Ace Green Recycling, a US-based battery recycling technology platform offering sustainable end-of-life solutions, has announced its plan to establish 10,000 metric tons of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery recycling capacity per year in India by 2026. The company has finalized the lease agreement for a site to build the factory, which will purportedly be India’s largest battery recycling facility.
Located in Gujarat, the facility will build on Ace’s existing Indian commercial operations, which have been recycling lithium-ion batteries (including LFP chemistry) since 2023.
The facility will be strategically located in Mundra, near major ports handling over 10% of India’s maritime cargo, significantly streamlining the transportation of battery recycling feedstock and off-take products. “[It] will utilize Ace’s modular LithiumFirst technology to recycle LFP batteries at room temperature in a fully electrified hydrometallurgical process producing no Scope 1 carbon emissions, and with zero liquid and solid waste,” stated Ace. “Throughout this process, the proprietary Ace technology has maintained commercial lithium recoveries from LFP batteries at levels of around 75%, producing lithium carbonate of purities exceeding 99%, which is fed back into the battery materials value chain.”
In addition to recycling LFP batteries, Ace plans to use its GreenLead recovery technology to recycle lead batteries at its Mundra recycling park. The company said this technology is a far more environment-friendly alternative than legacy smelting operations, with its fully electric process producing zero Scope 1 carbon emissions.
“LFP is expected to dominate the lithium battery market by 2030, and Ace is strategically scaling our LFP battery recycling capacity to meet demand and support our growing customer base,” said Nishchay Chadha, CEO of Ace.
“Ace’s innovative technology enables profitable recycling of LFP batteries, even with the current low lithium price, by recovering significant amounts of these critical minerals…our successful operational demonstration positions us for future partnerships and collaborations that will unlock the full potential of our LithiumFirst technology in this market,” said Vipin Tyagi, chief technology officer of Ace.
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