Soda ash lithium battery

••A framework to assess environmental impacts of lithium from brines was. . The development of energy storage led to an increased demand for battery metals (Christmann et al., 2015; Wanger, 2011; World Economic Forum, 2019). By 2030, battery demand i. . 2.1. Framework to assess environmental impacts of Li2CO3 from brinesWe present an approach to quantify environmental impacts of Li2CO3 production from b. . 3.1. Application of the approach to present and future brine sitesTo test our presented framework, the lithium extraction sites (Salar de Atacama, Salar de Olaroz,. . Lithium supply is key for the transition towards a global decarbonized society. We can expect higher future growth rates for Li than for other metals. It is inevitable to assess environm.