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Spain to implement the first EBA Academy programme

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Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič was today in Madrid, Spain to participate at the signature of the first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the EBA Academy, a public-private partnership on learning services by industry for industry covering the entire battery value chain recently launched by EIT InnoEnergy. Spain’s Secretary General for Industry […]

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From a project to a sustainable network: LiPLANET Network announces the foundation of its legal association

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The LiPLANET Network for Lithium battery cell research pilot lines has achieved an important milestone this Friday May 7th with the foundation of its legal association. The aim of the LiPLANET Network is to create a European innovation and production ecosystem and reinforce the position of the European Union (EU) in the Lithium battery cell

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“Digitalisation of Batteries for Smart Energy and Transport Systems” – Workshop summary

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Batteries Europe, ETIP SNET – Smart Networks for the Energy Transition and EGVIA – The European Green Vehicles Initiative Association co-organised earlier this week a workshop on “Digitalisation of Batteries for Smart Energy and Transport Systems”, initiative also supported by the European Commission. We present below a summary of the event. Digitalisation is without doubt

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Looking up North: Finland is hot news for building up Europe’s supply chain capacities

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Last week the British chemical company Johnson Matthey has announced its ambition to build a new factory for the production of its nickel-rich eLNO cathode materials in a strategic partnership with Finnish Minerals Group (FMG) in Finland. The plant will be designed for an annual output of 30,000 tonnes of cathode material and construction is

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The European Battery Alliance – a role model for creating strategic industrial value chains

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Only a few years ago, Europe was basically non present in the battery value chain.  Today, Europe has made dramatic progress in establishing a credible battery value chain following the launch of the European Battery Alliance in October 2017, as we have been regularly reporting on this website. We have recently noticed that the model

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Extremadura hosts southern Europe’s first battery cell factory project

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Phi4tech, together with the regional President of Extremadura and the General Secretary for Industry in Spain, has formally announced in a press conference – on the 24th of March, 2021 – the first integrated battery project in Southern Europe, which includes in the same region, a lithium extraction and refining project – Lithium Iberia -,

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Senior Technology Material invests €250 million in Sweden

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Shenzhen Senior Technology Material announces today its plan to invest 250 million euros until 2025 to establish a production facility at Svista industrial estate in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The facility will be one of Europe’s largest factories of its kind and will supply Northvolt with separator film for lithium-ion batteries. Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co., is

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Boosting European EV battery raw material supply chain with support of high-purity manganese project

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This week, EIT InnoEnergy announced its support of Euro Manganese’s Czech-based Chvaletice Manganese Project, helping fulfil ambitions to create a competitive and sustainable battery cell manufacturing value chain in Europe. In addition to an initial investment of €250k, EIT InnoEnergy will help Euro Manganese secure financing for full-scale commercial development up to €362m for the

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