On site Construction | An increasingly European electric future

In recent years, the Emilia-based company has made its vast experience available to the European battery ecosystem, joining the BEPA trade association and participating in various projects with a single objective: to help make the European Union the reference point in the mobility and electrification sector

If in 2017 – before the European Commission decided to set up the European Battery Alliance and draw up an action plan aimed at developing the entire value chain – the production capacity in EU countries stood at just over 1GWh, by 2023 it had risen to a total installed production capacity of 167GWh. A significant achievement, which, thanks to the implementation of around 30 ‘gigafactory’ projects and the introduction of real regulation, is expected to grow further and reach 1.3 TWh of capacity by 2030.

‘The investment projects announced should enable us to produce enough lithium-ion cells by 2027 to meet the demand for electric vehicles and energy storage,’ clarified Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, on the sidelines of the 8th meeting of the European Battery Alliance held last May. ‘However, in order to reach the 2030 net zero-emission industry target of 550GWh of battery production capacity, we must not slow down, but rather continue to accelerate. I know that we can count on the Alliance‘s relentless efforts in this endeavour.’

Among the Italian companies committed to the creation of a sustainable and innovative new-generation battery ecosystem in Europe there is Flash Battery, the company based in Sant’Ilario d’Enza (RE) and specialised in the production of customised lithium batteries for industrial machinery and electric vehicles. ‘Flash Battery strongly believes in the creation of opportunities for comparison and collaboration that allow us to put our experience at the service of the European battery supply chain and, at the same time, enrich our skills through the integration of different know-how,’ explained Alan Pastorelli, co-founder and CTO of the company. ‘The common goal must be for the European Union to take an increasingly leading position in the future of mobility and electrification’.