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Vadodara: One of the largest lithium-ion battery recycling plants in the country will be inaugurated in Halol town of Panchmahal district on Gujarat Day , May 1. The unit has the capacity to recycle 10,000 metric tonnes (MT) of lithium-ion batteries per annum and will be a zero-waste facility . Chief minister Bhupendra Patel will inaugurate the unit during Gujarat Day celebrations in Godhra, the headquarters of Panchmahal district.
The plant is being established at an existing facility of Rubamin Private Ltd in Halol. The company signed an agreement with the state govt during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Panchmahal district collector Ashish Kumar said that the existing facilities at the unit were involved in the recycling of other products and the extraction of materials from them.
Kumar stated that the plant benefits from the state govt's electronics policy and the Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS) of the union ministry for electronics and information technology. He added that the plant will extract materials like lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite from batteries, promoting the concept of a circular economy . The unit will use minimal electricity and has its own water body, whose water will be recycled.
Kumar mentioned that the unit will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning extensively, besides being a zero-waste facility. The unit also focuses on research and development and has enlisted 125 scientists for this purpose. Vadodara: One of the largest lithium-ion battery recycling plants in the country will be inaugurated in Halol town of Panchmahal district on Gujarat Day, May 1.
The unit has the capacity to recycle 10,000 metric tonnes (MT) of lithium-ion batteries per annum and will be a zero-waste facility. Chief minister Bhupendra Patel will inaugurate the unit during Gujarat Day celebrations in Godhra, the headquarters of Panchmahal district. The plant is being established at an existing facility of Rubamin Private Ltd in Halol.
The company signed an agreement with the state govt during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Panchmahal district collector Ashish Kumar said that the existing facilities at the unit were involved in the recycling of other products and the extraction of materials from them. Kumar stated that the plant benefits from the state govt's electronics policy and the Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS) of the union ministry for electronics and information technology.
He added that the plant will extract materials like lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite from batteries, promoting the concept of a circular economy. The unit will use minimal electricity and has its own water body, whose water will be recycled. Kumar mentioned that the unit will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning extensively, besides being a zero-waste facility.
The unit also focuses on research and development and has enlisted 125 scientists for this purpose..
