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News 29 March 2021

Nickel in the energy transition: why is it called the devil’s metal?

Omnipresent in our modern societies, nickel is essential to numerous industrial sectors and widely used in construction. This metal is not currently considered to be a critical metal. However, the rapid development of batteries for electric vehicles has accelerated demand in recent years, forcing the nickel industry to adapt accordingly.

Metal Recycling
Innovation and Industry

Our networks

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
Terres rares
Innovation and Industry

Our solutions

METAL RECYCLING OUR solutIONS In the context of supply pressures and regulatory changes, developing metal recycling solutions becomes all the more relevant. Building on its R&D, IFPEN, in partnership with Axens and Eurecat, is able to provide a closed-loop solution to two application areas: catalysts and batteries. Metal catalyst recycling
Metal Recycling
Innovation and Industry

Metal Recycling

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
Issues and Foresight

Metals in the energy transition

Copper, cobalt, lithium... we are set to be increasingly reliant on metals due to the large-scale roll-out of renewable energies and new forms of mobility. According to economist Emmanuel Hache, who heads the ANR GENERATE project , this reliance could lead to shifts in the balances of power and even
Climate, environment and circular economy
Innovation and Industry

Climate, environment and circular economy

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
Critical metals and rare earths
Innovation and Industry

Our strengths

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