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19 Jul 2018

EU to launch call for research projects on battery technology

Tagesspiegel Background

With financing from its Horizon 2020 research programme, the EU is planning to allocate up to one billion euros to a research project on battery technology, reports Tagesspiegel Background. The call for tenders for electrochemical energy storage is scheduled to be launched next week. It is part of the European’s Commission’s “Strategic Action Plan on Batteries,” which aims to promote research on battery technology, according to the article.

Find the article (behind paywall) in German here.

For background, read the article Chinese-German battery cell deal key step for mobility transition and the dossier New technologies for the Energiewende.

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