China’s recycling industry finds second life for retired EV batteries [Video]

Another ordinary charging process…

But this time, what’s feeding the electric vehicle are some used batteries.

Behind the scenes, a recycling system is making decommissioned batteries work again.

The recycling system is operated by Baoqing Energy Storage Station in Shenzhen in Southern China’s Guangdong Province.

Since the system began operating in 2021, the cumulative power generation has reached over 1.7 million kilowatt-hours, equivalent to the daily electricity consumption of nearly 300,000 people.

It’s expected that by 2025, China will have retired a total of about 780,000 tons of auto batteries.

Re-using them for power generation is just one option to handle them.

Chen Man, a professor-level senior engineer from China Southern Power Grid, sees other great opportunities from decommissioned batteries.

This month, the European Union implemented a new regulation, requiring 70% of all batteries to be recycled by the end of 2030.

This increase demands on China’s battery makers and recyclers as the EU is a major importer of lithium batteries from China.

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