Enery storage
RE Chair integrates Batteries Europe platform

Since 17th March, the Renewable Energies Chair at the University of Évora (CER-UÉ) is part of Batteries Europe, a technology and innovation platform of the European Commission with the aim of developing an innovative, competitive and sustainable battery value chain as a component strategy of Europe's green and digital transition. 

Represented by CER-UÉ researcher, Luís Fialho, the main area of collaboration of this University of Evora’s Chair appears within the Working Group 6, which focuses on identifying the challenges and solutions for grid integration and the stationary applications for batteries. The work of this group of experts includes identifying technological needs for efficient stationary storage systems, exploring the role of batteries for stationary applications, second-life batteries and recycling, studying business models for the sector or hybridizing energy storage technologies. 

With the approval of the application that CER-UÉ presented, “we start monitoring the work and meetings of this platform, in order to enhance the contributions to the sector and to deepen the R&D that we have in this area” highlights the researcher. Batteries Europe "intends to accelerate the establishment of a European battery industry, competitive worldwide, in order to boost the implementation of research and innovation actions in the field of batteries" further advances Luís Fialho, referring to the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan, and the Strategic Transport Research and Innovation Agenda.

The Batteries Europe platform is part of the European Battery Alliance (EBA), launched in 2017 by the European Commission.

Published in 18.03.2021