STREAMS

The Project Driving Europe's Battery Independence and Sustainability Goal

The STREAMS Project is on a groundbreaking mission to revolutionize Europe's position in battery manufacturing. This pioneering initiative, funded by the Horizon Europe Program under Grant Agreement 101137771, aims to strengthen Europe's domestic battery raw material supply chain, reduce dependence on imported raw materials and increase resilience, competitiveness and strategic autonomy in the global battery manufacturing industry.

Over a three-year period, STREAMS aims to reduce external dependence on critical raw materials (CRM) by aligning Europe's economic base with green and digital transformations.

The project is led by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GMBH and provides a solution to the European Union's challenges in sourcing critical raw materials such as lithium, nickel, cobalt for batteries. STREAMS is closely aligned with sustainable development goals such as clean energy, decent work, responsible consumption and climate action. The project aims to make a significant contribution to Europe's battery independence by developing innovative technologies for the recovery of sustainable raw materials.

Areas of Focus for STREAMS to Achieve its Objectives:

1. Strengthening the Local Supply Chain: Strengthen Europe's battery raw material supply chain, reduce dependence on imported raw materials and increase resilience, competitiveness and strategic autonomy in the global battery manufacturing industry.
2. Comprehensive Technological Solutions: Development of at least 12 innovative, flexible and scalable technologies for the sustainable production of battery grade precursors, anode and cathode active materials.
3. Utilization of Various Material Flows: Further reduce dependency on third countries by promoting the use of different primary and secondary sources as well as recycled battery mass.
4. Circular Models for Sustainability: Pilot-scale production of battery cells by creating cyclic models, testing them according to established standards and determining the optimal conditions for the future use of the project results.

STREAMS is at the forefront of advancing sustainability and resilience goals while securing Europe's place in the global battery manufacturing industry. Through collaboration, innovation and commitment, we will reshape the future of battery technologies and move Europe towards a greener, more sustainable future!

The STREAMS Project is implemented by an excellent consortium of 19 partners from 13 different countries. The consortium consists of 5 research centers/organizations, 4 universities and 10 industry & SMEs. In this balanced consortium, each partner has a clear role with a specific contribution to the project value chain.

TÜBİTAK RUTE's responsibility in this consortium is to scale up the production of anodes and cathodes from recycled/recovered materials, create 10 Ah pouch cells and perform electrochemical tests.

This project is funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program under Grant Agreement 101137771. However, the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and Environment (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the grant-making institution can be held responsible for these views.