EU Commission prepares amendment to the’Battery Directive’ to enhance the sustainability of batteries
Target of 65% in 2025 and 70% in 2030… From 2027, electric vehicle batteries should contain recycled raw materials.
[에너지데일리 변국영 기자] EU promotes measures to maximize battery recycling
The EU Commission recently announced an amendment to the modernization of the’Battery Directive’ as part of a circular economy action plan within the’European Green Deal’.
This amendment is designed to present essential requirements to ensure sustainability, performance, and safety, with a focus on improving the collection and recycling rates of batteries. It also includes the establishment and reinforcement of regulations on hazardous substances such as mercury and cadmium for all types of batteries. This is expected to have the effect of maximizing the recycling rate of major raw materials such as cobalt, lithium, nickel, and lead contained in the battery.
This revision of the guidelines also means laying the legal foundation for the use and recycling of batteries, so it is expected to contribute to attracting large-scale investment and increasing production capacity.
The revised bill includes contents related to ▲the minimum standard for carbon footprint ▲setting the target value for improving the recycling rate ▲changing the use of waste electric vehicle batteries.
In relation to the minimum carbon footprint standard, industrial and electric vehicle batteries sold in the European battery market after July 1, 2024 must disclose their carbon footprint during production and use, and from July 1, 2027, they exceed the maximum allowable carbon footprint Products cannot be sold.
The targets for improving the recycling of batteries proposed in the amendment are 65% in 2025 and 70% in 2030. The current recycling rate is around 45%. After January 1, 2027, electric vehicle batteries must contain recycled cobalt, lead, lithium, and nickel, and each battery manufacturer must announce the content.
The use of electric vehicle batteries was allowed to be changed so that they could be integrated into the power grid as a fixed energy storage device or energy resource.
Meanwhile, this revision was conducted based on the’Battery Guidelines’ announced in 2006, but the battery guidelines have not been revised until now. The battery guidelines at the time of revision in 2006 also focused on contributing to environmental protection by minimizing the negative impact of disposing of batteries and accumulators. there was.
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