ABB to help Northvolt electrify battery recycling

Located in northern Sweden, Revolt Ett is a project to massively reduce the environmental impact of lithium-ion battery production, using recycled materials from used cells. Northvolt and ABB said the facility will eventually process 125,000 tons of end-of-life batteries and battery production waste each year, claimed to be the highest volume in the world. The reprocessed materials will then be used as a manufacturing input in the collocated Northvolt Ett gigafactory, which ABB has been partnered on with Northvolt since 2017.

ABB will now work with Northvolt to further enhance the green credentials of Revolt Ett, delivering switchgears and variable speed drives to the facility, which will match the speed of the processes taking place in the factory, ramping power up and down as required, saving energy, and boosting performance.  According to Northvolt, Revolt Ett will help the company reduce the carbon footprint of its batteries to 10kg CO₂e per kilowatt hour by 2030, compared to a current industry reference of 98kg CO₂e per kilowatt hour.