Green Graphite seeks to green up EV battery supply chains
Summary
The natural flake graphite is broken down and shaped into spheres, then subject to a polishing step which allows for reaching purities of 99.99 per cent. It is then coated in carbon, making it ready for use.On the recycling side, GraphRenew extracts purified, spent graphite from expired lithium-ion batteries. Samples from the mini-pilot would be sent to battery cell manufacturers.If approved, Green Graphite hopes to start the pre-commercial project in April 2024. Green Graphite would allocate $1.1 million from the BDC funding for the GraphRenew pre-commercial plant, with an estimated project cost of $7.2 million.The GraphPure pilot facility is ongoing, supported by Sustainable Development Technology Canada. The remaining BDC funds will go to complete this pilot, enable Green Graphite to attend more networking conferences and expand the team.Holcroft and Watson are hoping to conclude their engineering careers making safe, sustainable solutions that can be rolled out globally.As a proud Canadian, were looking at other established Canadian companies in how we can look at larger companies that want to shepherd us to build these commercial plants most quickly .