Project description
New technologies for sustainable battery production
Battery technology plays a crucial role in electrical machinery, vehicles, and various components, serving as a cornerstone for developing, integrating, and advancing novel renewable energy solutions and energy storage technologies. However, the value chain of most batteries heavily relies on harmful critical raw materials and often involves highly polluting manufacturing processes, posing significant environmental risks. The EU-funded STREAMS project aims to showcase, develop, and validate 12 scalable and adaptable technologies focused on the sustainable production of battery-grade precursors and corresponding anode and cathode active materials. It will demonstrate these solutions using primary, secondary, and recycled materials, with the outcomes poised to substantially enhance European competitiveness.
Objective
In STREAMS, a comprehensive portfolio of at least 12 scalable and flexible technologies and pilot scale solutions for the sustainable production of battery-grade precursors and their respective anode and cathode active materials will be developed, evaluated and successfully demonstrated. These technological processes will be applied to materials from primary and secondary sources including recycled battery mass and photovoltaic waste. This will strengthen Europe’s domestic battery materials supply chain and reduce Europe’s dependency on imported critical and strategic raw materials supplies. The production technologies will also increase Europe’s resilience, competitiveness and strategic autonomy in the global battery manufacturing industry. STREAMS’ technological solutions will meet EU requirements for environmentally responsible design, and scale up, and anticipate regulatory compliance by conducting techno-economic, environmental, social impact and integrated risks assessments combined with life cycle sustainability and circularity assessments. The cathode and anode active materials synthesized in STREAMS will be used to manufacture 10 Ah battery cells at pilot scale using sustainable electrode processing. Prototype cells will be tested according to established standards and subjected to advanced post-mortem characterization. STREAM will also identify optimal conditions for future exploitation of the project results.
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1210 Wien
Austria
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Participants (14)
47700 MARDIN
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9170 Ferlach
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2016 FROGS
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03164 KYIV
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90014 Oulu
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08225 Terrassa
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9330 Klagenfurt
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4000 Liege
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2212 Kongsvinger
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06100 Ankara
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44 100 Gliwice
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174 55 ALIMOS
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D02 XE80 LOWER DUBLIN
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69035 ZAPORIZHZHYA
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6005 West Perth
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60026 GLENVIEW
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SW7 2AZ LONDON
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CV4 8UW COVENTRY
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