MÜNSTER, Germany—Current battery cell manufacturing processes are energy intensive and produce high levels of greenhouse gas emissions. However, new product and production technologies will be able to optimize production to achieve large savings in the future.
The electricity demand of all battery factories planned to be in operation worldwide in 2040 will be 130,000 gigawatt-hour (GWh) per year, which is equivalent to the current electricity consumption of Norway or Sweden. That’s the finding of a recent study conducted by the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production (FFB) and the University of Münster.