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Battery Norway signerte intensjonsavtale med Tyskland
Battery Norway og Technologieförderung Münster GmbHTFM signerte tirsdag en intensjonsavtale på det Tysk-norske kontoret i Oslo, angående samarbeid i batteriverdikjeden. På turen til Norge skal den...
Workshop: Battery Technology
Interested in batteries and keen to learn about the essence of what makes a good battery? In the end of September the Battery Coast at the University of Agder is offering a full, one-week course on...
EUs batteriregulering vedtatt
Etter mange års arbeid har et nytt og svært omfattende regelverk for batterier (Batteriforordningen) nå blitt til lov i EU. Det endelige forslaget ble vedtatt av parlamentet i Juni 2023, ble formelt...
Fullt hus under Arendalsuka
Næringsminister Jan Christian Vestre møtte batteri-industrien på Bærekraftscenen mandag under Arendalsuka. Arrangementet kan ses i sin helhet her (filmsnutt fram til 01:58). Bildet fv: Birger Steen...
Møt oss på Arendalsuka!
Batterinasjonen Norge bygges nå. Men er vi godt nok posisjonert i det store batterikappløpet? Battery Norway ønsker velkommen til debatt under Arendalsuka. Møt opp på Bærekraftscenen (Arendal kino)...
Innovasjonstilskudd til batteriprosjekter
På dagens pressekonferanse ble det klart at regjerningen foreslår én milliard kroner til innovasjonstilskudd for større batteriprosjekter. Les mer her
Strategic discussions on the European battery industry
Norway is following up on it's promises as described in the national Battery Strategy, with close strategic discussions with European battery industry and the EU. Norwegian Minister of Trade and...
Report on the Nordic Battery Value Chain
Last week the latest report on the Nordic battery value chain was published. The report discusses the status of the Nordic battery value chain at the end of 2022, the drivers in the market, as well...
Norway tops global sustainability ranking
Norway tops the ESG ranking in Bloomberg’s battery report for 2022. "We always hear about battery cell manufacturing, but Norway has a more or less complete green battery value chain. We have lots...
Findings from the BATMAN project
The BATMAN project is now ended. Here are four policy briefs that sums up the main findings: Policy brief: Reducing the carbon footprint of battery materials - a case of problem shifting? Policy...
Battery Norway opens up for new members
On Friday 13th of January Battery Norway was estabilished as an independent oranization, and will now open up for new members along the battery value chain. Application form and membership...
Joint declaration – German-Norwegian Partnership on Climate, Renewable Energy and Green Industry
Norway and Germany agree to enter a strategic partnership on Climate, Renewable Energy and Green Industry. The overarching aim is to reach the long-term temperature goal in the Paris Agreement,...
Sustainable batteries in the EU – a new era for European world leading industry
EU agrees new law on more sustainable and circular batteries to support EU's energy transition and competitive industry. The Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement reached between...
Great potential for the battery industry: – Now is the time to act
Norways ambition to take lead in the battery industri requires immediate action. -It's not only about the battery production. It's about the entire value chain, from raw materials to recycling and...
Norway’s battery strategy and knowledge base available in English
Norway's battery strategy and the knowlegde base for the strategy are now available in English. You can find them both on the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries website (link below). Norway’s...
Roadmap for EU-Norway partnership on raw materials and batteries
On 23 February 2022, President Ursula von der Leyen and Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway announced the intention to develop an EU-Norway Green Alliance with several building blocks,...
Welcome to our final BATMAN seminar on 17th of November
The EV battery expansion: Bottlenecks, conflicting goals and possible solutions This short seminar presents comprehensive new research insights on how the global demand for battery materials could...
Norwegian battery strategy launched in June
On Wednesday 29 June, Jan Christian Vestre, Minister for Trade and Industry presented Norway's first battery strategy. The minister will present 10 measures on...
Industrial Partnership between Norway and the EU
Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Vice-President for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, and Jan Christian Vestre, Norway’s Minister of Trade and Industry, have released the following...
Goverment roadmap for green industry
The Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and the Minister of Trade and Industry Jan Christian Vestre, today presented the government's roadmap for a green industry. We are very happy with the ambitions...