About BASE

Batteries Sweden, BASE is the Swedish academia-industry competence center that focus on excellent research to support long-term battery research, innovation, and production in Sweden by fostering new ideas and by educating a new generation of battery specialists for creating the batteries of the future. BASE 1.0 started 2020 and after five years BASE 2.0 from 2025-2029 continues to build the Swedish competence in new and sustainable battery technology. BASE is funded by Vinnova and the 22 partners.

BASE incorporates competences of the highest quality, active along the whole battery value chain, from research and production to recycling.
The BASE revolve around activities and projects in three thematic areas: Methods, Materials and Cells as well as cross-cutting activities.

The Strategies and goals for Batteries Sweden (BASE)​:

• An innovation center of excellence: industry and academia
• Development of ultrahigh performance batteries: cover the entire battery value chain
• Research environmentally friendly production: environmental aspects in all projects
• Science-based analysis and characterization methods: in all projects
• Information and competence: communicate activities and scientific results
• Inspiring research atmosphere for young scientists:
  promote academic and industrial collaboration
  
• Courses with the latest findings in battery technology: invite lecturers and encourage partners to suggest courses
• Participate in the international battery research arena: highlight activities in the European battery community
• Promote opportunities in Sweden: attract young scientists through our research and international collaboration