets and capacity, and tax incentives will be implemented.
The industry estimates that the recycling market size created by the recovery of metals such as cobalt, nickel, manganese, lithium, iron and aluminum from waste power lithium-ion batteries will exceed 5.3 billion yuan in 2018, 10 billion yuan in 2020, and 2023 waste. The power lithium-ion battery market will reach 25 billion yuan. At present, BYD, Chery and other production companies, Ningde Times, BAK Battery, GEM, Thornton New Energy and other power lithium battery manufacturers and Tianneng, Chaowei and other lead-acid battery production companies have already laid out in the field of battery recycling. .
Wen Yibo, chairman of Hunan Thornton New Energy Co., Ltd., introduced to reporters that the company currently has three recycling channels, including the national sanitation network, the recycling system of community streets, online and offline renewable resource channels, and 4S store online network platform . BYD, which entered the battery field earlier, has developed its own recycling system.
"We rely on BYD 4S stores to temporarily collect and store them, and then recycle them to BYD recycling points; in the taxi industry, we collect them as major customers, and there are special centralized points for maintenance and repairs. At the same time, the centralized point It also has the responsibility of temporarily storing batteries; in the end, we will recycle batteries in different states to the corresponding factory for processing." The relevant person in charge of BYD told reporters. However, in this field, there is still a lack of mandatory binding force, and it is mainly dependent on the company's spontaneous promotion.
At present, the extended producer responsibility system is mainly adopted in the recycling of electric vehicle power batteries. Electric vehicle production companies, power battery production companies and cascade utilization battery production companies should respectively assume the important responsibility for the recycling and utilization of power batteries produced and used, and scrap them. The car recycling and dismantling company should be responsible for recycling the power battery on the scrapped car. However, the state does not mandate the recycling of scrapped power lithium batteries, and neither OEMs, battery factories nor dismantling factories have found a suitable operation mode. "In the actual recycling business, the power lithium batteries of different manufacturers are quite different in structure and material system, which makes recycling more difficult and recycling costs higher. Although it can be processed by comprehensive recycling, this method is difficult to fully recover. To do a good job in power lithium battery recycling, we must also recommend a unified standard system to unify power lithium battery standards; and increase investment in improving the basic technology in the field of power lithium battery recycling." Yu Qingjiao said. "The government will promote the corresponding local companies in the demonstration cities to do battery recycling through corresponding financial subsidies, and the market will naturally choose the method after the scale effect is formed." The above-mentioned person in charge of BYD believes that this is a more pragmatic approach at present.
However, in Wen Yibo's view, the road to financial subsidies is no longer sustainable. The solution to the problem is to allow regular companies to receive more sources of waste batteries through tax adjustment. Zhang Tianren also suggested that the government should formulate and implement incentive and punishment measures for the recycling of power lithium batteries. For example, companies that fail to fulfill their responsibilities and obligations in accordance with the recycling policy will be punished, and battery recycling companies and battery recycling companies will be subsidized according to the number of battery sets and capacity, and tax incentives will be implemented.
