Battery knowledge · Supply chain and regulation
Carbon footprint declaration
The first lifecycle obligation of the EU Battery Regulation for EV, industrial and LMT batteries: a declared carbon footprint per kWh calculated to a harmonised method, followed by performance classes and, later, a maximum threshold above which a battery cannot be sold. [1]
- Unit
- kg CO₂e/kWh
Example
Supply chain and regulation: an example situation
Carbon footprints can be compared only with compatible boundaries and functional units.
Read Carbon footprint declaration alongside Battery passport in this context. A digital record for each electric-vehicle and industrial battery, required in the EU from 2027, holding its composition, carbon footprint, due-diligence data, state of health and repair history, accessible by QR code.
Use in Lemonergy
Keep boundaries, dates, geography and units.
This is a reference concept. No executable Lemonergy block has been verified for this term.
References & further reading
Technical references
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries
European Union / EUR-Lex · 2023
Technical reference · Battery sustainability, information, waste management and battery passport provisions. Consult the current consolidated text and applicable implementing acts.