Our services on batteries impacts
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provides a comprehensive view of the impact of a product or process, from raw material extraction to end-of-life. This method makes it possible to assess the impacts of batteries at each key stage: manufacturing, transport, use, second life and recycling. It applies both to the creation of new generations of batteries and to the optimisation of existing technologies and recycling processes.
It incorporates several complementary dimensions to identify the most effective improvement levers: the environmental LCA, the life cycle costing analysis (LCC) and the Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA). Together, they provide a comprehensive and reliable vision to support more sustainable decisions.
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Building on its experience since 2017, WeLOOP is a LCA consultancy. The BATTERS team will support your projects through the various stages of the LCA of your batteries:
Eco-design
Eco-design consists of creating products by integrating sustainability aspects from the design phase or during the redesign phase of a product or service. This approach also applies to end-of-life and therefore to recycling processes, by improving efficiency, reducing energy consumption and limiting emissions or residues.
The impacts of batteries can indeed be reduced throughout the life cycle, from the choice of materials to end-of-life. This approach makes it possible to optimise manufacturing, energy, use and recycling, while remaining realistic about economic and social aspects. It enables the development of battery systems and value chains that are more efficient, more responsible and better suited to the challenges of the energy transition.
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We organise co-creation sessions with all the stakeholders concerned. These collaborative workshops help you to integrate the values and objectives of eco-design into your organisation.
With theincorporation of impacts of batteries in our eco-design approach, we are developing with you one or more detailed action plans with eco-design solutions. We can also help you to prioritising actions to implement.
Inventory development
Life Cycle Inventories (LCIs) are the foundation of an accurate and reliable LCA. By developing comprehensive and up-to-date LCIs, it becomes possible to better understand material, energy and emission flows. This results in more robust battery impact analyses and more sustainable decisions, perfectly aligned with current environmental challenges.
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We also offer co-development of specific LCIs to your products, processes and services, compatible with the impact analysis software of your choice, to meet your exact requirements and improve the quality of your life cycle analyses.
As part of its projects, WeLOOP has developed a parameterised database grouping together ICVs from recycling lithium-ion batteries, and associated recycled materials. The LCIs in this database are available for purchase on request.
Criticality of materials
A critical material is a material that is essential to the economy or to a specific technology, but whose supply is deemed to be at risk due to factors linked to its availability, whether geopolitical, economic or environmental. These materials are strategic for sectors such as energy, aerospace and batteries. The European Commission publishes the list of critical and strategic materials for the European Union.
The criticality studies are used to identify critical materials in products. To do this, they analyse both the’importance of a material for industry and associated risks and provides solutions for risk mitigation.
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In batteries, criticality of materials is a strategic issue. Lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese all present risks and opportunities in terms of availability, performance and environmental impact.
Our studies will enable you toidentify the safest and most suitable materials for your technologies, identify and anticipate stresses on resources, and by anticipating risks
Critical Review and Verification
The LCA critical review is an independent evaluation process designed to verify the robustness, transparency and credibility of a life cycle analysis (LCA). To do this, it includes a verification process, involving checking the data, assumptions, methodological choices and results.
This approach ensures that the results are reliable and comply with international standards (e.g. ISO 14040/14044), thereby strengthening the confidence of stakeholders and the strategic value of LCA.
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We make critical review an integral part of your battery LCA projects at different stages:
Help with funding applications and calls for tenders
The environmental dimension is becoming a key criterion in funding applications and calls for projects. Funding bodies and those issuing tenders are increasingly seeking to support sustainable, responsible initiatives with a low ecological impact.
Integrating this dimension as soon as files are prepared allows promote your commitments credibility and appeal of your projects.
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We support our clients at every stage to effectively meet the requirements of funding or project calls. From preparing quotations to drafting applications, we provide concrete and operational support to showcase your sustainable initiatives and maximise your chances of success.
European funding and projects (Innovation Funds, HORIZON, erc, interreg)
National funding and projects (ADEME, anr)
Regional funding and projects (AMI)
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