Demonstration Plant in Landau (March 2022), page-240

A presentation by Dr. Kristian Bär (Vulcan Energy Ressources GmbH) at eMOKON 2022 (Youtube-Video).

eMOKON = https://emokon-mkk.de/

Quotes: "On June 24 & 25, the Main-Kinzig district was under the sign of electromobility at the eMOKON MKK Congress - the nationwide congress for e-mobility in Bad Soden-Salmünster. On June 24, scientists, company and government representatives, local politicians and official representatives exchanged views on various challenges and developments in e-mobility in six different expert rounds."

"In expert round 2, everything revolved around the topic of environmental balance - resources / second life of accumulators. Four speakers from research institutions and companies gave an insight into the future of the electric battery. In order to increase the acceptance of electromobility, the further development, reuse and recycling of accumulators - especially the powerful lithium-ion batteries - are essential factors. Accumulator development is not only about performance and fast charging times, but also about trend topics such as durability, sustainability, costs, resource conservation, recycling, environmental protection and safety."

"Moderator Jörg Wetterau from the Laboratory for Communication discusses the topic with expert Dr. Kristian Bär, Vulcan Energien Ressourcen GmbH He reported on lithium extraction in the Upper Rhine region. The alkali metal lithium is one of the central raw materials for the production of batteries for electric vehicles. Large quantities of lithium are needed for the complete electrification of European mobility. But where are they going to come from? From Germany, among other places."

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQgQrq2h_6A

Selected statements by Dr. Kristian Baer:
- (from minute 19:45) The Insheim site will be expanded to six wells from the middle of next year in order to then achieve significantly higher flow rates (150 to 300 liters/s).

-(from minute 20:20) Our demonstration plant will go into operation in September / October. We can extract 80 to 90 percent lithium from the thermal water.

- (from minute 23:50) We now have 130 employees. By the end of the year, we want to be at 250 employees.

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