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5th High-Level Ministerial Meeting of the European Battery Alliance

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Today marks the 5th ministerial meeting of the European Battery Alliance. As a follow up of the high-level meeting with industrial key stakeholders representing all segments of battery the battery value chain, the Commission hosted today a ministerial meeting, chaired Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič. The meeting was attended by Commissioners Thierry Breton, Nicolas Schmitt and […]

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Launch of EBA250 - European Battery Alliance

High-level meeting with industrial actors under the European Battery Value Chain

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We are proud to relay that on Tuesday was held a high-level meeting with EBA250 industry representatives to discuss the role the European Battery Alliance (EBA) in addressing the remaining major obstacles to developing a competitive, sustainable and resilient battery value chain in Europe. Organised and hosted by EIT InnoEnergy, the meeting was chaired by

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Biden Executive Order will put battery materials at heart of US climate technology leadership

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The new Biden administration has in one of the first Executive Orders “identified the importance of mitigating risks in the supply chain for large capacity batteries”. This underlines the importance of the strategy applied from the European Battery Alliance from day one to address the entire value chain for batteries. The ongoing pandemic has only

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Northvolt plans to build Europe’s largest energy storage systems plant in Poland

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Swedish lithium-ion battery manufacturer Northvolt announced today its plan to establish Europe’s largest factory for energy storage solutions in Poland. This is  yet another confirmation of the significance of the stationary battery storage market. Northvolt will invest $200 million to build this new energy storage systems factory in Gdansk, Poland. The production is scheduled to

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Batteries part of the recently approved Spanish Energy Storage Strategy

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Last week, the Spanish government approved the energy storage strategy, targeting some 20 GW of storage capacity in 2030 and reaching 30 GW by 2050 from today’s 8.3 GW. In this storage strategy, Spain quantified its storage needs in line with its decarbonisation targets established in the national energy and climate plan (NECP), which sets

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Spanish battery consortium unveiled to accelerate green economic recovery

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Major Spanish industrial companies announced yesterday the creation of the Battchain consortium formed to respond to increasing demand for batteries. Battchain aims to accelerate Europe’s green economic recovery by expanding Spain’s battery value chain across raw materials extracting through battery recycling. The consortium will seek investment of €1.2 billion to deploy its industrial projects mainly

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World’s biggest battery project to date to be implemented in Australia

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Renewable energy fund CEP.Energy announced its plan to install a 1200MW battery in New South Wales, Australia, the largest grid-scale battery project ever intended worldwide. It is difficult to stay on top of the list of the world’s largest battery installations! We have been reporting a number of times on large-scale batteries for grid applications,

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Bombardier (now Alstom) to replace diesel engines by Li-ion batteries on AGC trains

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As highlighted by French and international press last week, the French National Railways SNCF takes a big step toward removing fossil fuel as an energy source for its fleet of AGC trains. The fleet consists of 700 trainsets and a large part is either diesel or diesel-electric powered. As an initial step, five trainsets will

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