Comments on: Lithium-ion recycling gets early, modest boost from DOE grant http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/08/15/lithium-ion-recycling-gets-early-modest-boost-from-doe-grant/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyril R. http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/08/15/lithium-ion-recycling-gets-early-modest-boost-from-doe-grant/comment-page-1/#comment-6474 Cyril R. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:45:47 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1777#comment-6474 Good points. Also, we may want to factor in a new development: the buying up of used car batteries for both on and off grid electricity storage. Lithium batteries with 70-80% of their capacity left may cause car owners to think of getting a new battery or entire electric car; for stationary electricity storage such capacity levels are great. What matters more is what this storage will cost, but it's likely that a good deal more will be paid for it than what recycling companies would be willing to offer (after all, the batteries can still be recycled after their second life as stationary electric storage). IMHO, this is currently a huge and undervalued market, which is little surprising given the relative lack of electric vehicles on the road today. It may further increase the synergy between electric vehicles and variable renewable energy sources (beyond the more obvious G2V and V2G ideas). Good points. Also, we may want to factor in a new development: the buying up of used car batteries for both on and off grid electricity storage. Lithium batteries with 70-80% of their capacity left may cause car owners to think of getting a new battery or entire electric car; for stationary electricity storage such capacity levels are great. What matters more is what this storage will cost, but it’s likely that a good deal more will be paid for it than what recycling companies would be willing to offer (after all, the batteries can still be recycled after their second life as stationary electric storage).

IMHO, this is currently a huge and undervalued market, which is little surprising given the relative lack of electric vehicles on the road today. It may further increase the synergy between electric vehicles and variable renewable energy sources (beyond the more obvious G2V and V2G ideas).

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