After the launch of several battery strategies at national level, (Sweden in Dec 2020; Finland in Jan 2021; Hungary in Sept 2021), it is now Norway’s turn to release its national ambitions related to batteries. The Norwegian Battery Strategy was launched yesterday with the aim to develop a coherent and profitable battery value chain, from […]
The strategic alliances along the European battery value chain continues to expand. Last week, Stellantis announced a €50 million equity investment in Vulcan Energy, becoming the second largest shareholder in the lithium company. This investment will go towards Vulcan’s planned production expansion drilling in its producing Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field (URVBF) and will increase
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We are pleased to share another milestone for the European battery industry. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has indeed just upgraded Northvolt to a Tier 1 supplier of batteries to the automotive market. We count currently only nine companies ranked Tier 1 worldwide, of which seven are active in Europe. The fact that Northvolt is the first
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The general assembly of the European technology and innovation platform “Batteries Europe” will be held on June 21st, 10:30-17:00 CET. Location: Online: via Teams, open to all Batteries Euroep and EBA250 members (click here to join the event) In-person: Thon Hotel – 75 Rue de la Loi, Bruxelles (fully-booked) Agenda: You can download the latest agenda
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BASQUEVOLT, the Basque solid-state battery initiative, will begin production of battery cells in 2027 with the aim of reaching a capacity of 10GWh. This is one of the main objectives set out in the BASQUEVOLT’s articles of association, in which the Basque Government, Iberdrola, CIE Automotive, Enagás, EIT InnoEnergy, and CIC energiGUNE all feature as
Welcome to the 2022 webinar series dedicated to Nordic collaboration and opportunities in a booming battery industry Webseries #2: Nordic cooperation at all levels Thursday, June 16, 2022 | 09:00–10:00 CET. The Nordic battery collaboration is anchored at the ministerial level and operationalised by our municipalities, research institutions, clusters as well as individual companies. In
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As Europe is dependent on importing more than 80% of the necessary battery materials, building up a certain share of domestic production within the EU is critical. Not only this increases the security of supply, but it also creates opportunities to build up more integrated value chains with potentially lower domestic production costs and greater
We are pleased to invite you to join the second session of the EBA Academy webinar series that will take place on Tuesday 07 June, 16:00-17:00 CET. In the first webinar, we explored the challenges related to skills in the race for green talent; the huge and growing number of new jobs across the battery
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The European Battery Alliance has been recognised as a blueprint for European industrial strategy. Now, EBA250 is calling for an upgrade to Europe’s battery chain ambitions. And it has a plan to deliver on them, as explained by Thore Sekkenes, EBA250 Programme Director at EIT InnoEnergy. Launched in 2017 under the auspices of European Commission
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As reported by electrive.com last week, Northvolt will receive European funding for its manufacturing plant in Germany via the IPCEI (Important Projects of Common European Interest) mechanism. The IPCEI is a transnational project funded by state aid aiming at promoting strategic industrial areas in the EU, thus contributing to growth, employment and competitivess. The establishment
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