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Advanced Materials for Batteries for Electro-mobility and Stationary Energy Storage

Advanced Materials for Batteries for Electro-mobility and Stationary Energy Storage
Advanced Materials for Batteries for Electro-mobility and Stationary Energy Storage

Context

European strategies aim for a climate-neutral economy by 2050. The European market for advanced battery materials is rapidly expanding, driven by the increasing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and stationary energy storage. The EU's ambitious climate goals aim to establish a strong interregional battery value chain. Key areas of focus include developing advanced materials for high-energy-density and long-life batteries, securing a sustainable supply of critical raw materials, and promoting recycling technologies.

The new Batteries Regulation (*) will ensure that, in the future, batteries have a low carbon footprint, use minimal harmful substances, need less raw materials from non-EU countries, and are collected, reused and recycled to a high degree in Europe. This will support the shift to a circular economy, increase security of The new Batteries Regulation (*) will ensure that, in the future, batteries have a low carbon footprint, use minimal harmful substances, need less raw materials from non-EU countries, and are collected, reused and recycled to a high degree in Europe. This will support the shift to a circular economy, increase security of supply for raw materials and energy, and enhance the EU’s strategic autonomy.

Interregional quadruple helix cooperation focusing on innovation and sustainability will help to secure European position in the global battery market.

Year established: 2018

Regions (lead and partner)

  • Leading regions: Andalusia (ES), Lombardy (IT)
  • Participating regions: Aragon (ES), Austria (AT), Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (FR), Baden-Württemberg (DE), Basque Country (ES), Bavaria (DE), Bratislava, Slovakia ( SK), Brussels-Capital Region (BE), Catalonia (ES), Castile and Leon (ES), Central Ostrobothnia (FI), Emilia Romagna (IT), Flanders (BE), Galicia (ES), Hessen (DE), Kainuu (FI), Lapland (FI), Metropol Region Eindhoven (NL), Navarra (ES), North Karelia (FI), Northern Ostrobothnia (FI); Northern Savonia (FI), Nouvelle Aquitaine (FR), Piedmont (IT), Slovenia East (SI), Valencia (ES), Viken (NO), Western Norway (Vestlandet) (NO)

Mission

The mission of the partnership is to develop joint R&D&I projects on topics of advanced materials, their characterisation, durability, suitable for extreme working conditions with the goal to deploy them in the field of batteries. Batteries are electro-chemical products with the final goal of enabling electro-mobility and enhancing the capacity and performance of stationary energy storage.

Objectives

The Advanced Materials for Batteries Partnership (AMBP) defines its key objectives in the following terms:

  • Advanced materials as one of Key Enabling Technologies identified as a priority for EU industrial policy;
  • Secure access to raw materials and support to battery manufacturing in order to strengthen industrial leadership through joint EU research and innovation support;
  • Bridging the gap between research and industry application in the field of advanced materials for batteries for electromobility and stationary energy storage; and
  • Through the joint innovation eco-systems, contributing to innovation results that enable reduced costs for advanced materials and hence increased development, deployment and adoption of clean energy and clean mobility technologies.

Main activities

The AMBP is working on the following collaboration areas:

  1. Sustainable Raw Materials, Extraction and Processing (led by East and West Finland, and Castile-Leon)
  2. Improved batteries for mobility applications (led by Bavaria)
  3. Improved batteries for stationary storage applications (led by Basque Country and Valencia)
  4. Recycling and re-manufacturing of existing Lithium-ion Batteries (led by Bavaria and Lombardy)
  5. Network of research & testing centres including advanced materials and materials coming from recycling, industrial cells and the full battery (led by Slovenia and Lombardy)

    6. And new transversal areas:

  6. Financing (led by Castile-Leon)
  7. Social acceptance (led by Lombardy)

Knowledge exchange is provided by on-line working meetings, exchanging partnership working documents, and promoting joint projects. We would like to highlight the developed joint TAF Technical Assistance Facility, as projects led by ENWIRES and NANOPOW, and the I3 Interregional Innovation Investments. We would like to mentioned that accurate advice has been provided by European Union contract services.

