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Panasonic, Equinor and Hydro to explore potential for European battery business

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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 joins the race for €250 billion worth EU battery market

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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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BASF broke ground for its new cathode active materials production plant in Germany

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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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Supply of graphite from Europe

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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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Stationary storage is ramping up

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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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Launch of EBA250 - European Battery Alliance

Does Europe have the tools it needs to quit importing batteries?

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Batteries will be crucial to Europe’s aggressive clean energy transition plans, and a crucial component for Europe’s strategically important automotive industry as we leave the age of the internal combustion engine to rust. Bringing that battery production into Europe would increase security of supply, create efficiencies, bring employment and opportunity, and offer closer control over

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