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TEESMAT Webinar series
TEESMAT project organises a series of webinars with the Service Providers presenting the validated characterization techniques and user cases.
WEBINAR 1 – Photoemission spectroscopy applied to storage energy material The first TEESMAT webinar, titled ‘Photoemission spectroscopy applied to storage energy material’, was presented by the expert Dr. Anass Benayad, Ingénieur-Chercheur at CEA-LITEN. The X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) is a powerful analytical tool to study the electronic and chemical structure of materials at the surfaces […]
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TEESMAT Newsletter
The TEESMAT newsletter is here to bring you the latest news from the activities related to our project. The TEESMAT partners would like to invite you to take a short break and discover the latest TEESMAT news and opportunities.
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TEESMAT WINTER SCHOOL
14/03/2022
The TEESMAT winter school was implemented from January 10th to 14th 2022. The steering committee initially had organised the school as a hybrid event, with a physical presence in ESRF headquarters in Grenoble, allowing student and lecturer interaction, hands-on training on characterisation techniques and a dinner social event for participant bonding. Unfortunately, the strict regulation […]
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The others news
EU to push new standards for ‘greenest’ car batteries on earth
06/11/2020
+ Read moreThe European Commission will table new EU-wide regulations this autumn to ensure that batteries manufactured or imported into Europe are “the greenest on this planet,” a top EU official told EURACTIV. The new regulation will impose “mandatory requirements for the greenest, safest and most sustainable batteries on this planet,” said Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission’s […]
Deep-sea minerals could meet the demands of battery supply chains
02/11/2020
+ Read moreThe world is hungry for resources to power the green transition. As we increasingly look to solar, wind, geothermal and move towards decarbonization, consumption of minerals such as cobalt, lithium and copper, which underpin them, is set to grow markedly One study by the World Bank estimates that to meet this demand, cobalt production will […]
Europe relies on foreign raw materials to power its green and digital future
26/10/2020
+ Read moreThe European Union is keen to boost its green and digital ambitions, making them central to its coronavirus recovery plans. But there’s one big problem: raw materials. Those rare-earth elements needed for the magnets in electric vehicles and wind turbines? Some 98% of the EU’s supply comes from China. South Africa provides 84% of the platinum […]
Growth Opportunities from Decarbonisation in the Global Power Market, 2019–2030
21/10/2020
+ Read more$3.40 Trillion to be Invested in Renewable Technologies As Energy Transition Gains Much Needed Momentum Powered by a strong momentum behind renewable energy, the power market is heading into the 2020s having come many-a-mile from the last decade. The 2020s will be a critical decade for one and all in the power industry, as the […]
TEESMAT partner Northvolt raises another US$600m in equity
09/10/2020
+ Read moreNorthvolt has now raised in excess of US$3.5 billion of financing towards its aim of establishing 150GWh of advanced battery manufacturing facilities in Europe by 2030. The Sweden-headquartered startup, which is led by former Tesla executive Peter Carlsson, said today that investors including institutional investment groups and current shareholders have raised a US$600 million private […]
The electric vehicle revolution: Cornwall tries to revive its lithium mines
05/10/2020
+ Read moreThe English region wants to produce the metal used in car batteries but has to prove it can do so at scale Demand for lithium is set to surge over the next 10 years and the production from Cornwall can be more environmentally friendly than Chile, Australia and China, helping to produce batteries with a […]
Anticipating the European battery boom
28/09/2020
+ Read moreWith fossil fuel engines on their way out, batteries are becoming one of the world’s most important commodities. Until now, European production of electric vehicles (EVs) has been dependent on batteries from abroad, primarily from Asia. This, however, is about to change. “Investments in battery technology and production in Europe have already surpassed that of […]
EU raw materials push aims to underpin Green Deal, digital ambitions
23/09/2020
+ Read moreIncreasing the EU’s domestic supply of critical raw materials and cutting external dependencies got top billing in a new European Commission strategy on Thursday (3 September), as the bloc started to get serious about its Green Deal and digital agenda. The EU’s environmental push wants to bet big on renewable energy, electric vehicles and the […]
