Status
Operational: status carried from the legacy record
Process: refurbishment + mechanical. Capacity: 10,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
Renault's circular economy factory; Flins former ICE plant repurposed; second-life refurbishment + end-of-life recycling under one roof; Zoe battery wave primary input; EU Battery Regulation showcase.
Customers and offtakers: Renault fleet operators / grid storage.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Renault Re-Factory |
| Plant | Flins Re-Factory |
| City | Flins |
| State or province | lle-de-France |
| Country | France |
| Type | Recycler + second life |
| Process | refurbishment + mechanical |
| Output stage | black mass |
| Input chemistries | NMC (Zoe / Kangoo packs) |
| Output products | Refurbished BESS + black mass |
| Capacity (t/yr input) | 10000 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Status carried from the legacy record; not re-verified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2022 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0.3 |
| Customers and offtakers | Renault fleet operators / grid storage |
| OEM partnerships | Renault (captive) |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | Yes |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
In context
Where it fits
Listed in EV Battery Recycling Facilities. Recyclers are compared on where they stop: shredding to black mass, smelting to alloy, or refining to battery-grade salts that go back into cathode plants; only refining keeps the metal in the region. See Battery Recycling for the process and the market.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Viviez Recycling Plant (SNAM) | France | operational |
| Metz Second Life Hub (Stellantis Free2Move) | France | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Flins Re-Factory (Renault Re-Factory)
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10