The Priceless Value of LCA in the Circular Economy and its Influence in the Battery Industry

This webinar highlights the role of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and sustainability in driving innovation in the battery and electric vehicle industry. Experts discuss how adopting circular economy principles and sustainable design can lead to a more circular transition to electromobility. The webinar covers the environmental impacts of battery and vehicle production, usage, and end-of-life, emphasizing the importance of sustainable practices from the start. Opportunities to minimize these impacts through material selection, eco-design at all stages, recyclable battery design, and second-life applications were explored. The webinar also addresses the waste-to-resource aspect and the role of circularity in life cycle assessment, supporting European battery waste regulations. After watching theser recordings, you'll gain insights into fostering sustainability across the battery value chain and applying life cycle assessment in their organizations.
0:00:00 Welcome and introduction (Victor Ferreira, IREC, HELIOS coordinator)
0:02:38 LCA & Circular Economy for optimal management of EV batteries (Aitor Picatoste, LIBERTY)
0:16:00 Navigating the sustainable landscape of the Battery Pack through LCA (Violeta Vargas Parra, MARBELL)
0:27:34 Powering Up Recycling in LCA and its Impact on the Battery Industry (Victor Ferreira, HELIOS)
0:38:28 Life Cycle Analysis of Advanced Light Weight battery system for electric vehicle (Dr M A Hye Chowdhury, ALBATROSS)
0:50:42 Q&A and pandel discussion (Moderator: Victor Ferreira)
1:22:04 Wrap-up
This webinar series is an initiative of COLLABAT, a cluster of four European Horizon 2020 projects that were awarded with funding in the topic LC-BAT-10-2020 "Next generation and realisation of battery packs for BEV and PHEV":
ALBATROSS - Advanced Light-weight BATteRy systems Optimized for fast charging, Safety, and Second-life applications (albatross-h2020.eu)
HELIOS - High-pErformance moduLar battery packs for sustaInable urban electrOmobility Services (helios-h2020project.eu)
LIBERTY - LIghtweight Battery System for Extended Range at Improved SafeTY (www.libertyproject.eu)
MARBEL - Manufacturing and assembly of modular and reusable EVbattery for environment-friendly and lightweight mobility (www.marbel-project.eu)