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A Company In Finland Will Be Responsible For Supplying The Raw Material For The Battery With Wood. The Country Has Already Stood Out By Creating Sustainable Materials Using Sand.
Northvolt, an international company formed by former collaborators and executives from Tesla, announced that it is developing studies to create a battery made from wood. The intention is to source this wood from renewable Nordic forests. The first base will be formed by anode raw materials coming from Europe in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and its costs, as the company is also European.
The giant factory is conducting a battery cell project that would allow the mass adoption of this technology on a multinational scale. With this in mind, they recently signed an agreement with Stora Enso, a Finnish environmental company, which will be responsible for supplying the hard carbon anode based on lignin for the construction of this new development.
This material is one of the bases responsible for protecting all plant tissues from plants and trees. Currently, it is estimated that trees have at least 20% of their composition made up of lignin, making it one of the largest sources of carbon. Thus, the base material for the battery would be taken from the wood, but it would not be the wood itself.
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Producing The Material Since 2015
Stora Enso, which will be responsible for exporting the material sourced from trees for carbon manufacturing, has been exporting this product since 2015, as lignin has been one of the pilot materials for projects in the country when it comes to development. So far, the production capacity has been only 50,000 tons per year; however, they can increase this demand in case of need from the industry.
Northvolt is formed by two executives who left Tesla and decided to form a startup to compete with Elon Musk, considered one of the richest men in the world. Currently, they are developing sustainable projects based on nickel, manganese, and cobalt, which are 100% recycled. In addition, they have over 50 million dollars in contracts with companies producing electric vehicles, such as Scania, which is a reference in truck production.
In Addition To The Wood Battery, We Will Also Have The Sand Battery, With Finland As The Protagonist!
In addition to the battery formed through the extraction of wood and materials that make up more than 20% of the composition of trees, it is estimated that, in a few years, humans will have access to sand batteries. They are already in the final stages of development by Finnish scientists, who announced that their system is quite similar to that of the pyramids, as sand can store energy for a long period of time.
The sand battery can thus reduce the dependency many countries have on lithium, which is currently one of the main metals used for the production of this product. They are not yet available for purchase; however, scientists argue that they are capable of storing energy for months and, thus, can meet the energy needs of some nations in cases of shortage or exponential price increases for coal or oil, as happened after the war that broke out between Russia and Ukraine.
Beyond Batteries, Scientists Create Revolutionary Products For The Environment
It is not only the wood battery that is standing out among the developments of 2022: this year, scientists also discovered that seaweeds could be incorporated into solar panels to produce cheaper solar energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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