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Cheaper, better batteries from common, safe and available raw materials

Project description

Greener battery production

Batteries hold the potential to allow for the much needed transition to renewable energy throughout both the transport and other industries. Unfortunately, despite their potential, battery production not only requires raw materials (in short supply) but leads to large amounts of pollution during the process. The EIC-funded SodiScale project aims to solve this issue by building upon BroadBit’s sodium-based battery technology for cost-efficient batteries made from easier-to-obtain materials. It has also developed a novel, cleaner production process. The success of this project could pave the way for an improved, greener transport industry.

Objective

Electrification of transport and transition to renewable energy generation are essential to cut our carbon emissions in half by 2030. Batteries are a key component to allow this change. But they also remain a major bottleneck in the scaling of green technologies. Battery production relies on raw materials like lithium, cobalt and nickel, all of which are already in short supply. Yet the green boom is just beginning. To enable our “green” future, the battery industry needs a revolution.

BroadBit has developed fundamentally new sodium-based battery technology for high-performance batteries made from low cost and widely available raw materials. We have redesigned the entire battery chemistry and developed new safe and clean dry production process.

With the help of EIC, we will finalize our cell chemistry, fine-tune the production processes and strengthen partnerships to consistently reach commercial quality and cycle life targets required for successful market introduction and scale up.

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HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended Finance

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Coordinator

BROADBIT BATTERIES OY
Net EU contribution

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€ 2 500 000,00
Address
METALLIMIEHENKUJA 8
02150 Espoo
Finland

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost

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€ 3 633 125,00
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