ReLiB expert gives House of Lord evidence on battery recycling challenges

An expert from the ReLiB project has given evidence to the House of Lords on the challenges face by the UK on battery recycling. Gavin Harper, Research Fellow at the Faraday Institution, University of Birmingham, and member of ReLiB Project, spoke before the Environment and Climate Change Committee in the UK House of Lords on […]

Green Batteries: A Competitive Advantage for Europe’s Electric Vehicle Value Chain?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 10 December 2020, the European Commission (EC) proposed a new Batteries Regulation setting out sustainability requirements for the whole life-cycle of rechargeable industrial and electric vehicle (EV) batteries, from the extraction of raw materials to end-of-life management. This pioneering initiative would kill two birds in one stone: ensuring that the massive roll-out […]

European Commission: Research & Innovation for Sustainable Batteries

Sustainability in its three dimensions (economic, social, environmental) will be a hallmark of EU battery technologies at global scale. Research and innovation must be able to deliver concrete technical solutions across the whole value chain to ensure the transformation of the EU into a more sustainable and competitive economy by 2050. The new Commission proposal […]