Weekly Digest -May
29 May 2024
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.
Friday May 3rd
Reports and Intelligence
- The battery cell component opportunity in Europe and North America by McKinsey & Company https://lnkd.in/eCZYM_yj
- Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions – Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions by the International Energy Agency (IEA) https://lnkd.in/eqV7y8Ey
- Global EV Outlook 2024 https://lnkd.in/dC3i-gjU
- Carbon Footprint as key element to comply with battery regulation by CIC energiGUNE https://lnkd.in/ecStqvHj
- EU Cleantech Financial briefing by Cleantech for Europe https://lnkd.in/d9vfxV-r
Policy updates
- Bridging the U.S. Lithium Battery Supply Chain Gap: Forum on Li-ion Battery Recycling and End-of-Life Batteries Argonne National Laboratory https://lnkd.in/dbSwwfRj
- Horizon Europe batteries partnership sets out new vision for research funding https://lnkd.in/dpRg6uDU
Updates from the Lab
- Data mining the Solid-State industry: These are the 5 most important takeaways, Future Battery Lab https://lnkd.in/d2EApbfQ
- Pass the salt please. Power lies within https://lnkd.in/guZFs7p6
- Sodium-ion Batteries 101: Their promise and Future https://lnkd.in/dH5tUDWm
Friday May 10th
Reports and intelligence
- Advancing Clean Technology Manufacturinghttps://www.iea.org/reports/advancing-clean-technology-manufacturing
- Electric vehicles market monitor for light-duty vehicles: China, Europe, united states, and India, 2023Electric vehicles market monitor for light-duty vehicles: China, Europe, United States, and India, 2023 – International Council on Clean Transportation (theicct.org)
- Accelerating battery cell development https://www.capgemini.com/de-de/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/PEM-Capgemini_Accelerating-Battery-Cell-Development-1.pdf
Technology trends
- Sodium-ion batteryNatron Energy Achieves First-Ever Commercial-Scale Production of Sodium-Ion Batteries in the US – Batteries News
- Solid state batteriesCATL expects to produce its own solid-state batteries in small series by 2027 | electrive.com
- Aligning lithium metal battery research and development across academia and industryhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435124001910
Members & projects news
- Opening of Fraunhofer FFB pre-FABhttps://battery-news.de/en/2024/05/02/fraunhofer-gesellschaft-opens-research-production-facility/
- Varta AG initiating project for sodium-ion batteriesVarta AG Initiates Project for Sodium-Ion Batteries – Battery-News
Video
- Interview with Northvolt’s Chief Supply Chain Officerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knVDoYwtt80&t=1241s
- VideoNa-ion and K-ion chemistry for sustainable battery – Battery 2030+
Friday May 17th
Reports and intelligence
- by Transport & Environment: An industrial blueprint for batteries in Europe https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/an-industrial-blueprint-for-batteries-in-europe
- Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2024 https://www.iea.org/reports/global-critical-minerals-outlook-2024
- CustomCells’ white paper “Potential of customer-centric battery technologies for premium segments“ https://customcells-electromobility.com/en/
Policy updates
- Press release: President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China’s Unfair Trade PracticesFACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China’s Unfair Trade Practices | The White House
- EU plans punitive tariffs of up to 30 per cent on electric cars from ChinaEU plans punitive tariffs of up to 30 per cent on electric cars from China | electrive.com
- ESG requirements spotlight complexity of EV supply chainESG requirements spotlight complexity of EV supply chain | Automotive World
Technology news
- Sweden and Finland surge ahead of Norway for BESS deploymentSweden and Finland surge ahead of Norway for BESS deployment (energy-storage.news)
- Arkema and ProLogium engage in a collaboration for next generation lithium ceramic battery materials for e-mobilityArkema and ProLogium engage in a collaboration for next generation lithium ceramic battery materials for e-mobility | Arkema Global
- Nissan and others eye mass-producing solid-state batteriesNissan and others eye mass-producing solid-state batteries – Nikkei Asia
From Lab
- BIG-MAP: Attention towards chemistry agnostic and explainable battery lifetime predictionAttention towards chemistry agnostic and explainable battery lifetime prediction | npj Computational Materials (nature.com)
Video
- David Howey: The Charging Curve + Does LFP ‘Like’ to be Charged to 100%?Braun Kilimanjaro 20sec ISP 16 9 VL (youtube.com)
Friday May 24th
Reports and intelligence
- From Idea to Impact: A Climate Tech Startup Storyhttps://www.silanano.com/insights/from-idea-to-impact-a-climate-tech-startup-story
- Position Papers on Cross-cutting topics 2024 by Batteries Europe and BEPAhttps://batterieseurope.eu/results/position-papers-on-cross-cutting-topics-2024/position-papers-on-cross-cutting-topics-2/
- Exploring the broken links of mineral supply chain policies in the electric vehicle industry https://dv719tqmsuwvb.cloudfront.net/documents/RFN-Mineral-Supply-Chains.pdf
Policy updates
- US efforts to decarbonize and de-risk the battery supply chains: Are they fundamentally incompatible? https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/US-efforts-to-decarbonize-and-de-risk-the-battery-supply-chains.pdf
- Powering up – EU regulations to spark a surge in EV charging conveniencehttps://www.spglobal.com/mobility/en/research-analysis/briefcase-eu-regulations-to-spark-surge-ev-charging-convenience.html
- Will Chinese auto investment jump Joe Biden’s tariff walls? (Pay Wall!)Will Chinese auto investment jump Joe Biden’s tariff walls? (ft.com)
- Fact sheet: tax benefits and incentives for electric vehicles and charging infrastructure in the 27 EU member states (2024 edition)https://www.acea.auto/fact/electric-cars-tax-benefits-and-incentives-2024/
Technology news
- Volkswagen-backed Chinese EV battery maker Gotion takes on rival CATL with superfast-charging LFP productVolkswagen-backed Chinese EV battery maker Gotion takes on rival CATL with superfast-charging LFP product (yahoo.com)
- Now Form Energy is using its battery tech to clean up iron and steel Now Form Energy is using its battery tech to clean up… | Canary Media
Members’ News
- Zirkular Bat workshop https://thebatterypass.eu/event/zirkular-bat-workshop-2024/
Video
- Battery 2030+ Excellence Seminar, Perspectives in battery recycling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LTbIeG3BO8&list=WL&index=3&t=132s
Friday May 31st
Reports and Intelligence
- The risks of leaving LDES short of money by Susan Taylor Commodity Insights https://lnkd.in/dkHS954i
Policy updates
- High-Level Meeting of the European Battery Alliance: Main takeaways , Ilka von Dalwigk ➡ https://lnkd.in/dkqNejuE
- Trust and trade-offs: How to manage Europe’s green technology dependence on China by the European Council on Foreign Relations https://lnkd.in/dHff4HjE
- How researchers see the future of Widening: Analysis of the views of 15 groups of stakeholders by Science Business https://lnkd.in/dRAntkd2
- How Europe Can Get the Green Deal Done bySimone Tagliapietra, Project Syndicate? https://lnkd.in/d7tTCNzz
From Around the Globe
- China to invest more than $830 million in solid-state battery https://lnkd.in/gc7SA-Mm
- Australia: National Battery Strategy https://lnkd.in/gstsWGBB
- South Korea Plans $7 Billion Push to Pivot EV Battery Industry Away From China https://lnkd.in/dPDhhss4
Members’ News
- Battery maker Blue Solutions plans 2 billion euro gigafactory in France https://lnkd.in/eTRCP-K9
Video
- Manufacturing @MIT Symposium. Innovation Addiction: Batteries https://lnkd.in/dX4SVnz5