German and Polish governments declare close cooperation on battery development

German economy minister Peter Altmaier has said that Poland and Germany plan a cooperation on battery cell production, reports Spiegel Online. The production could be located in the eastern German lignite mining region Lusatia and western Poland, writes Spiegel. “We declare establishing a close cooperation between Polish and German consortiums dealing with battery development,” wrote Polish entrepreneurship and technology minister Jadwiga Emilewicz in a message on Twitter after a bilateral meeting with Altmaier in Warsaw.

.@JEmilewicz: Zarówno Polska jak i Niemcy wspierają rozwój elektromobilności. Deklarujemy nawiązanie bliskiej współpracy pomiędzy polskim i niemiecki konsorcjami zajmującymi się rozwojem baterii pic.twitter.com/IaiLhHefbM

— Ministerstwo Przedsiębiorczości i Technologii (@MPiT_GOV_PL) September 5, 2018

The governments will organise a joint Polish-German business summit focusing on innovation and e-mobility in the first quarter of 2019, she wrote.

Find the Spiegel article in German here, and the press release by the Polish ministry in Polish here.

For background, read the CLEW article Chinese-German battery cell deal key step for mobility transition.