A new EU battery regulation, Regulation 2023/1542, was recently approved, and it will not only replace Battery Directive 2006/66/EC but also introduce requirements in many new areas of sustainability and safety of batteries and battery-operated products.
For instance, the UK has well-established firms that produce sodium-ion batteries, such as Faradion, as well as mature suppliers of materials and equipment to produce lithium-ion batteries that could also cater to this new technology.2
Global demand for lithium-Ion batteries to power electric vehicles and energy storage has seen exponential growth, increasing from just 0.5 gigawatt-hours in 2010 to around 526 gigawatt hours a decade later.
Sodium-ion batteries have the potential to be cheaper than lithium-ion batteries – and have a separate supply chain – due to the abundance of sodium as a raw material, resulting in a more resilient and price-stable technology.
Furthermore, while current demand is dominated by EV batteries, by 2040 up to one-third of UK battery demand (of up to 200GWh) could be for energy storage – across both domestic and network storage. Furthermore, a successful battery industry could employ 100,000 people by 2040 (35,000 in gigafactories and 65,000 in the battery supply chain)1.
The government’s 2030 vision is for the UK to have a globally competitive battery supply chain that supports economic prosperity and the net zero transition. The UK will be a world leader in sustainable design, manufacture, and use of batteries, underpinned by a thriving battery innovation ecosystem.
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3 · There were at least ten fire-related fatalities in the UK involving e-bikes or e-scooters powered by lithium-ion batteries in 2023. Poorly designed or poorly manufactured lithium-ion …
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3 · The GPSR applies to all lithium-ion batteries for e-bikes, whether sold online or as …
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4 · There were at least ten fire-related fatalities in the UK involving e-bikes or e-scooters …
4 · There were at least ten fire-related fatalities in the UK involving e-bikes or e-scooters powered by lithium-ion batteries in 2023. Poorly designed or poorly manufactured lithium-ion …
3 · There were at least ten fire-related fatalities in the UK involving e-bikes or e-scooters …
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