THE BATTERY VALUE EQUATION – NEXT WORKSHOP
VIENNA
23 SEPTEMBER 2026
Unlocking the full value of LFP
Asset or liability? How to make LFP batteries pay across their life.
A focused, in-person workshop bringing together battery users, OEMs, fleets, ESS operators, PROs, recyclers, repurposers and investors to examine the economics of LFP – and what the value chain can do to improve them.
30
participants
(places limited)
Full-day workshop
9:30 - 17:00
Central Vienna
At Zoku
Next to the Prater
£900 /participant
Who will be in the room
• OEMs and battery producers
• Fleets & industrial users
• ESS developers & operators
• PROs
• Recyclers & pre-processors
• Reuse & repurposing companies
• Investors
This is not a conference with 20 speakers. It is a working session for people who can influence the outcome.
To bring practical experience into the room, GRS, Cylib, Botree and Sortbat will join the workshop and share their perspectives on the challenges, opportunities and decisions facing the LFP value chain.
What we'll cover
Understand the economics
CES data on LFP volumes, lifetimes, recycling economics and the activities that drive value.
Today’s reality
Collection, pre-processing, material recovery economics and the hurdles facing LFP today.
The promise and limitations of technology
Feasible recovery routes, value-chain dependencies and what needs to change for unit economics to improve.
Extend the life
Where reuse and repurposing can improve cohort economics — and where they cannot.
Bridge the gap
What the value chain can actually do to make LFP value-positive.
Each workshop adds to the equation
The Battery Value Equation is an ongoing CES initiative
We use workshops to bring new evidence and market experience together, document the conclusions and feed what we learn back into CES research.
Participants therefore contribute to a growing body of knowledge – and to network of companies working on the same underlying problem: how to preserve and create more value across the life of batteries.
Curent evidence points to LFP being a liability at end of life
But the economics are not fixed.
They improve with battery design, recycling technology, less destructive processes, scale and stronger downstream markets.
This workshop is about identifying what can close the gap - and who
needs to act to make LED value positive across its life.
THE BATTERY VALUE EQUATION
Building more value into the life of batteries
Battery circularity depends on preserving value. That means designing, using, maintaining, repairing and financing batteries in ways that keep options open – for continued use, reuse, repurposing and ultimately recycling.
The Battery Value Equation brings the value chain together to understand what creates that value, what destroys it and what we can do to improve the trajectory.
Circularity starts with value
A battery that retains value has more options.
Value supports maintenance and repair. It makes reuse and repurposing commercially possible. It improves end-of-life economics. And residual value matters much earlier than end of life: assets that retain value are easier to finance, which in turn supports the sale and deployment of new products.
But potential value is not enough. A reuse market only exists if someone builds it. Batteries are only prepared for reuse if upstream actors know that demand exists. Recycling economics only improve when volumes, technology, logistics and downstream markets come together.
Value has to be actively created and preserved across the battery lifetime.
Design & production
Use
Maintain & repair
Reuse & repurpose
Recycle
The slow cascading of value enables new high-value products.
Without value preservation, assets are harder finance, markets are weaker and circularity is harder achieve.
What the Battery Value Equation does
Research
We bring CES data and research into the room and test what it means in practice.
Discussion
Market participants challenge assumptions, add experience and identify what needs to change.
Connections
We create a focused environment for companies across the value chain to find partners, customers and solutions.
Knowledge that compounds
Each workshop is documented and feeds into subsequent research, reports and future discussions.
