The development of sustainable battery technologies and services is a means of responding to the challenges of climate change. Batteries Finland will create a business ecosystem worth millions of euros in Finland, helping us to become the sector’s leading provider of technology and services in the global market. We will make Finland a business platform that attracts international business in the battery sector. The Batteries from Finland will contribute to Finland’s goal as an internationally leading force in battery recycling.
The need of batteries will grow more than ten-fold globally from 2015 to 2020. The demand will increase particularly with the growth of electric traffic and renewable energy. It has been predicted that the total value of the European battery market will reach €250 billion by 2025.
More than 80 per cent of the world’s batteries are currently manufactured in Asia. There is a tendency to develop the manufacturing of long-life, safer batteries also in Europe.
Finland possesses solid expertise throughout the battery value chain: the mining industry, battery raw materials refinement, technologies and services relevant to battery production and use and the charging technology and recycling solutions.
Finland is one of the few countries where all of the key minerals used in the production of lithium-ion batteries – cobalt, nickel, lithium and graphite – are found in the soil. Finland has everything needed for the creation of an important battery cluster that will help us to increase the value added in Finland.
Image: The business maturity of the stages of the battery value chain in Finland
Globally, battery recycling will become a major challenge in the future. The EU Commission has prepared a Strategic Action Plan on Batteries. The action plancomprises a comprehensive list of tangible measures for the development of an innovative, sustainable and competitive battery ecosystem. One of these measures is recycling in all the steps of the battery value chain, from materials to applications and products.
An EU pilot project is underway with the goal of recovering as much of the battery materials as possible for the use of battery manufacturing in a financially viable manner and thus integrating recycling and initial production. By the request of the European Commission, Finland has assumed responsibility of the development of battery recycling in Europe. This will also offer our companies a vantage point that will help in the development and offering our own solutions for these challenges. The battery recycling project is coordinated by Outotec in cooperation with the AaltoUniversity. Business Finland is strongly involved in the promotion of the project. Link to the projects website here: BATCircle
The Batteries from Finland activity seeks to build networks that will help promote the involvement in the European and, consequently, the global battery network. This will also attract international investment in Finland. These activities contribute to the growth of expertise and international competence throughout the value chain, from the production of battery raw materials to the production of cells and the applications and services relevant to batteries.
The activation campaign launched by Business Finland in the Finnish battery sector seeks to:
Batteries from Finland is aimed at growth-oriented companies and research organizations that work with battery materials, batteries, cells, battery applications or their recycling services.
What we offer:
We are currently focusing on the following strategic themes:
You can find more detailed descriptions of the themes in the recently published battery industry study, pages 62-66.