BEPA Weekly Digest – April
30 April 2025
The BEPA Team has carefully selected some of this months news items to keep our community in the loop of the latest news from the battery ecosystem.
4 APRIL
STARTING UP
Result of BEPA Survey On Battery Startups & Scaleups
INSIGHTS
- The trade war begins…What does this mean EVs, batteries and critical minerals? by Rho Motion
- It’s About Solving a Real Problem — Not Just “Better Batteries” by Dr. Halle Cheeseman
- Natural and synthetic graphite for an EU resilient economy and military
- The art of turning the corner: Towards a competitive comeback for Europe’s EV battery sector
- European automotive industry: What it takes to regain competitiveness
REPORT AND ANALYSIS
- The State of Energy Innovation
- European Innovation Council Impact Report 2025
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
- Panasonic launches closed-loop recycling initiative in Japan
- Sion Power Advances Licerion Battery Commercialization
11 APRIL
SUPPLY CHAIN
- Analysis of the Global Battery Value Chain
- 2025 EVs And Battery Supply Chains Issues And Impacts
INVESTING IN CLEAN TECH
- Implementing The Clean Industrial Deal And Strengthening Europe’s Economic Resilience
- Why the Clean Industrial Deal cannot succeed without a Capital Markets Reform
- Hostile US environment for cleantech is an opportunity for Europe, experts say
NA: NAY OR YAY
- Sodium Stopped Making Sense: Why We’re Pausing Our Work at Bedrock Materials
- What is a seawater sodium-ion battery by Prof. Stefano Passerini
MEMBERS NEWS
- FAAM Secures New Funding For The 8 GWh Plant & Recycling
19 APRIL
MANUFACTURING STUDIES
- A comprehensive review and analysis of technology performance characteristics of lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing by Dr. Florian Degen & Oliver Krätzig
- Quality Excellence in Battery Cell Production
EV DEMANDS
- EU, China will look into setting minimum prices on electric vehicles, EU says
- A social leasing scheme would make electric cars affordable in Europe
INSIGHTS
- Tariffs are bad news for batteries by Casey Crownhart
- China’s New EV Battery Safety Standard: Are You Ready?
- How We Can Eliminate the Need for Mined Minerals by 2050
LONG DURATION STUDIES
- From hours to economics: Why BESS is a contender for long-duration energy storage
- 5-Year Forecast: Battery Innovations, Markets Drive BESS
MEDIA
- Conversation with Commissioner Zaharieva: Cleantech Growth in Europe: Mission Impossible?
- Flow Battery Technology: The Future of Energy Storage
25 APRIL
INSIGHTS
- Solid-State Batteries Past, Present & Future for Europe
- From Mining to Manufacturing: Scientific Challenges and Opportunities behind Battery Production by Stan Whittingham et al.
- Battery Metals Exploration Trends 2024
EU INNOVATION POLICY
- EU budget set for defence-related boost under new regulation
- Associated countries call for ‘stand-alone’ FP10
- EU batteries and EV policy: interview with T&E ’s Julia Poliscanova (she/her)
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
- CATL Tech Day 2025
- BESS Q1 2025 Update by Iola Hughes
- Saudi Aramco signs development deal with China’s EV giant BYD
EVENTS
- IPCEIs – A tool for European industrial & innovation leadership? featuring Marc ISABELLE
- The Battery Startups Lunch with Circunomics , Geyser Batteries , Bib batteries , Shift Materials & FluoRok