You should never believe someone when they say they are green. NorthVolt claimed to have ambitions to manufacture the cleanest battery on the planet. Yet they were still proposing new CAM plants with unsustainable sulphate waste streams and GHG emissions.
Nano One claims their One Pot method for manufacturing CAM is "green". You should not take Nano One at their word since they are not impartial.
To be believed, only an independent auditor can establish if a claim of being "green" is verifiable. Nano One has subjected their One Pot process technology to such an audit performed by Minviro LTD.
Minviro published in a third party evaluation report:
- Nano One’s One-Pot Process demonstrates GHG advantages for both LFP and NMC when benchmarked against the complexity and energy intensity of conventional CAM processes operating in various jurisdictions.
- Third party life cycle assessment (LCA) shows Nano One could reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) by up to 60% for lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC811) CAM, and up to 50% for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) CAM.
- One Pot Process estimated to reduce process water consumption by up to 80% in LFP and up to 60% in NMC811.
- Environmental benefits and competitive costs could enable sustainable, secure, and local supply of CAM, aiding the fulfillment of the United Nations Climate Change COP21 commitments of 2016.
https://nanoone.ca/news/nano-one-could-reduce-ghgs-by-up-to-60-for-nmc-50-for-lfp-and-reduce-water-use-by-up-to-80/
This Minviro audit is the level of authentication required to be in compliance with the new 2025 EU Battery Passport expectations.
I look forward to hearing from both Nano One and Minviro who will be presenting at tge 2024 Battery Benchmark event September 24th. Should be a fantastic presentation.
good luck to all the longs.