BEPA Statement on the European Commission’s Battery Booster Strategy
17 December 2025
BEPA acknowledges the European Commission’s continued efforts to build a fully EU-made battery value chain and considers the Battery Booster strategy a step in the right direction.
BEPA welcomes the European Commission’s announcement of the much-needed Battery Booster strategy. The Battery Booster will support European battery cell producers through €1.5 billion in interest-free loans, complemented by an additional €300 million dedicated to improving access to raw materials. The strategy is structured around six pillars:
- Supporting the ramp-up of EU manufacturers
- Developing a resilient upstream value chain for raw materials and key inputs
- Ensuring value-added investments and an industrial level playing field in the EU
- Supporting “made in EU” off-takes boosting resilience and sustainability
- Boosting research, innovation and skills for the EU battery value chain
- Coordinating actions to maximise their impact across Europe
Batteries are a key enabling technology for Europe’s clean technologies, notably electric vehicles, but also for stationary energy storage, electronics, robotics and defence applications. Securing a robust battery supply chain is therefore essential for Europe’s competitiveness, sovereignty and climate ambitions. Batteries are the backbone of the ongoing industrial revolution, and Europe cannot afford to rely once again on third parties for strategic technologies and resources.
BEPA acknowledges the European Commission’s continued efforts to build a fully EU-made battery value chain and considers the Battery Booster strategy a step in the right direction. Through A Battery Deal for Europe, and together with RECHARGE, BEPA has consistently called for an updated and common European strategy for the battery sector.
In this context, BEPA welcomes the Commission’s efforts to establish a renewed business case for battery manufacturing in Europe, covering the full value chain from access to raw materials to industrial-scale production. It is now essential to build on the significant efforts made in recent years in research and innovation, ensuring that the strong outcomes achieved in R&I are effectively brought to the market.
BEPA also acknowledges the need for new, coordinated research and innovation programming, as highlighted in the Battery Booster strategy. BEPA stands ready to contribute to this effort, building on the journey initiated through the BATT4EU partnership and calling for a renewed and more ambitious partnership under the next Multiannual Financial Framework.
This partnership should bring together the entire battery value chain and connect all technology readiness levels, making use of the expected new policy framework under Horizon Europe and the European Competitiveness Fund.
Collectively, Europe must pursue both a scaling-up sprint and an innovation marathon to build and sustain competitiveness and to ensure that European battery innovations reach the market.
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