Organisations involved

Finland:

  • Finncobalt, North Karelia (FI)

France:

  • ENWIRES, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (FR)
  • GREEN VISION, Ile-de-France (FR)
  • N-ABLE, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (FR)
  • Orano Mining, Pays de la Loire (FR)
  • Tenerrdis, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (FR)
  • VERKOR, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (FR)

Germany:

  • Fraunhofer ISC , Bavaria (DE)
  • Hessen Trade & Invest GmbH, Hesse (DE)

Italy:

  • Associazione Fabbrica Intelligente Lombardy (IT)
  • ERP ITALIA SERVIZI, Lombardy (IT)
  • NANOFABER SRL, Lazio (IT)
  • Politecnico di Milano, Lombardy (IT)
  • Polytechnic University of Turin, Piemont (IT)
  • University of Pavia, Lombardy (IT)

Norway:

  • NANOPOW, Eastern Norway (NO)

Slovakia:

  • Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava (SK)

Slovenia:

  • National Institute of Chemistry, Central Slovenia (SI)

Spain:

  • Andalusian Energy Agency, Andalusia (ES)
  • Andalusian Technological Corporation Foundation, Andalusia (ES)
  • CEGASA Energy, Basque Country (ES)
  • CIC energiGUNE, Basque Country (ES)
  • ENVIROBAT ESPAÑA SL, Castilla-La Mancha (ES)
  • Foundation, International Centre for Advanced Materials and Raw Materials of Castile and Leon, Castile and Leon (ES)
  • Iberian Sustainable Mining Cluster, Castile and Leon (ES)
  • LOMARTOV SL, Valencia (ES)
  • Technological Institute of Energy, Valencia (ES)
  • Tekniker, Basque Country (ES)

Shared smart specialisation areas

Smart Batteries generation. Ecological Transition Energy Transition. Storage and distribution of unique renewable energies. Energy Storage. Smart mining

Related projects

  • Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument (I3) - Capacity Building Strand 2b”: IRM HUBs Interregional circular and green Raw Materials supply innovation HUBs to achieve EU resilience in less developed and transition regions specialized in critical industrial value chains- IRMHUB will deploy for the first time in EU a large scale interregional Raw Material (RM) GREEN and CIRCULAR supply innovation investment pipeline in the form of a Meta-Hub. 3 Hubs will lift less developed regions toward concrete innovation investments in SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY and CIRCULARITY applied to 3 tech value chains critical to the EU: 1/ Energy (wind) and electric mobility 2/ Battery materials and 3/ Metals and REE rare earth elements for microchips (new, to be started in 2025).
  • Interregional Innovation Investment BATMASS project; EU circular BATtery valley for second life, recycling, and re-manufacturing of materials and black MASS) that will mobilize a fully comprehensive interregional ecosystem around 4 pilot plants aimed at scaling up, commercializing and deploying green innovative technologies. https://batmass.corporaciontecnologica.com/ ( 2023-2026)
  • IMPROVEMENT: Integration of combined cooling, heating and power microgrids in zero-energy public buildings under high power quality and continuity of service requirements with two pilots. Interreg SUDOE. This project was led by the Spanish National Center for Experimentation of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies CNH2. Batteries is one of the elements tested. https://www.improvement-sudoe.es/ (2019-2023)

Contact

Andalusia:

Lombardy Region:

Latest news and upcoming events

  • A combined event was organised in November 2022 between the TSSP on sustainable construction and advanced materials for batteries for electromobility and stationary energy storage. During the event, opportunities for partnerships and the new financial instruments were presented.
  • The partnership was invited to attend the 4th PRI Plenary Interregional Cooperation in December 2022 and the 5th PRI Plenary Interregional Cooperation in February 2023.
  • The partnership participated as part of the National and Regional Coordination Group in a meeting organised by Batteries Europe and BEPA in February 2023.
  • Participation of AMBP at workshop “BATMASS – How to implement the principles of circularity in the battery sector?”, organised by CTA in FIBES Seville, 16 October 2024.
  • Kick-off meeting on IRM Hubs in 2025.