Batteries Europe

The European Technology and Innovation Platform (ETIP) on batteries, called Batteries Europe, is one of the actions of the Strategic Action Plan on Batteries, adopted by the European Commission in May 2018. It will take forward the work on batteries developed under the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan Action 7) and the Strategic Transport Research and Innovation Agenda (STRIA).

Batteries Europe will be the “one-stop-shop” for battery R&D in Europe. It will bring together research, industry, and representatives from various Commission services and Member States to identify, prioritise and coordinate the main research and innovation needs for the entire battery value chain in Europe.

Batteries Europe, with the support of Zabala Innovation as one of the 6 core consortium partners, aims to become the place where stakeholders (the research community, industry players, Commission services, and the Member States, including their regional governments) not only exchange and coordinate their battery R&D efforts, but also mobilise resources to carry out battery R&D activities. In addition, it will

• It will facilitate and encourage communications between the many stakeholders and ensure synergies, the result being greater than the sum of all individual efforts.
• It will provide the battery community with a forum to spearhead actions to implement the battery R&I priorities identified in the Strategic Energy Technology Plan, among others, thus accelerating the establishment of a globally competitive European battery industry.