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Battery industry development: Europe is gaining momentum

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The European Battery Alliance (EBA), launched by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič in October 2017, intends to engage the European industry in seizing the opportunity brought by batteries – a core technology for enabling the energy transition. Whereas it could still be premature to assert that this political impulsion will effectively be translated into long-term socio-economic benefits […]

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Towards recycling battery materials

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Li-Cycle Corp., a North-America-based lithium-ion battery resource recovery company, announced that it has recently completed its first shipment of commercially recycled battery material. The first batch of recycled materials has been extracted at Li-Cycle’s facility in Ontario, Canada, and prepared for re-delivery. The materials are metals such as cobalt, nickel and lithium – an excellent

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Launch of LiPLANET project

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The LiPLANET project lays the foundation of the European network of research pilot lines for the production of battery cells. As part of the Horizon 2020 program, the European Commission is funding the LiPLANET project over the next two years to establish the lithium battery cell research pilot line network. The eight consortium partners are

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Batteries for electric cars: fact check and answers to the most important questions about electric mobility

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It is fundamental for the battery industry to understand the impact of the fast growing  European battery industry. Fraunhofer ISI has recently made a Policy Brief which was presented at the Battery Forum Germany in Berlin in January. The main conclusion is that there is nothing to prevent a broad market diffusion of electric cars between

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Season’s Greetings

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A very exciting year for the European Battery Alliance is coming to its end and we would like to share Season’s Greetings! The European battery industry is continuously growing and lot of positive initiatives and projects have been announced. As a wrap-up of 2019, we mention below just a few of all ongoing initiatives in

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EIT InnoEnergy invests €5.8m into Northvolt’s “mission critical” battery recycling plant

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Northvolt to commercialise new lithium ion recovery methods to support 2030 recycling targets InnoEnergy,  with the support of the EIT and the European Union, has announced its €5.8 million investment into Northvolt’s “Revolt” programme. The programme, which will implement the latest discoveries in efficient materials recovery methods, will see the construction of a pilot battery

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