Li-Cycle Provides Recycling Solutions to Growing Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Market, Including Supporting Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the U.S.
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BESS plays a central role in meeting rapidly growing electricity demand, including supporting growing data center-related energy demand for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies
Li-Cycle is an important ecosystem partner for BESS through providing a safe recycling solution and recovering critical materials, enabling reduced reliance on foreign mineral supplies
The Company’s BESS partners are an important part of Li-Cycle’s recycling feedstock mix. In 2024, Li-Cycle recycled the equivalent of more than 100 MWh of energy from its BESS partners, which was a
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“Li-Cycle’s BESS partnerships demonstrate how we can support the electrical grid by providing a valuable service,” said Ajay Kochhar, Li-Cycle President and CEO. “Data centers supporting rapidly growing AI applications have become a leading driver of electricity demand in the
Two examples below illustrate the end-to-end value offering that Li-Cycle delivers to its BESS partners:
Safely Recycling Hazardous Material for a BESS Customer
Li-Cycle received and processed battery modules from a BESS customer that were severely damaged. The modules were shipped as hazardous waste, underscoring the critical need to process the material quickly to maintain compliance and mitigate risk. All modules were received and processed safely and quickly at Li-Cycle’s Arizona Spoke, providing a strong level of service and value-add to Li-Cycle’s BESS customer.
Helping an Environmental Services Company Meet an Urgent Deadline
Li-Cycle assisted an environmental services company to receive and recycle hundreds of tonnes of modules, which was the equivalent of approximately 60 MWh, from a battery energy storage site. Through the Company’s safe and efficient operational process, Li-Cycle was able to empty and reuse crates while working against a critical timeline to avoid impending winter weather that would impact the energy storage site’s availability and working conditions. Li-Cycle met the BESS customer’s urgent schedule, enabling the timely completion of this large-scale project.
About Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.
Li-Cycle (NYSE: LICY) is a leading global lithium-ion battery resource recovery company. Established in 2016, and with major customers and partners around the world, Li-Cycle’s mission is to recover critical battery-grade materials to create a domestic closed-loop battery supply chain for a clean energy future. The Company leverages its innovative, sustainable and patent-protected Spoke & Hub Technologies™ to recycle all different types of lithium-ion batteries. At our Spokes, or pre-processing facilities, we recycle battery manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries to produce black mass, a powder-like substance which contains a number of valuable metals, including lithium, nickel and cobalt. At our future Hubs, or post-processing facilities, we plan to process black mass to produce critical battery-grade materials, including lithium carbonate, for the lithium-ion battery supply chain. For more information, visit https://li-cycle.com/.
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1 Source: Wood Mackenzie.
2 Source: Grid Strategies.
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