Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA) - Executive Board Representation

The Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA) has been established to ensure both a focused development of battery technology to meet current demands with regard to competitiveness, sustainability and circularity, and the timely and effective up-take of these technology developments by the industry. The partnership aims to identified and implement a coherent strategic R&I agenda through mobilising resources and commitments from industry, research and other organisations with the support of MSs. The BEPA was launched in December 2020, and now has 237 members from 25 countries , including battery producers, battery system manufacturers, materials producers, end users and research providers. Dr. Edel Sheridan from SINTEF Energy was voted in 2021 and again in 2024 as one of 2 representatives from the research sector to the Executive Board, which will be a role held for a duration of 3 years. The goals of the BEPA are achieved by : 1. providing recommendations for calls for proposals supported within the specific parts of Horizon Europe Pillar II work programme related to batteries. 2. supporting and overseeing the portfolio of projects funded under the Partnership work programme and to participate to the sharing of information on research project results. 3. supporting the development of regulations and standards, safety aspects, including engaging with regulatory bodies. 4. encouraging a robust lab-to-market process and lay the foundations for a sound and well-balanced innovation and technology transfer mechanisms. 5. ensuring that the activities performed at the European level and the outcomes of EU-funded research are widely disseminated and exploited. 6. actively promoting and monitoring innovation uptake in the market. This will be done notably by active coordination and exchange of information with other funding programmes, such as Cohesion policy funds, IPCEI, InvestEU, EIB.