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Battery recycling company

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Electric batteries: Hauts-de-France attracts new recycling plant 03/07/2024

  • - Dimensions of Hydrovolt plant: Approx. 3,000 square meters.
  • - Location of Hydrovolt plant: Hordain, Nord, near Valenciennes, France.
  • - Hydrovolt foundation: 2022.
  • - Recycling capacity of existing Fredrikstad site: Around 12,000 tonnes of lithium-ion batteries per year, equivalent to 25,000 electric cars.
  • - Metal recovery rate from Hydrovolt's recycling processes: 95% of contained metal elements.
  • - Objective: Secure European supplies of critical metals from battery recycling.
  • - European legislation (Critical Raw Materials Act) stipulates that a quarter of the EU's annual consumption of strategic raw materials must come from recycling by 2030.
  • - Number of battery gigafactories announced for Europe: Around fifty.

Hydrovolt invests in a battery dismantling site at Hordain in northern France 03/07/2024

  • Hydrovolt: Joint venture between Hydro and Northvolt founded in 2020.
  • Jobs generated: Between 5 and 15 people
  • Scheduled opening: Mid-2025, subject to obtaining the necessary permits.
  • Hydrovolt activity: Mechanical recycling plant in Fredrikstad capable of processing 12,000 tons of battery packs.
  • Operation in France: First stage in the recycling of used batteries, processing several thousand tonnes of modules per year.
  • Fortum hydrometallurgical recycling plant capacity: Opening in 2023, first in Europe, located in Harjavalta (Finland).

Studies mentioning this company

The battery market - France

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  • Tesla
  • CATL
  • LG Chem
  • Theion
  • Verkor
  • Viridian Lithium
  • Green Corp Konnection GCK
  • Vulcan Energy
  • Blue Solutions (Bolloré Groupe)
  • Alteo
  • Iten
  • Panasonic
  • Tiamat Energy
  • Eramet
  • Tyva Energie
  • Li-Cycle
  • Limatech
  • Inocel
  • Glencore
  • Neogy (Startec Energy Groupe)
  • GS Yuasa
  • BYD
  • Foresee Power
  • Batteries Prod
  • Vélo Batterie- Batteries Prod
  • Toyota
  • Stellantis (Groupe PSA et Fiat)
  • Volkswagen Group
  • Audi (Volkswagen Group)
  • Tata Group
  • Bolloré
  • Mecaware
  • Nawa Technologies
  • BMW
  • Samsung Group
  • SK Group Korea
  • Nissan
  • Arkema groupe
  • Mob-Energy
  • Batconnect
  • Hydrovolt
  • Wattalps
  • Vlad