Tuesday, April
20
Continuing its inquiry into the role
batteries and fuel cells in achieving net-zero emissions, the
House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will hear from
experts on advanced battery manufacturing and scaling up to
industrial manufacturing.
The move to electrifying automotive
vehicles continues to push forward the research and development
of batteries. However, the committee have heard in recent
evidence that much more manufacturing capacity is needed to reach
net-zero targets.
These sessions will focus on
understanding the stages of battery technology development, the
challenges to scaling up and how UK battery manufacturing
compares to other countries.
Witnesses
10am
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Professor Patrick
Grant, Vesuvius Chair of
Materials and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of
Oxford
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Professor Emma
Kendrick, Chair of Energy
Materials & Professor of Energy Materials, University of
Birmingham
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Jeff
Pratt, Managing Director, UK
Battery Industrialisation Centre
11am
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Professor Philip
Taylor, Director at EPSRC
Supergen Energy Networks Hub, and Pro-Vice Chancellor for
Research and Enterprise at University of
Bristol
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Professor David
Greenwood, CEO, High Value
Manufacturing Catapult at Warwick Manufacturing Group,
Director, Industrial Engagement at Warwick Manufacturing Group,
and Professor of Advanced Propulsion Systems at University of
Warwick
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Professor Paul
Dodds, Professor of Energy
Systems at University College
London
Possible
questions
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What are the stages of development of
battery technologies, from the lab stage to mass
production?
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How much activity is occurring at the
different stages of development in the
UK?
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What equipment, facilities and
skillsets are needed for each stage of scaling up? Are these
available at the scale needed in the
UK?
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Which sectors are currently funding the
scale-up of battery technologies in the
UK?
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What innovations are there to be made
in battery engineering?
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How much battery manufacturing activity
is currently occurring in the UK, and how does this compare to
other countries?
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What is the focus of UK manufacturing
up to 2030, and will this remain appropriate and sustainable
out to and beyond 2050?
Notes to
editors:
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This is part of the committee’s new
inquiry into batteries and fuel cells. For further information
please see the Committee
Website
