Anaphite, the British technology start-up, has confirmed positive results from an independent third-party assessment concerning the life-cycle emissions from the company’s patented electrode dry coating technology process.
If wet coating was replaced by Anaphite’s technology emissions of around 7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide could be avoided annually.
Due to enormous ovens that dry electrodes on a vast scale, wet coating is an energy-intensive process. Dry coating processes are a solution, but successful commercial-scale production has yet to be realised. Anaphite’s patented technology platform combines all the key ingredients of a battery electrode into a single engineered material, optimised for high-speed dry coating lines.
Anaphite’s CEO Joe Stevenson says, “Wet coating of electrodes is well proven, but manufacturers want it replaced by dry coating because of the carbon footprint improvements and cost reductions it delivers. We’re delighted to see the environmental benefits of Anaphite’s solution confirmed by Minviro’s independent assessment.”
Anaphite is now scaling up the technology platform at its UK facility. The company is working in close collaboration with the global automotive industry to bring dry coating to market. New EU Battery Passport regulations will be mandatory from 2027 for EV and industrial batteries over 2kWh. Under this framework the total carbon footprint of each battery placed in the EU market must be reported via LCA. For a 75kWh battery pack, commonly found in many compact- and midsize EVs, Anaphite’s dry coating technology can deliver a 268kg CO2 equivalent saving.
Lydia Bridges, senior consultant at Minviro, adds, “Our independent analysis identified a clear reduction in carbon footprint for Anaphite’s dry coating process compared with conventional wet coating, using ISO-aligned methods and critical review. This and similar methods form the basis of the EU Battery Regulation carbon footprint quantification.”
