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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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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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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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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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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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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Due to COVID-19, relevant and important questions have emerged as to how this will impact the electric vehicle deployment and associated market in Europe. Due to this, Transport & Environment has issued a very interesting report on the topic, “Can electric cars beat the COVID crunch?”. The report gives some encouraging facts such as the
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As previously announced, the EU recovery plan “Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation” was published yesterday. It introduces an impressive set of actions on how EU shall recover from and prepare for a better and more sustainable future after the negative effects of the COVID-19 situation. The execution and even speeding up of the
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It is clear that the electrification of the road transport sector has pushed forward the development of Li-ion battery technology. As a result, batteries have today specifications that allow electrification of vehicles in almost all segments. This development has spilled over and even made the electrified version of large construction machines, mining equipment and two
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We are proud to relay that today was held a high-level meeting with EBA250 industry representatives to discuss the role the European Battery Alliance (EBA) in EU’s post corona green recovery. “An accelerated EBA could front load 1 million new jobs and 200B€ of new business for Europe in the next 30 months, starting this
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