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{"title": ["", "Portable solar powered electricity supplies using recovered batteries"], "description": ["", "\nMillions of functional rechargeable lithium ion batteries are disposed of each year. Some of these are recycled to recover\nthe materials they are made of, but this is expensive and the recovered value is low. A better, and more sustainable\napproach, is to identify those batteries that have remaining functional lifetimes and to use them in new applications. This\nproject is developing a process whereby these end of life batteries can be recovered, rapidly tested, and integrated into\nportable, low cost, lightweight, solar cell (or grid) rechargeable power supply units that can be used to charge mobile\nphones and to power low energy lighting. There are around 600 million people globally with mobile phones that have no\naccess to electricity at home. To charge them, they often have to walk for many hours to charging stations to connect their\nphones to car battery-based chargers; a privilege for which there are high charges. The power supply units developed in\nthis project will provide low cost energy for phone charging and low energy lighting applications, using a circular economic\napproach to the reuse of lithium ion batteries.\n\n"], "extra_text": ["", "\n\nPotential Impact:\nThis project addresses an enormous economic and humanitarian challenge: energy poverty. Around 1.3 billion people\n(World Bank, 2011) do not have access to electricity worldwide, impacting quality of life and constituting a major barrier to\neconomic development of individuals, countries and society as a whole. The portable, low-cost power supply produced in\nthis project can deliver basic services such as charging mobile phones and powering electric lighting - key factors for\neconomic development. Owners of this technology can offer these services to others, thus generating value for their local\ncommunities. At the core of the technological idea lies the concept of re-purposing waste batteries to create a new product.\nExtending the useful life of a product and thus reducing the amount of waste and new raw materials required for production\nare central values in a circular economy of goods. Building on their extensive experience in cost-benefit and life cycle\nanalysis, MTG Research and Valpak will establish a suitable business model to produce the proposed technology. They\nwill address the following factors with large potential impacts on financial feasibility: the supply networks of waste batteries,\nprocessing routes to separate battery packs and identify which cells are still useful, optimisation of product design and\nminimisation of the component count and cost for the power electronics. Moreover, legal issues will be addressed in the\ncontext of "undeclaring" used batteries as waste to make them available for use in a new product.\n\nThe outcome of this feasibility study will be used to create a profitable business to produce and disseminate the\ntechnology. The technology will provide economic benefits to both UK industry and end users. The power supply units are\nanticipated to be produced in the UK. The UK's existing infrastructure for handling waste batteries will be the optimal\nenvironment to test the business model. Companies like Valpak can pilot the circular economy business model, testing its\nfeasibility for extending battery life and reducing waste in this rapidly growing industry.\nBy addressing energy poverty while building on a circular economy of goods, this project has an immediate impact on both\npeople and environment alike. Ever growing demand for electronics boosts the production of high energy density Lithium\n(Li)-ion batteries as well as associated waste streams (an estimated 40 million Li-ion cells are discarded p.a. in Europe). Liion\ncells are generally assigned to pyrometallurgical recycling processes, which are highly energy intensive and only\nrecover a fraction of the materials used for production. Extending the useful life of Li-ion batteries in low-cost solar (or grid)\npowered energy storage units can provide low income communities in developing countries with affordable electricity, while\nreducing material waste and increasing production efficiency in the UK.\nThe project will also contribute to the training of researchers at a leading UK university by providing the opportunity to apply\ntheir research to practical problems with high social and economic impact. Moreover, two UK companies will receive the\nfinancial support required to explore entirely new business models with the potential to reduce material waste and extend\nproduct life.\n\n\n"], "status": ["", "Closed"]}
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