{"id":13079,"date":"2021-07-07T13:44:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T12:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=13079"},"modified":"2021-07-22T20:34:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:34:20","slug":"verkor-announces-e100m-funding-for-developing-sustainable-battery-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/verkor-announces-e100m-funding-for-developing-sustainable-battery-cells\/13079\/","title":{"rendered":"Verkor announces \u20ac100m funding for developing sustainable battery cells"},"content":{"rendered":"
In less than 12 months since its inception, Verkor, which is co-led by the Renault Group and EQT Ventures, has succeeded in procuring \u20ac100m of funding, which will be employed to finance a state-of-the-art research and development facility and pilot line for the development of high-performance, sustainable battery cells, and intelligent manufacturing.<\/p>\n
Their novel R&D facility \u2013 the Verkor Innovation Centre (VIC) \u2013 will be a hub for attaining Europe\u2019s net-zero targets, designing, and fabricating the next generation of sustainable battery cells and modules to achieve these goals and edge us closer to a carbon-neutral Europe. Ten partners will be collaborating with Verkor to accomplish this vision including, the French Government, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes Region, EIT\u00a0InnoEnergy, Groupe IDEC, Schneider Electric, Capgemini, Arkema, Tokai COBEX and the Fund for Ecologic Modernisation of Transport (FMET). The collective effort of the ten organisations is working towards one common goal, to establish a competitive, local, sustainable battery cell value chain in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n Verkor is aiming to implement this by achieving a manufacturing capacity of 16 GWh in their sustainable battery cells by 2024, which they are seeking to scale up to +50 GWh by 2030. The groundbreaking Verkor Innovation Centre, which will be located in Grenoble, will be operational in 2022, becoming home to a pilot line for manufacturing sustainable battery cells, an R&D centre, module prototyping, and testing facilities, in addition to providing industry-leading training to the next generation of technicians and engineers.<\/p>\n