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Infinity Lithium signs MoU with LG Energy Solution for lithium offtake

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We are happy to communicate that Infinity Lithium, one of the projects included in the Business Investment Platform, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korean Group LG for the negotiation of a binding off-take agreement of Lithium Hydroxide (LiOH) produced in their future extraction and refining platform in Cáceres, Spain. The contract […]

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Verkor partners with Renault Group to gear up its battery manufacturing in France

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Renault Group and Verkor will develop and manufacture new high-performance battery cells, bringing manufacturing excellence and a competitive, sustainable, and local battery cell value chain to Europe. Part of the initial output of Verkor’s first Gigafactory will be allocated to Renault’s premium vehicle programmes. Renault Group is to become a shareholder in the French industrial

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Volvo Car Group and Northvolt team up to develop and produce batteries

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Volvo Car Group announces its intention to establish a joint venture with the Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt to develop and produce more sustainable batteries, tailored to power the next generation of pure electric Volvo and Polestar cars. [Press release] As a first step for the 50/50 joint venture, Volvo Car Group and Northvolt aim to

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Location of charging infrastructure for heavy vehicles across Europe identified

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In a new study made for the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), Fraunhofer ISI has pinpointed the location of charging infrastructure for battery electric trucks. The study is based on real travel data of 400 000 trucks collected from seven truck OEMs across Europe. Data shows that the majority of the stops for long-haul trucks

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Rio Tinto partners with InoBat to explore innovative lithium battery initiative

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Rio Tinto and InoBat  have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming at accelerating the establishment of a local battery value chain in Serbia. The partnership will cover the full commodity life-cycle from mining to recycling of lithium. According to the press release issued yesterday, Rio Tinto’s Jadar project in Serbia has the potential

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Spain to implement the first EBA Academy programme

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Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič was today in Madrid, Spain to participate at the signature of the first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the EBA Academy, a public-private partnership on learning services by industry for industry covering the entire battery value chain recently launched by EIT InnoEnergy. Spain’s Secretary General for Industry

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From a project to a sustainable network: LiPLANET Network announces the foundation of its legal association

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The LiPLANET Network for Lithium battery cell research pilot lines has achieved an important milestone this Friday May 7th with the foundation of its legal association. The aim of the LiPLANET Network is to create a European innovation and production ecosystem and reinforce the position of the European Union (EU) in the Lithium battery cell

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“Digitalisation of Batteries for Smart Energy and Transport Systems” – Workshop summary

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Batteries Europe, ETIP SNET – Smart Networks for the Energy Transition and EGVIA – The European Green Vehicles Initiative Association co-organised earlier this week a workshop on “Digitalisation of Batteries for Smart Energy and Transport Systems”, initiative also supported by the European Commission. We present below a summary of the event. Digitalisation is without doubt

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Looking up North: Finland is hot news for building up Europe’s supply chain capacities

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Last week the British chemical company Johnson Matthey has announced its ambition to build a new factory for the production of its nickel-rich eLNO cathode materials in a strategic partnership with Finnish Minerals Group (FMG) in Finland. The plant will be designed for an annual output of 30,000 tonnes of cathode material and construction is

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