Identifying key assumptions and differences in life cycle assessment studies of lithium-ion traction batteries with focus on greenhouse gas emissions
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Two major strategies to reducing GHG emissions from Li battery manufacturing have been identified: reducing energy use and/or using renewable energy during cell manufacture, and battery recycling/use of recycled metals during battery production.
“Two major strategies to reducing GHG emissions from Li battery manufacturing have been identified: (1) reducing the energy use and/or using renewable energy during cell manufacture, and (2) battery recycling/use of recycled metals during battery production [179,180].”
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- Authors
- Ellingsen, L. A.-W., Hung, C. R., & Strømman, A. H.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Ellingsen, Linda Ager-Wick
- Venue
- Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-08
- Volume
- 55
- Pages
- 82-90
- ISSN
- 1361-9209 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2724320838
- Cited by
- 205
- References
- 31
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- FWCI
- 7.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- Locations
- Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment (publishedVersion)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Research Council of Norway
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Extraction and Separation Processes
- Keywords
- lithium-ion batteries, electric vehicle batteries, greenhouse gas emissions, life cycle assessment, battery production emissions, carbon intensity of electricity, battery recycling
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