Talga just released a life cycle assessment which demonstrates how green their new anode is. Significant in terms of encouraging European customers.
Talga’s battery anode sustainability underpins leadership position in European market
• In a new peer-reviewed Life Cycle Assessment, manufacture of Talga’s flagship anode product
Talnode®-C has 92% less global warming potential than existing EV anodes imported into Europe
• LCA shows potential savings of 1.6 tonne CO2-eq in production of an EV battery1
• Strong green credentials underpin Talga’s leadership position in European market where new
battery regulations are increasing sustainability requirements for battery manufacturers2
Talga Group Ltd (“Talga” or “the Company”) (ASX:TLG) is pleased to announce a new peer reviewed
Life Cycle Assessment (“LCA”) of Talnode®-C, the Company’s natural graphite battery anode, which
demonstrates a 92% lower emissions profile than incumbent synthetic technology used by industry.
These strong environmental credentials underpin Talga’s engagements with both customers and
finance partners, including the European Investment Bank which recently approved €150 million
senior debt funding to underpin Talga’s Vittangi Anode Project (“Project”) (ASX:TLG 20 June 2023),
a vertically integrated mine-to-anode project based in northern Sweden.
The LCA shows substantial environmental benefits are possible by avoiding the use of fossil-fuel
power to either produce natural graphite anode or graphitise petroleum/coal derived feedstocks for
energy intensive synthetic graphite anode production, as is the case with anode technology currently
imported into Europe from Asia.
The industry leading LCA estimate for Talnode®-C is achieved through Talga’s use of 100% Swedish
renewable hydropower, high-grade natural graphite ore (naturally graphitised with high mine-to-anode
yield ratio) and proprietary anode production technology (ASX:TLG 1 July 2021).
Figure 1 Comparison of Talga anode global warming potential against incumbent products (kg of CO2-eq / kg of
battery anode). Source: Global warming potential data from Talnode®-C LCA prepared by Minviro Ltd.