New energy vehicle battery recycling is the key

As an important component of China's manufacturing industry, the automotive industry has always been one of the topics discussed by the representatives of the two sessions. According to media reports, during the National Two Sessions this year, Zhou Shanhong, the NPC deputy, brought a number of proposals for “recycling and utilization of new energy vehicle power batteries”, including accelerating the formulation of laws and regulations, building a management system, and increasing the development and promotion of key technologies. Commercial development.

Coincidentally. During this year's two sessions of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Provincial People's Congress deputy and president of Shenzhen Zhaofang Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Zhang Xian also submitted a proposal entitled “Towards an Integrated System for the Recycling and Utilizing of New and Old Energy Automobiles as Recycling Engines as soon as possible”. It is recommended to establish the Guangdong Provincial Comprehensive Coordination and Recovery Office for Powered Battery Recycling as soon as possible to unify the leadership of the province's recycling operations and coordinate the development and reform, finance, trust, transportation, public security, environmental protection, science and technology, quality inspection, and other related agencies to participate in recycling. Related work.

From the local two sessions to the two sessions of the National People's Congress, people’s congress representatives have all paid attention to the issue of recycling of new energy vehicle batteries. The rapid development of China's new energy vehicles is obvious to all. According to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in 2017, the sales of new energy vehicles in China were 700,000 vehicles. At this point, China has reached 1.6 million vehicles or so. When new energy vehicles create green travel, they also pose challenges. First of all, the power battery must be consumed for many times during the production-to-disuse cycle of new energy vehicles. In other words, the demand and delivery of power batteries are several times or even several times more than new energy vehicles.

How to solve the problem of recycling and reuse of power batteries is imminent. In fact, relevant national ministries have long realized this problem. On the eve of the two National Conferences, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and the 7 ministries and commissions of the Energy Administration jointly issued the Interim Measures for the Management of the Recovery and Utilization of Power Battery for New Energy Vehicles ( Hereinafter referred to as "Measures" will be implemented on August 1, 2018. In the opinion of many people in the industry, the issuance of this "Measure" will encourage automobile manufacturers, battery manufacturers, recycling and dismantling enterprises for end-of-life vehicles, and comprehensive utilization companies to cooperate and build and share waste power battery recovery channels through various forms. It aims to strengthen the management of the recycling and utilization of power batteries for new energy vehicles, standardize the development of the industry, promote the comprehensive utilization of resources, protect the environment and human health, ensure safety, and promote the sustained and healthy development of the new energy automotive industry.

In fact, the "Energy-saving and New-Energy Auto Industry Development Plan (2012-2020)" as early as July 2012 clearly stated that it is necessary to formulate a management method for the recovery and utilization of power batteries and establish a cascade utilization and recovery management system. Since then, China has successively promulgated several policies, such as the "Policy for Recycling and Utilization of Power Battery for Electric Vehicles," "Specifications for the Comprehensive Utilization of New and Old-Energy Automobiles Used Power Battery," and "Interim Measures for the Administration of the Announcement of New Energy Vehicles Used Power Battery Comprehensive Utilization Industry Specification". The document is dedicated to the recycling of new energy car batteries.

"But because these policies are not mandatory and lack a clear mechanism for rewards and punishments, they have not been effectively implemented." According to Zhou Shanhong, at present, there are still many problems in the recycling of new energy vehicle power batteries in China. Mainly recycling laws and regulations are not yet perfect, the recycling system is still not perfect, the recovery technology and the level of technology need to be improved, the recycling costs are high, and profitability is difficult. It can be seen that the key to the recovery of new energy vehicle batteries lies in the implementation of policies that require the whole society to perform their duties. As the "Measures" make clear: New energy automobile production enterprises bear the main responsibility for the recovery of power batteries, and related companies are in power. The battery recovery and utilization of all aspects of the implementation of the corresponding responsibility to ensure the effective use of power batteries and environmental protection disposal.

At present, the service life of power batteries in new energy vehicles is generally around 5 years. Since the explosive growth in the number of new energy vehicles in 2015, China will usher in a large-scale battery storage period, according to the prediction of China Automotive Technology and Research Center. Combining factors such as the number of years of automobile scrapping and battery life, from 2018 to 2020, China will accumulatively dispose of waste power batteries of 120,000 to 200,000 tons; by 2025, the annual discharge of power batteries will amount to 350,000 tons. The recovery of the power battery is a responsibility and it engenders a huge market opportunity.

On the one hand, the composition of the power battery is complex, so it will cause great harm to the environment and threaten human health. Recycling work is of utmost importance and it is imperative that the first batch of new energy vehicles enter the people's lives from around 2013, which is just about to enter the retirement cycle. On the other hand, the power battery recycling chain has a long chain, many links, and a wide range of aspects, including management systems, policy convergence, and market mechanisms. Among them, new energy vehicle production companies are in the middle of the power battery industry chain, and are neither battery manufacturers. It is not a battery recycling company. It is difficult to implement the responsibility of the future, and it still needs the effective cooperation of various social systems. In particular, it needs the support of the state in the policy of battery scrapping and dismantling, and the effective monitoring of scrapped recycling battery companies.

With the promotion of the "Measures", the recycling of power batteries for new energy vehicles has received unprecedented attention from the industry. We also hope that such attention will be translated into real action by all responsible parties, so that the whole society will work together to promote the new energy automotive industry. The development has also made people's environment around the mountains greener and better.

Author: Xu Jianhua Source: China Quality News