The STREAMS project actively participated in the Battery 2030+ Annual Conference, held on May 7-8 in Turin. As a major event for the European battery research ecosystem, the conference provided a platform to showcase the progress of our consortium as we enter the final year of the project.
Strategic coordination and project milestones
The project coordination team, represented by Damian Cupid and Yuri Surace, ensured a strong presence throughout the event. Damian Cupid presented a comprehensive update on STREAMS, outlining the key milestones achieved and the project’s contribution to the European battery value chain. This session served to align the project’s technical outcomes with the long-term sustainability goals of the Battery 2030+ initiative.
Collaborative technical research
The conference highlighted the depth of technical collaboration within the consortium. Viacheslav Barsukov and Zoreslava Zakhozhai from ISPE presented two research posters, representing joint efforts between ISPE, AETC, and UNE.
The first study focused on the generation of lithium from the direct recycling of end-of-life 18650 cells. The second presentation addressed the recovery and reuse of Nickel, Cobalt, and Manganese from NMC811-based cells, a critical workstream conducted in synergy with the SAFELOOP project. Additionally, Selin Meliha Şen from ETİ GÜBRE presented a poster session on the transformation of industrial resources into strategic battery materials, further demonstrating the diversity of the project’s research areas.
Technical poster contributions
- Generation of Lithium from direct recycling process of the end-of-life 18650 Lithium-ion cells: This research was co-authored by teams from ISPE (Viacheslav Barsukov, Olexander Potapenko, Volodymyr Khomenko, Artem Mishuk, Roman Derkach, Borys Haliuk) and AETC (Emily Schmidt, Mansoor Qureshi, Yuriy Bazel, Michael Durbin, Igor V. Barsukov).
- Direct recycling of batteries with the focus on recovery and reuse of Nickel, Cobalt, and Manganese metals from NMC811-based end-of-life Lithium-ion cells: A collaborative effort involving AETC (Mayya L. Barsukov, George Adams, Oleg Rubash, Mansoor Qureshi, Michael Durbin, Benjamin Van Aken, Anzori Kuchaidze, Igor Glushenok), ISPE (Zoreslava Zakhozhai, Viacheslav Barsukov), and UNE (Tetyana Kyselyova, Oleksandra Hrytsaienko, Yuliya Kotlyts’ka, Yuriy A. Tsarik).
The presence in Turin was a clear demonstration of the project’s integrated approach, combining strategic coordination with specialised technical research to address the challenges of battery circularity in Europe!
