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European Commission Vice President in charge of Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič hosted the third political meeting under the European Battery Alliance in Brussels earlier this week. The meeting brought together the Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and some Member States with the objective to further engage them in cross-border large-scale integrated battery manufacturing projects. The […]

Northvolt has received a second environmental permit from the Land and Environment Court in Umeå, Sweden, which marks an important step towards the European battery cell production. The permit is an extension of the one granted in June 2018 to allow increased operational capacity from 8 GWh to 16 GWh at the large-scale battery manufacturing

Polish Ministry of Enterprise and Technology announced that the battery value chain related projects may receive financial support under the IPCEI mechanism. The Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) mechanism is one of the most important financial instruments by which the European Commission supports the European Battery Alliance. The interested enterprises may submit their

Sono Motors announces that the first series production of its solar electric vehicle (SEV) Sion will be manufactured at former SAAB plant in Sweden. Today’s release draws the attention to the following: Former manufacturing plant for fossil cars to produce electric vehicles only, Chinese investments for production in Europe, A new start-up company in the

The European Commission published the Fourth Report on the State of the Energy Union. Building on results achieved since the start of the Junker Commission, the report sets out legal rules, as well as political commitments and targets for a cleaner and greener world. With batteries being essential in the context of a decarbonised economy,

Last week, Germany and Sweden renewed their partnership for innovation and cooperation for a sustainable future and added batteries as one of the key areas to cooperate on. This illustrates: the strategic importance given by governments to the battery field, the value of cooperation as a key success factor, the significance of the European Battery

FREYR AS, a Norwegian Incorporated Company announces its intention to build a 32 GWh battery facility in Mo I Rana, Norway combined with the development of up to a 600 MW onshore wind-park at Sjonfjellet in Rana and Nesna municipalities. European demand for battery cells will exceed 300 GWh by 2025, driven by accelerating electrification

Speedy charging, reduced costs, increased reliability, energy efficiency and portability: these are just a few of the critical areas that have been met with technological inventiveness and sound business sense in solutions submitted by the ten finalists in InnoEnergy‘s global call for start-ups in electrical storage. This inaugural contest was launched in the autumn to

The Nordic EV-Summit 2019 took place last week in Oslo, Norway. Whereas it is acknowledge that we need to ramp up EV production to speed up the energy transition, one can wonder if the industry is able to deliver without causing harm to people or nature. Thore Sekkenes, EBA Programme Director, Industry at InnoEnergy participated

In a surprising twist to the finals pitching event of the global call for start-ups, InnoEnergy announced two grand prize winners: Battrion and instagrid. 10 winning finalists in InnoEnergy’s global call for the most innovative start-ups in the world of electrical energy storage travelled to Amsterdam and pitched to an expert high-profile jury and an