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Central Europe becomes the EU’s e-car battery supplier
15/02/2021
In 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 […]
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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
The 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 […]
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Advanced technologies for industry. Product watch : solid-state-lithium-ion-batteries for electric vehicles
18/01/2021
Since 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. […]
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A pinch of graphene to increase batteries' lifetime and capacity
20/04/2020
+ Read moreA multidisciplinary team of Graphene Flagship researchers is developing high-performance graphene enabled silicon-based lithium-ion batteries for hearing aids, wearables and small electronic devices. In doing so, they identified how to use a pinch of graphene to increase the lifetime and the capacity of these batteries by 30%. Silicon holds the promise to become the next […]
Discover COBRA Project. Next generation of Cobalt-free Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles
08/04/2020
+ Read moreCOBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications) is a collaborative research and innovation project on next-generation batteries, co-funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. The project launched in January 2020 and will run until January 2024. COBRA aims to develop a novel Cobalt-free Lithium-ion battery technology that overcomes many of the current shortcomings faced by […]
€90 million available for Horizon 2020 new Next-Generation Batteries projects. Next deadline 28 of April
08/04/2020
+ Read moreFour next-generation batteries topics under the 2018-2020 Horizon 2020 Work Programme are open for application. They make available EU funding of €90 million. The projects will be selected for funding in a single-stage evaluation. The new extended deadline to submit a proposal is 28 April 2020. Building a Low-Carbon, Climate Resilient Future: Next-Generation Batteries brings together research and innovation efforts […]
NUCLEAR WASTE RECYCLED INTO DIAMOND BATTERIES WITH 'NEAR-INFINITE POWER'
08/04/2020
+ Read moreScientists are attempting to transform nuclear waste into batteries that can last for thousands of years. Next-generation diamond batteries that use energy from radioactive materials have already been developed and tested by researchers at the University of Bristol, who now hope to recycle waste from decommissioned nuclear power plants around the UK. Carbon-14 isotopes extracted from graphite blocks […]
Inventing the Sustainable Batteries of the Future
07/04/2020
+ Read moreThe European large-scale research initiative BATTERY 2030+ presents the long-term research roadmap that outlines the actions needed to invent the sustainable batteries of the future. BATTERY 2030+ suggests three overarching themes needed to invent the sustainable batteries of the future. The three themes are: I) Accelerated discovery of battery interfaces and materials; II) Integration of smart functionalities; […]
SeNSE project to build battery cell competencies in Europe
12/03/2020
+ Read moreExperts from seven European countries are now working on solutions for next-generation lithium-ion batteries in the SeNSE research project within the European Battery Alliance. The Swedish company Northvolt is to play a decisive role in the four-year project. The joint project is intended to help build up competence and production capacities in the field of […]
Samsung Presents Groundbreaking All-Solid-State Battery Technology
12/03/2020
+ Read moreOn March 9 in London, researchers from the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) and the Samsung R&D Institute Japan (SRJ) presented a study on high-performance, long-lasting all-solid-state batteries to Nature Energy, one of the world’s leading scientific journals. Compared to widely used lithium-ion batteries, which utilize liquid electrolytes, all-solid-state batteries support greater energy density, […]
Biggest battery in Europe set to land on British shores
20/02/2020
+ Read moreOil and gas giant Shell has plans for a 100-megawatt grid storage battery in the west of England. It is slated to be the biggest battery in Europe once it is completed later this year and will be crucial to the UK’s quest to remain the continent’s top wind power player. The battery project in […]
