Battery 2030+ brings together the most important stakeholders in the field of battery research and development to work on concrete actions that support the implementation of the European Green Deal, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the European Action plan on Batteries and the European SET-plan.
The Battery 2030+ roadmap presents the actions needed to deliver on the overall objectives and address the key challenges in inventing the sustainable, safe, high-performance batteries. It contains a generic toolbox to transform the way we develop and design batteries in Europe. The first phase of Battery 2030+ research projects ran during 2020-2023, and a second phase will continue with new projects successively starting from fall 2023, ending during 2026-2027.
The Battery 2030+ aims are to:
• invent ultra-high-performance batteries that are safe, affordable, and sustainable, with a long lifetime.
• develop new battery chemistries and battery concepts.
• provide breakthrough technologies to the European battery industry throughout the value chain, including manufacturing and recycling.
• accelerate battery development through realization of new tools in the area of digitalization, machine learning and AI.
• enable long-term European leadership in transport and stationary storage, as well as robotics, aerospace, medical devices, Internet of things, etc.
The main objectives are to:
Objective 1: To coordinate, facilitate and monitor the implementation of the Battery 2030+ roadmap to ensure a strong European battery knowledge-base in long-term research by:
• collaboratively, identify and define KPIs, key performance indicators, to monitor the results of the research projects.
• actively contribute to meeting with B 2030+ associated projects and interact with Batteries Europe, BEPA, IPCEIs, LiPlanet etc.
• develop a joint strategy for the protection and commercial exploitation of the results.
Objective 2: To maintain the Battery 2030+ roadmap, which includes to:
• update and develop the Battery 2030+ roadmap.
• report on relevant activities in national programs and significant international activities.
• identify research needs and gaps, and propose new research and innovation actions based on a chemistry-neutral approach.
Objective 3: Common Best Practices in Battery Research – which includes to
• align battery domain ontology development and create training materials on their use.
• establish guidelines for battery data management and sharing.
• collect, formalize, and disseminate standard protocols.
• support the community in the adoption of best practices using clear training materials and outreach events.
Objective 4: European curricula in future battery technologies - to transform the results from B2030+ projects and the themes in the roadmap into curricula and to:
• identify training and education needs and recommend new curricula regarding master’s programmes and life-long learning in Europe in collaboration with Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, ERI Alistore, ETIP SNET, EIT Raw Materials and EIT Inno Energy.
• digitalize of education for the European battery eco-system.
• engage young scientists in the Battery 2030+ initiative.
• support the development of the European educational landscape.
Objective 5: Communication, dissemination and stakeholder engagement, including to:
• promote, disseminate and communicate the objectives and the achievements of the Battery 2030+ initiative.
• organize events such as the Excellence seminars and B 2030+ Annual conferences.
• communicate and disseminate in coordination with the European R&I landscape strengthen stakeholder engagement and collaboration with other battery initiatives within the European R&I landscape.
