European Battery Alliance6 Dec 2020 09:36
Thore Sekkenes
European Battery Alliance Program Director
In his keynote speech at Mines & Money last week he said;
“I lead EBA 250 a cooperative ecosystem including the European Commission, EU countries and key industry stakeholders," says Sekken. "Our Common goal is to create a European battery industry. If all goes well, by 2025 we will create an industry worth €250 billion per year.
We have 550 different members distributed across the entire #batterymetals value chain" says Sekken. "We have also created the Business Investment Platform – a tool for attracting private and public funding to sector. We are targeting €70 billion of investment in coming years."
Sekken discusses a @benchmarkmin report which recently found that lithium demand is going to take off from installed capacity in around 2028.
"This year the EV market has kicked off to an extent not seen by many of us. EV car registrations in Germany tripled this year.
European car makers are investing 3.5 times more in #EVs than China currently. That is a major difference we’ve seen this year," Sekken says. "And industrial projects are taking place across entire #batterymetals value chain in 22 European countries."
Sekken talks about various #batterymetals mining projects being developed in Europe:
"We have engaged with @SavannahRes in Portugal. Their lithium mine will open in 2022. Then there’s
@InfinityLithiumin Spain, & EMH’s Cinovec lithium mine in the Czech Republic."