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Austria boosts EV and charge point subsidies

As emphasized recently in our post on EV charging infrastructure, the eagerness to reduce urban air pollution and green house gas emissions spurs political support for boosting electrification of transport and spreading charging infrastructure. The additonal incentive from the Austrian governement is another example, increasing purchase premiums and subsidies for charging infrastructure for zero-emission and […]

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Nordic Battery Scene: speech from Maroš Šefčovič

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Since its launch in 2017, the European Battery Alliance has attracted more than 440 industrial and innovation actors and some 100 billion euros in investment with the objective to build a strong, competitive and sustainable European battery industry. “But perhaps the biggest success of the EBA is how it has changed the mindset around batteries

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A new regulatory framework on batteries to reach Europe’s sustanibility goals

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A new EBA250 meeting was held virtually on 1 July 2020 on the topic of sustainability legislation for batteries in Europe and its impact on the European battery industry. More than 300 stakeholders from across the entire battery value chain accepted EIT InnoEnergy’s invitation to hear from representatives of European institutions and the industry. This

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EV charging infrastructure: a growing part of the electricity system

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While total car sales dropped in many countries already in 2019, and even more in the first part of 2020, electric cars sold better. The global market size and most market shares indeed grew for electric vehicles. There is no doubt the electrification of road transport is accelerating, stimulating a fast development of the charging

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Towards a fully integrated supply chain in Europe

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Access to sustainable raw materials is not only an important cornerstone in building a European battery value chain. It is also a strategic security question for Europe’s ambition to deliver the Green Deal. Lithium has been identified by the European Commission as a vital supply that needs to be produced domestically. While China currently produces

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Umicore secures EIB loan of €125M for battery components factory in Poland

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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €125M loan with Umicore to finance the construction of a cathode material manufacturing facility in Poland. The cathode materials will be supplied to battery manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. This will also result in creating around 350 full-time jobs. The EU sees the transition to

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How stationary batteries further trigger the storage boom

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With the widespread adoption of renewable energy resources, energy storage is becoming a key necessity for power balancing and increased flexibility. Renewable energy sources are intermittent by nature, producing energy only when solar or wind are available. By storing the energy produced and delivering it on demand, batteries can continue to power the grid to

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Accelerating battery recycling

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Accessing secondary raw materials through recycling in a circular economy of batteries is a prerequisite not only to secure access to valuable raw materials but also building more resilient supply chains for batteries raw materials. With the number of electric cars on the rise, recycling of batteries from electric cars is picking up momentum. Used

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Cessna Caravan plane completes first all-electric flight

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We published recently an article on electric passenger planes and how they could be the next application for batteries. There is indeed much interesting development in this area looking at the modifed Cessna Caravan plane completing its first all-electric flight in the US last week. Redmond-based start-up MagniX has designed a light electric motor for

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Can batteries power heavy duty vehicles?

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Developments in European legislation, battery technology and charging times in connection with a European-wide charging infrastructure make electrified trucks (E-trucks) a realistic alternative for decarbonising the transport system. Electrification will be an important cornerstone in the sustainable, decarbonised transport system of the future. The European Green Deal, that was announced in December 2019 aims at

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