EBA250 NEWS

From coal-fired generation to cleaner alternatives

Feb 21, 2022

Big news for the stationary battery storage market. Last week, Australian-based Origin Energy announced its intention to close down Australia's largest coal-fired power plant before “end of life”. Once power production...

Sweden celebrates the 5th anniversary of the EBA with establishment of a second gigafactory

Feb 4, 2022

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At the launch of the European Battery Alliance (EBA) in 2017 there was virtually no cell production capacity in Europe. And Northvolt’s endeavour to build a battery manufacturing plant was...

French company Verkor chooses Dunkirk to build its first Gigafactory

Feb 3, 2022

French startup Verkor has announced the selection of Dunkirk (Hauts de France) for the construction of its first Gigafactory that will produce low-carbon battery cells designed to support Europe’s net-zero...

Batteries Europe to drive research & innovation on batteries to the next level

Feb 2, 2022

We are pleased to relay that Batteries Europe initiative is now reconducted for another three years to enrich, strengthen and extend the knowledge transfer and competitiveness across the European battery...

Stationary storage targeted by several of the European cell manufacturing projects

Jan 31, 2022

A year ago we reported on a substantial growth in Energy Storage Systems (ESS) projects being established around the world. The largest battery ESS installed is till the Moss Landing...

Latest developments in the European battery industry

Jan 13, 2022

Welcome back to our members and readers after the seasonal break that we hope was pleasing and relaxing. To kick off the new year, we would like to share some...

Season’s Greetings

Dec 22, 2021

This year has been once again significantly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Still, the activities related to the European battery value chain have not rested. On the contrary, at a...

EU companies warn against ‘counterproductive’ delays to batteries law

Dec 17, 2021

In a public letter addressed to EU Environment Ministers ahead of their meeting on 20 December, eight businesses working in the battery supply chain ask to speed up the environmental...

Significant upstream developments in the European battery value chain

Dec 14, 2021

We are happy to relay the annoucements of several key projects that will further strengthen the European supply chain for batteries. Let's begin with the establishment of the joint venture...

Closing the loop: battery recycling picking up momentum in Europe

Dec 8, 2021

A speedy build-up of capacity and knowledge to recycle of lithium-based batteries has been identified as one of the remain challenges for the European battery industry by the European Battery...