29 January 2019 The fifth EBA250 meeting was held in Brussels and showed that the European battery industry is on the move. More than 200 stakeholders from across the entire battery value chain accepted EIT InnoEnergy’s invitation to meet and discuss with representatives from the financial sector on investments and funding opportunities in Europe. Read […]
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04 September 2018 As the process entered the phase of concrete actions and project formation, the need for standardisation was due for discussion. The strategy workshop was joined by Vice-President Šefčovič and gathered more than 150 participants. Following up on this, EIT InnoEnergy and CEN/CENELEC organised a conference with the aim of developing and implementing
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17 May 2018 A Strategic Action Plan for Batteries that supports the measures proposed by the EBA250 stakeholders was published as part of the Clean Mobility Package in May 2018. The Clean Mobility Package is a set of initiatives initiated by the European Commission to allow all Europeans to benefit from safer traffic, less polluting
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25 April 2018 The EU Commission stated that the European Battery Alliance “needs to continue to be industry-led in its implementation phase” and that “InnoEnergy will pursue its important implementation work”. Officially sanctioned by Vice-President Šefčovič of the EU Commission, InnoEnergy now had the mission to implement the European Battery Alliance action plan and therefore
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23 February 2018 18 high-priority actions resulting from the EBA250 stakeholder consultation process were presented at the Clean Energy Industrial Forum on the European Industry Day in February 2018. The EU Industry Day is a forum for key industrial stakeholders and EU political leaders and policy makers to discuss a joint vision for the long-term
30 January 2018 To follow-up on the December workshop, 90 stakeholders joined EIT InnoEnergy to develop the recommendations into concrete actions. The outcome was 43 necessary actions to enable the European Battery Alliance to capture a significant share of the entire value chain. Of the total of 43 actions, 18 were given high priority.
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19 December 2017 A network of 60 stakeholders responded to EIT InnoEnergy’s invitation and the first EBA250 workshop to further support the establishment of the European Battery Alliance. Research on key questions such as supply chain, technology development and market push led to a set of recommendations to the European Commission.
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11 October 2017 The European Battery Alliance (EBA) was officially launched in October 2017 by Vice-President Šefčovič with the aim of creating a competitive manufacturing value chain in Europe with sustainable battery cells at its core. EIT InnoEnergy was given the mandate to steer the industrial aspect, EBA250. Read more
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14 September 2017 Several programmes, such as the “Europe on the Move”, directives and not least the Paris Agreement, call for new solutions for energy storage. A first workshop was co-organised by EIT InnoEnergy and the European Political Strategy Centre on how Europe can become a global leader in batteries. For the first time ever
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July 2017 EIT InnoEnergy’s thought leadership and expertise in the field of energy storage led to a new assignment at the request of the European Commission. The assignment was based on EIT InnoEnergy’s proven track record of supporting and developing assets in the field, underscored by contributions in key publications and leading roles at conferences.
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