Everyone who does or wants to do anything with batteries is welcome September 29 at the Battery Technology Day Limburg. During this meeting, organized by LIOF and Battery Competence Cluster, new developments and opportunities within the battery ecosystem of Limburg and the Netherlands will be discussed. Jan-Willem Tolkamp invites you to join as well!

During the Battery Technology Day Limburg everything revolves around batteries. "We want to bring together the entire battery ecosystem of Limburg, get to know each other and the Battery Competence Cluster (BCC). This knowledge center is concerned with the development of different types of batteries, how they can be recycled and with setting up the 'new' recycling chain to be developed in the coming years," explains Jan-Willem. "In addition, they also make a strong case for preserving materials within Europe, such as lithium, which are crucial for making batteries."

Circular Batteries

With the cooperation of the BCC, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Change, and regional development agencies, among others, a National Growth Fund project has been set up involving eight hundred million euros, With an NGF contribution of about 300 million for the developments of a production and recycling battery chain in the Netherlands. One part of this ecosystem will be batteries for stationary storage. "It is a kind of collection of smaller batteries that you can connect to the central energy network of, for example, Enexis or Tennet," explains Jan-Willem. "When there is a high peak in solar or wind energy, this big battery stores the excess energy. At times when you cannot use direct renewable energy, because there is no wind or the sun is not shining, this large buffer is deployed." In the future, we will see such bulk batteries more and more on industrial sites, but also small-scale at home or in the neighborhood. The balancing scheme for solar panel users is still valid for a while, but once it expires, such a battery, for example, is a smart solution.

In addition to stationary storage, there are other themes that are becoming important in the development of the battery chain. "A few companies in Limburg are already working on this. Take KWS Seuren, a company that overhauls and repairs bicycle batteries," says Jan-Willem. "During the Battery Technology Day Limburg event, this company and other entrepreneurs will give a presentation on their developments and ideas." The entire program can be found here.