Internal

Context
Weakness
Political
Unstability in producer countries.
Economical N
e Lack of battery related industry and experience.
g
Social a
t Awareness about batteries' liability (explosion danger).
i
Technological v Lack of clean and sustainable treatment and recovery technologies.
e
Environmental Spent LIBS' carbon footprint, volatility and environmental impact.
Legal
Strength
Political Politicians awareness on LIBS relevance for the future.
P Great investment in investigation, production and treatment of
Economical o batteries.
Society's purpose to fight climate change and reduce carbon
Social s emissions.
i
Technological t Researches that have already been carried out by automobilistic
i industry to improve energy storage devices, specially LIBS.
v
Necessity of developing great scale energy storage devices in order to
Environmental e reduce the rely on fossil fuels to supply energy peak demands.
Legal
External
Threats

Continuous raise of Lithium demand.

High cost of Lithium recovery from spent LIBS

Society's opposition to Li mining in Europe.

Actual spent LIBS are hazardous and volatile waste.

Opportunity

Development of more efficient LIBS and investigation that is

aimed to develope better and cleaner traetment processes.