CIC energiGUNE, the Basque research center of reference in electrochemical energy storage, thermal energy storage and conversion and hydrogen technologies, and the other entities grouped in the pan-European initiative Battery 2030+, have received a new boost from the European Union to continue working on the development of the batteries of the future. Through Horizon Europe, the EU´s research program, more than €150 million in funding has been awarded to leading-edge projects with the aim of achieving European technology development in the field of batteries. Battery 2030+ will promote joint actions related to the definition of roadmaps, best practices and education; and will monitor the evolution of these projects against indicators of excellence and collaboration.
The granting of this important financial support represents a new backing for Battery 2030+, an initiative coordinated by the University of Uppsala (Sweden) that has established itself as one of the main proposals on the continent to make Europe a world leader in the development and production of sustainable batteries by promoting research. The new projects supported by this funding are part of the work of the BATT4EU Association and will be developed on the basis of the long-term Roadmap for battery research, published by Battery2030+..
Specifically, six new Battery 2030+ projects will be coordinated, focusing on sensors and "self-healing" mechanisms and electrochemical interfaces. A further ten projects will be launched next year thanks to funding of around €60 million, and nine new projects are planned for 2025, with funding of €60 million. Some of these will include more applied research areas, such as production and recycling, while others will focus more on data analysis.
