„Die eigens für den dynamischen Batteriemarkt entwickelte Anlage kann die unter-schiedlichsten Rezepturen für die Kunden von E-Lyte in höchster Qualität und in kurzer Zeit produzieren und liefern.“, so Kay-Peter Wagner, Geschäftsführer von FUCHS.

E-Lyte ist mit der Umsetzung dieses Vorhabens das erste deutsche Unternehmen, das dem europäischen Batteriemarkt eine der wichtigsten Komponenten aus europäischer Produktion anbieten kann.

„Unser Ziel ist es dazu beizutragen, die europäische Batteriewertschöpfungskette schnellstmöglich unabhängiger von geopolitischen Ereignissen zu machen“ so der Geschäftsführer der E-Lyte Dr. Ralf Wagner. „Eine lokale Lieferkette für Elektrolytösungen ist aber auch aus einem anderen sehr wichtigen Grund essentiell! Der Elektrolyt hat eine begrenzte Haltbarkeit, welche sich je nach Komplexität der Zusammensetzung auf nur wenige Monate begrenzen kann.“ so Dr. Wagner weiter.

Zusätzlich zur Pilotanlage wird in Kaiserslautern eine innovative Produktionsanlage gebaut, die im Serienbetrieb flexibel mehrere tausend Tonnen Elektrolyt pro Jahr herstellen können wird. Die Fertigstellung dieser Anlage ist bereits für Ende 2023 geplant.

This is how E-Lyte’s production plant differs from the plants of established competitors!

Established electrolyte producers only produce a small number of standard electrolyte formulations in large production plants for customers in the volume segment. I.e. max. 3-5 different standard electrolyte formulations for a specific energy storage technology.
E-Lytes´ approach is a much more forward-looking one! Due to the rapid development of energy storage technologies, three interdependent factors are crucial in order to react quickly and efficiently to the ever-changing needs.

1. Technology leadership! E-Lyte has through its founders, shareholder structure and cooperation partners unique accumulated know-how in the field of electrolyte solutions, battery materials and cell technologies. By participating in various funding programs (e.g. RoSiLiB, CAESAR, SUPREME, IntelLiGent) for the research of more and more advanced batteries, this know-how is continuously developed. Furthermore, E-Lyte also offers benchmarking of new electrolyte components for the chemical industry and thus has access to the latest electrolyte components.
2. Customer-specific development of tailor-made solutions! [LINK to Electrolyte Development] Due to the deep know-how in the field of battery research, E-Lyte can meet the desired goals of its customers in the best possible way. Extensive analytics and battery test infrastructure make E-Lyte a perfect all-in-one development partner in the field of research and development for innovative electrolyte solutions.
3. Scaling of developed solutions and flexible production! After the successful development of the perfectly fitting electrolyte, the recipe can be transferred directly to volume production at E-Lyte.
   The main difference of the production plant of E-Lyte to the plants of its competitors is the high degree of flexibility when it comes to the production of different recipes! Due to its innovative design, E-Lyte’s production plant, which is currently under construction, will be able to adapt its production process for new formulations and cell technologies within a very short time and without large amounts of waste.
   For Europe, the construction of numerous energy storage production facilities for lithium-ion batteries, so-called gigafactories, with an accumulated production capacity of more than 1,411 GWh/year has been announced in recent years and months [1]. According to our own calculations, this results in an electrolyte demand of about 846,600 tpa. To date, however, there is insufficient electrolyte production capacity in Europe to meet the aforementioned demand. The main suppliers of electrolytes are currently located in Asia, especially in China. Local electrolyte production in Europe will shorten transport distances and thus improve the sustainability and carbon footprint of energy storage production in Europe.

[1] https://battery-news.de/index.php/2022/07/01/batterieproduktion-in-europa-juli-2022/