Metal recycling

metal recycling our networks ANR GENERATE project with IRIS In 2020, IFPEN and the French Institute for International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) published their report on the research carried out as part of the GENERATE (Geopolitics of renewable energies and prospective analysis of the energy transition) project, financed by the

IFPEN’s research activities are aimed at proposing eco-efficient rare earth production and recycling technologies to support the development of new energy transition sectors.

METAL RECYCLING Overview and challenges Technological innovations developed to support the energy transition make use of critical or strategic metals: These refined minerals and metals are used for: electric vehicles: cobalt, lanthanum, lithium; fuel cells: platinum, palladium, rhodium; wind energy technologies: neodymium, dysprosium, terbium; aviation: titanium; photovoltaic solar technologies: cadmium

New R&I themes, stimulated by the energy transition and circular economy markets, are beginning to emerge. The multidisciplinarity of IFPEN’s researchers is used in projects covering fields as diverse as CO 2 capture/storage and plastics recycling, addressing the problems of industry. CO 2 capture, utilization and storage Plastics recycling Environmental

metal recycling Our strengths More than 15 years’ experience in R&I on batteries (simulation/dimensioning), and laboratory-based development of next-generation batteries (Li-S, SSB) Utilization of our expertise, acquired at industrial level over more than 40 years on processes similar to CAM production. The development of R&D skills on closed-loop recycling solutions