Supported by the German Ministry of Education and Research, the Fab4Lib research project will explore the value chain of Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) technologies, and validate them. TerraE Holding is leading the project and will implement the results achieved in large-scale series production in its own plants in the near future.

The €12.1 million project received a €5.5 million grant from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and will operate for 18 months.

“With the ‘Fab4Lib’ project, the BMBF is promoting the development of battery cell production in Germany. The goal is to provide German companies access to battery cells. This is especially important for automotive manufacturers. Batteries represent a major link in the electric vehicle supply chain,” said Thomas Rachel MdB, State Parliamentary Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

BMBF and the project partners aim to bring together expertise along the value chain - from raw materials to recycling. Consortium partners are already supplying large-scale series production technology to international customers.  

The final goal of the project is to develop a competitive production plant with a

production capacity of 6GWh per year. The unit can be expanded in a modular way whenever and wherever additional capacity is required, say the partners.