Scania plans invest more than 1 billion SEK in a battery assembly plant in Södertälje, Sweden, and aspires to lead the shift to heavy vehicles electrification. The construction of a 18,000-square metre facility is scheduled to start early 2021 with the aim to be fully operational by 2023. “This is a tangible manifestation of our […]
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Leading technology company Panasonic, energy company Equinor and industrial group Hydro have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a strategic partnership to explore possibilities for establishing a sustainable and cost-competitive lithium-ion battery business in Norway to serve the European market. The three companies will now conduct a study to map market opportunities in
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Hungary takes the lead in Central Eastern Europe to join the European Battery industry’s goals to secure a successful green transition within the automotive and energy sector with a strong battery industry in order to achieve the national as well as the European climate-goals. The Hungarian Ministry of Innovation and Technology in cooperation with EIT
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On Friday last week was held a ceremony to celebrate the groundbreaking of BASF’s new cathode active materials production plant located in Schwarzheide, Germany. This project is part of the company’s multi-step investment plan in the European battery materials market and is another concrete outcome of the work carried out under the European Battery Alliance.
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Welcome to this webinar organised by the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) Lithium-ion batteries are vital to accelerating the decarbonisation of transport and better integrating variable renewable energies into electricity grids. The EU’s import dependency on raw materials such as lithium combined with concerns over the life-cycle impact of lithium extraction and processing could dampen
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Yesterday was launched the report “Sustainable electromobility – what is required for electric road transport to be environmentally and socially sustainable? ” written by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute on behalf of the World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF Sweden. Rapid electrification of the transport sector is crucial to reach both the Swedish and the
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Welcome to the 2020 SME assembly – the most significant event for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe – that will be held on 16-17 November 2020, together with the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Assembly will feature a combination of high-level panels and interviews, expert roundtables, interactive workshops,
Within the framework of the German EU Council Presidency, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is organising the virtual European Conference on Batteries on 24-27 November 2020. German, European and international players from industry, research and politics will meet online to exchange information on current and future developments in the field of batteries, to
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Talga, Mitsui and LKAB confirm intent for joint development of the Vittangi graphite mine and battery anode production. Graphite is an important raw material needed for the production of Li-ion battery types. Today most anode materials are graphite-based, derived from either natural or synthetic graphite. For natural graphite there are existing requirements related to flake
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Earlier this year, we published an article on how stationary batteries further triggered the storage boom. Grid-scale batteries might still be considered for some as a niche technology, the number of projects in this area accelerates and the future looks bright. The latest forecast on the stationary storage shows indeed that despite the current COVID
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