Old EV Batteries Power the New Nuclear Grid
June 29, 2026
Canadian startups and federal planners are repurposing spent electric vehicle cells to stabilize a national power grid currently undergoing a massive nuclear expansion. While China mandates industrial shredding to dominate the recycling market, North American homeowners and utilities are deploying these 'second life' batteries as decentralized buffers against the volatility of a doubling energy demand.
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China and the West are taking opposite paths on EV battery recycling
China has 85% of the world’s recycling capacity and a mandate to shred old packs. The U.S. has another plan: use them to save the power grid first.
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Canada’s nuclear bet: 10 reactors, 90,000 jobs and a grid that needs to double
Canada gets about 13 per cent of its electricity from nuclear power and produces roughly 24 per cent of the world’s uranium. A new federal strategy wants to turn that advantage into a larger clean-power industry.
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Can home batteries help save the climate and save you money?
Growing numbers of homeowners are installing batteries that store electricity when it is cheap, which helps balance the grid and cuts emissions, and cheaper plug-in batteries will soon let more people do the same
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Moment Energy opens world's largest ‘second life’ battery plant in hometown
As Canada looks to build a clean-energy manufacturing base, one BC startup is making its case: repurposed electric-vehicle batteries, processed at scale, could help modernize the grid and create jobs at home.