Power battery recycling is turning around, and recycling technology is gradually improving

　　Although some new energy vehicle companies have already deployed the power battery recycling market, due to lack of technology and experience, many companies choose to hand over to a third-party professional recycling power battery provider. The blue ocean of battery recycling has already taken shape, and only awaits the maturity of recycling technology to complete the ice breaking.

　　From April 17th to 18th, the 7th Automotive Power Battery Recycling and Recycling and Secondary Battery Recycling and Recycling Technology Seminar was held in Beijing.

　　The key crux of power battery recycling

　　Huang Jianzhong, former deputy inspector of the Department of Energy Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and secretary general of the China Electronics Energy Conservation Technology Association, said: The current power battery recycling industry is entering an important stage of research. It is manifested as the following three key points.

　　First, regardless of the design and production of power batteries, or the recycling, disposal, and comprehensive utilization of waste power batteries, they are still in a stage of continuous improvement of policies and regulations that support and standardize development.

　　Second, how do battery manufacturers adopt standardized, versatile and easy-to-disassemble product structure designs to strengthen the life cycle management of power batteries.

　　Third, how to establish various systems for extending the responsibility of producers with automobile manufacturers as the main body, play the role of market mechanisms, and establish power battery recycling channels.

　　These three key points sharply pointed out the main crux of my country's recycling and disposal of used batteries.

　　In terms of the power battery recycling policy system, at present, the design and production of power batteries, the recycling, disposal, and comprehensive utilization of waste power batteries in my country are still in a stage of continuous improvement of policies and regulations that support and standardize development. At the previous "two sessions", Chen Hong, a representative of the National People's Congress and chairman of SAIC Motor, stated that my country's power battery recycling policy system is not sound enough at this stage. It is difficult for OEMs to manage the entire life cycle of the power batteries of all sold vehicles, from the sale of new vehicles to the final recycling. Therefore, he suggested, "Relevant departments should study and introduce new energy vehicle recycling qualifications, and gradually eliminate enterprises with backward technology and environmental protection standards."

　　In terms of power battery life cycle management and producer responsibility extension, Wang Hongmei of the Chinese Academy of Environmental Sciences has more experience. She once presided over the policy formulation work of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on "Waste Battery Pollution Prevention Technology". She pointed out that the management of waste lead-acid batteries is currently mainly concentrated on industrial hazardous waste, and the management of hazardous waste for civilian products is still relatively weak. Therefore, she suggested: “In general, a unified coding standard should be established at the national level, a traceability system for the entire life cycle, and the entire flow can be monitored. Finally, a closed loop between production, recycling and regeneration should be created, and the responsibility for pollution should be truly extended to consumers. Establish a new model for civilian hazardous waste management."

　　The blue ocean of the battery recycling market, waiting to be perfected in the recycling industry chain to break the ice

　　Judging from the service life of the battery, the first batch of electric vehicles has an operating mileage of more than 200,000 kilometers, which meets the requirements for decommissioned batteries, and some power batteries have begun to enter the period of obsolescence. The arrival of the obsolescence period also brings huge market opportunities to the battery recycling industry. It is understood that the waste power battery recycling market will begin to explode in 2018. It is estimated that the waste power battery recycling market will exceed 5 billion yuan in 2018. From 2020 to 2023, the waste power battery recycling market will further grow to 13.6 billion yuan- 31.1 billion yuan.

　　In order to strengthen the recycling of used batteries, at the end of February this year, seven ministries including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly formulated the "Interim Measures for the Management of Recycling and Utilization of Power Batteries for New Energy Vehicles." In the face of the blue ocean in the market, lithium battery-related companies have also seized the opportunity and began to deploy power battery recycling.

　　Guoxuan Hi-Tech, a listed power battery company, has previously stated that it has established a related company for comprehensive battery recycling and is currently building a recycling production line.

　　In addition, the power battery company Ningde Times is also exploring a complete lithium battery green industry chain. Ningde Times insiders stated that after the power battery is retired from the car, it is placed in its battery energy storage system for echelon utilization. After echelon utilization, the battery will be disassembled and battery materials recycled.

　　2018 is the first year of the development of the power battery recycling industry. In this regard, Wang Chao, secretary-general of the China Battery Alliance, believes that the rapid development of the power battery recycling industry is in line with the expectations of all parties in the new energy automobile industry, but the industry trend should be re-examined from two perspectives. First, the power battery has reached the end of service life, and the market is gradually expanding. The second is the policy of "power battery capacity decays to 80% will face retirement" and other policies, forcing power battery companies to deploy and improve the recycling system, driving the industry to advance rapidly.

　　Although some new energy vehicle companies have already deployed the power battery recycling market, due to lack of technology and experience, many companies choose to hand over to a third-party professional recycling power battery provider. The blue ocean of battery recycling has already taken shape, and only awaits the maturity of recycling technology to complete the ice breaking.