European Production of 100% Silicon Anodes at Megawatt Scale in 2023.

It is critical for the European Battery market to have both secure supply chains and next generation materials to meet the future requirements of performance electronics and eMobility. Currently almost all anode materials are sourced from Asia. Silicon anodes however can be made in Europe, using friendly suppliers and domestic manufacturing. The key is to use supply chains that already exist in Europe. We will leverage large scale manufacturing already used for the EU glass market and copper foil already produced in Germany, to manufacture a 100% silicon anode. This anode can be integrated into existing cell manufacturing and increases energy density of Li-ion batteries by over 30% and enable over 600 15-min fast charging cycles. The EU production of this advanced silicon anode will hit Megawatt scale capacity by 2023, and over 100 Megawatts of manufacturing capacity in 2024.