We believe electromobility, combined with renewable energy, is a key part of reconciling the global desire for individual mobility against the need to significantly reduce global emissions. With the new plant for cathode active materials in Schwarzheide, Germany, BASF delivers more sustainable, high-performance cathode active materials to our customers in Europe and contributes to build up a sustainable European battery value chain. The plant is gradually commissioned and enables the supply for approx. 20 GWh cell capacity per year with BASF battery materials. Moreover, BASF is working on the integration of the production plant in Harjavalta, Finland, for the supply of precursors of cathode active materials.
BASF's investment in Europe help customers keep the carbon footprint through the value chain as low as possible. Our cathode active materials have an industry leading low CO₂ impact. Thanks to our efficient manufacturing process, the high share of renewable energy, the upstream integration into the key raw materials like Cobalt and Nickel, as well as the short transportation route along the value chain we are able to reduce the CO₂ footprint significantly – by around 40% compared to benchmark players. BASF is also working on the development of innovative processes for recycling battery raw materials. This will enable us to close the loop and significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
