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EIT InnoEnergy backs Europe's new battery cell producer, Verkor
24/08/2020
Verkor, Europe’s new battery cell producer, begins its industrial journey, backed by EIT InnoEnergy, Schneider Electric and the GROUPE IDEC The French industrial company, is set to amplify battery cell production in Europe, with the support of EIT InnoEnergy, Schneider Electric and the GROUPE IDEC. The new venture will accelerate the production capacity of low-carbon batteries in southern Europe […]
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How The Covid-19 Pandemic Is Impacting The Battery Sector
24/08/2020
The world is in transition between a lead-acid battery past, and a future in which lithium-ion batteries are poised to supplant lead-acid batteries and to displace increasing volumes of transportation fuels. But will this year’s Covid-19 pandemic affect this transition? T Covid-19 Impact on Lithium-Ion Sector The pandemic hasn’t left the lithium battery sector untouched. […]
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Powering a climate-neutral economy: Commission sets out plans for the energy system of the future and clean hydrogen
23/07/2020
To become climate-neutral by 2050, Europe needs to transform its energy system, which accounts for 75% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. The EU strategies for energy system integration and hydrogen, adopted today, will pave the way towards a more efficient and interconnected energy sector, driven by the twin goals of a cleaner planet and […]
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European Clean Hydrogen Alliance
23/07/2020
+ Read moreThe European Clean Hydrogen Alliance aims at an ambitious deployment of hydrogen technologies by 2030, bringing together renewable and low-carbon hydrogen production, demand in industry, mobility and other sectors, and hydrogen transmission and distribution. With the alliance, the EU wants to build its global leadership in this domain, to support the EU’s commitment to reach […]
Publication of a proposal for an European Partnership for the Industrial Battery Value Chain
23/07/2020
+ Read moreBatteries Partnership vision is to establish best in the world sustainable and circular European battery value chain to drive the transformation towards carbon-neutral society. The Partnership ambition is to prepare and equip Europe to manufacture and commercialise by 2030 the next-generation battery technologies, through results-oriented innovation programme, which will enable the rollout of the zero-emission […]
Hyperdrive Innovation and Hitachi Rail to develop battery tech for trains
08/07/2020
+ Read moreHyperdrive Innovation and Hitachi Rail are to develop battery packs to power trains and create a battery hub in the North East of England Hitachi Rail analysis estimates the potential market for Hyperdrive and Hitachi’s battery technology is over 400 trains. Powering up a British battery boom Hitachi starts work on all-electric 803s for East […]
OPEN INNOVATION CHALLENGE
07/07/2020
+ Read moreOpen innovation Challenge is organized in by the Innovation Network for Advanced Materials (INAM) THE BRIEF There is currently no battery on the market that can do justice to a cordless hair dryer. Either the drying performance is too low or the play time is too short to dry the hair completely. Therefore, the challenge is […]
Clean energy progress after the Covid-19 crisis will need reliable supplies of critical minerals
20/05/2020
+ Read moreMinerals have played a critical role in the rise of many of the clean energy technologies that are widely used today – from wind turbines and solar panels to electric vehicles. But ensuring that these and other key technologies can draw on sufficient mineral supplies to support the acceleration of energy transitions around the world […]
