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Batteries - Technology Development Report
15/03/2021
With the announcement of the European Green Deal an intensified effort will be directed towards achieving a set of challenging targets to enable Europe to become the first climateneutral continent by 2050. Measures to facilitate this transition will need to be taken in many economic sectors, including energy, transport, industry and built environment. Battery energy […]
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EITB Batteries Raw Materials and Recycling Roadmap 2021
08/03/2021
The European Technology and Innovation Platform(ETIP) Batteries Europe has been established as the “one-stop shop” for the battery-related R&I ecosystem and aims to accelerate the establishment of a competitive, sustainable and efficient value chain and globally competitive European battery industry through Research and Innovation to support the EU Green Deal and other EU policies. Thematic […]
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President von der Leyen underlines the importance of batteries at the EU Industry Days 2021
01/03/2021
President von der Leyen stated the importance of batteries in her opening speech at the EU Industry Days 2021. “Building new and agile alliances where the public sector joins forces with industry. This kind of cooperation is already proving to be incredibly powerful in some sectors. For example, our Battery Alliance makes a very good […]
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The Commission proposed a new Batteries Regulation
22/02/2021
+ Read moreThe Commission proposed a new Batteries Regulation (with Annexes) on 10 December 2020. This Regulation aims to ensure that batteries placed in the EU market are sustainable and safe throughout their entire life cycle.Press release: Green Deal: Sustainable batteries for a circular and climate neutral economy. Batteries and accumulators play an essential role to ensure that many daily-used products, […]
EIT InnoEnergy and Batteries Europe publish the Strategic Research Agenda
16/02/2021
+ Read moreThe European Technology and Innovation Platform on Batteries, led by EIT InnoEnergy, has published the Strategic Research Agenda for the upcoming years The European Technology and Innovation Platform on Batteries (ETIP Batteries, Batteries Europe) has published its Strategic Research Agenda, one of the central deliverables of the work of the Platform. The document sets the priorities that battery research […]
Central Europe becomes the EU’s e-car battery supplier
15/02/2021
+ Read moreIn late 2020, the value of export of lithium-ion batteries reached some €400M a month, and they now account for as much as 2 percent of all Poland’s exports. That amounts to almost a third of European demand for electric vehicle batteries. “Poland is very high up in the supply chain for the electric car sector. It […]
Commission approves €2.9 billion public support by twelve Member States for a second pan-European research and innovation project along the entire battery value chain
15/02/2021
+ Read moreThe Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a second Important Project of Common European Interest (“IPCEI”) to support research and innovation in the battery value chain. The project, called “European Battery Innovation” was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The twelve Member States […]
Advanced technologies for industry. Product watch : solid-state-lithium-ion-batteries for electric vehicles
18/01/2021
+ Read moreSince the global demand for high-energy and high-power energy storage devices increased, lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries have emerged as the dominating energy storage solution for portable electronics and electric vehicles. With the objective of realising the green mobility transition and overcoming concerns about electric vehicles, e.g. with regards to their range, new technologies for lithium-ion-batteries are developed. […]
