{"id":91,"date":"2022-12-04T23:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T15:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dcsabb.xmcyhd.com\/?p=91"},"modified":"2022-12-04T23:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T15:49:12","slug":"we-aim-to-make-the-worlds-greenest-battery-there-is-an-ocean-of-opportunities-peter-carlsson-ceo-northvolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/news\/91\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe aim to make the world\u2019s greenest battery. There is an ocean of opportunities.\u201d \u2013 Peter Carlsson, CEO, Northvolt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"abb-section--article__body oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography\" data-oneabb_newsbank_news_article-video=\"\" data-oneabb_newsbank_news_article-image=\"\" data-oneabb_newsbank_news_article-gallery=\"\" data-oneabb_newsbank_news_article-typography=\"\" data-oneabb_newsbank_news_social-media-embed=\"\" data-oneabb_newsbank_news_tooltips=\"\">\n<ul class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-UnorderedList\">\n<li class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-UnorderedList-item\">In the new episode of\u00a0ABB Decoded, Northvolt founder and CEO Peter Carlsson tells how Northvolt aims to revolutionize global battery manufacture, from a European base<\/li>\n<li class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-UnorderedList-item\">Carlsson identifies custom battery and energy-storage solutions as being significant areas of opportunity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-UnorderedList\">\n<li class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-UnorderedList-item\">Sustainability and circular economic relationships with customers identified as vital for long-term success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\">The latest episode of ABB\u2019s technology-focused podcast features Peter Carlsson, founder and CEO of Northvolt, an ambitious European battery manufacturing start-up founded on principles of sustainability and zero-carbon energy storage solutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\">Pre-Northvolt, Carlsson was a key member of the leadership team that oversaw the transition of Tesla from start-up to disruptor of the global automobile industry. He also worked in executive positions for Sony Ericsson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\">Both roles, he says, have informed his vision to make Sweden-headquartered Northvolt a challenger to the Asia-dominated battery manufacturing market, while guiding his belief that a large-scale green battery maker is essential to meet the spiralling demands of the global automobile industry, as it transitions to the production of battery-electric vehicles from those powered by internal-combustion engines.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-Media oneabb-newsbank-news-Media--limited\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-Image\" src=\"https:\/\/resources.news.e.abb.com\/images\/2022\/11\/13\/0\/ABB_Decoded_EP22_3000x3000_20221105_jp_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-Media-description\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\">ABB became Northvolt\u2019s first partner in 2017, when Northvolt chose ABB\u2019s Plant Optimization Methodology to help fast-track project execution with integrated electrification, instrumentation, control and digitalization (EICD) solutions to enable efficient start-up and operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\"><strong>Tackling the challenge of global warming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\">Northvolt\u2019s Ett factory is 100 per cent powered by locally sourced renewable energy and by 2030 it aims to have 50 percent of new battery content recycled from used batteries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\">Said Carlsson: \u201cWhat is unique with the company is that we are very clearly aimed to build the world&#8217;s greenest battery and to take the carbon footprint of our products as close to zero as possible. The reason why we started the company is we\u2019re really trying to solve a big problem and that is the global problem of global warming, and the increasing amount of carbons in the atmosphere. So really driving products that are as carbon-neutral as possible became a really big mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\"><strong>Customization and customer relationships key to success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\">Carlsson\u2019s wide industry experience has convinced him that meeting the needs of customers offers a new direction \u2013 and presents new opportunities \u2013 for battery manufacturing.<br \/>\n\u201cFive years ago, most customers were seeing batteries as kind of a commodity. You would buy standardized formats, so it was pretty much a similar type of product for everyone, and you&#8217;d build the electrification upon it. Today, as big car companies are transforming into fully electric manufacturing, you\u2019re starting to see their aspirations on brand and product performance being moved into electrification. The ability to co-develop with our customers so that they could set the optimal chemical systems towards their needs is a big addition to our sustainability focus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\"><strong>Opportunities offered by common European vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\">In 2017 the European Battery Alliance was launched with the aim of creating a complete domestic battery value chain, to foster a cost-competitive clean energy transition. \u201cOne of the challenges in Europe,\u201d said Carlsson, \u201cis that you need to create a core base of competence. There is basic research in Europe around batteries that is really good. But this industry has evolved. It started in Japan, moved to Korea, and then it really scaled in China. So a lot of the competence and skills have been developed there. But there is a strong sense in Europe that we need to do it and a strong commitment to the Paris Treaty. Also a very strong understanding of: \u2018Let&#8217;s do it, and let&#8217;s do it right\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\"><strong>Experience offers reassurance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneabb-newsbank-news-ArticleTypography-paragraph\">\u201cThe thing that I felt very strongly during the years of Tesla and that I feel very strongly right now, was, yes, there are a lot of obstacles, but fundamentally what we\u2019re doing and the way we\u2019re doing it is absolutely right. This is the way a battery company, an energy storage company, should be built. And that gives me kind of a strong reassurance that if we just get our execution, and we\u2019re solving our bottlenecks, there is an ocean of opportunities for us to become a leader in this field.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the new episode of\u00a0ABB Decoded, Northvolt founder and CEO Peter Carlsson tells how Northvolt aims to revolutionize global battery manufacture, from a European base Carlsson identifies custom battery and energy-storage solutions as being significant areas of opportunity Sustainability and circular economic relationships with customers identified as vital for long-term success The latest episode of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dcsabb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}