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Fireside chat: From First Life to Next Life: Building India’s Battery Recycling Industry
Date & Time
October 24, 2026 12:45 PM - 1:05 PM
TypeFireside Chat
India’s first wave of utility-scale BESS projects reaches end of life in the early 2030s. The recycling infrastructure to handle that material doesn’t yet exist at meaningful scale. Who is building it, and is it moving fast enough?
Recovered lithium, cobalt and nickel from end-of-life cells are raw materials that could reduce India’s dependence on imported critical minerals: the same dependency making battery storage expensive today. At what point does recycling become a commercial opportunity rather than a cost of disposal?
Second life deployment repurposes degraded batteries into lower-demand applications, extending asset value and deferring recycling cost. It creates a cheaper storage category for uses where high performance isn’t required. What does a viable second life market look like in India, and what needs to exist for it to develop?
