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Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op dinsdag 26 januari 2021.
Today, the European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules up to 2.9 billion euros of public investments in an important project for batteries.
12 Member States - Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden - will join forces to support research and innovation in this strategic value chain. The project, called the “European Battery Innovation” project, will cover the whole batteries ecosystem from extraction of raw materials, design and manufacturing of battery cells and packs, and finally the recycling and disposal in a circular economy.
by eub2 last modified 10 December 2020
On 10 December, the European Commission proposed to modernise EU legislation on batteries, delivering its first initiative among the actions announced in the new Circular Economy Action Plan.
Advertisement 1. Why is there a need for new legislation on batteries?
Batteries are a key technology in the transition to climate
neutrality, and to a more circular economy. They are essential for
sustainable mobility and contribute to the zero pollution ambition.
Batteries are also part of our daily life at home, in kitchen
appliances, remote TV control or alarm clocks. The demand for batteries
will grow rapidly in the coming years, notably for electric vehicles