As a co-programmed partnership, BATT4EU brings together the public sector (the European Commission) and the private sector (the European battery R&I stakeholders, BEPA) with the aim to achieve a competitive and sustainable European industrial value-chain for e-mobility and stationary applications.

BEPA already gathers a total of 137 members of which 54 are industrial players, 56 research organisations, 27 associations, and others.

Aside from some general objectives, the Batteries Partnership (BATT4EU) has various measurable, operational objectives:

Operational objectives:

• Increase battery energy density (+60% compared to 2019 values)
• Increase battery power density and charging rate
• Improve cycle lifetime (at least by a factor of 2 compared to 2019 state-of-the-art values)
• Reduce battery cost (-60% compared to 2019 values)
• Ensure battery safety in the different targeted application sectors
• Implement worldwide best available technologies in manufacturing and recycling operations
• Enhance the sustainability of the main supply chains of battery raw materials and achieve the lowest possible carbon footprint of the supply chain from raw materials extraction through battery manufacturing, use and recycling

Various BATT4EU labeled research topics in Horizon Europe aim to contribute to achieving these operational objectives. You can find these call topics in the regular Horizon Europe cluster 5 work programme, e.g.: 

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-02: Non-Li Sustainable Batteries with European Supply Chains for Stationary Storage (Batt4EU Partnership).

The prioritization and drafting of future Horizon Europe call topics on batteries are restricted to members of BEPA.

Key documents

• Strategic Research and Innovation agenda (September 2021)
• BEPA activity report 2022