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European Battery Academy

The future of the battery sector

Battery industry growth drives workforce transformation

Climate goals across Europe require upskilling 18 million workers, with 800,000 to be trained just in the battery sector, by 2050. Despite accelerating progress toward a net zero economy, the severe shortage of skilled workers threatens to bottleneck this critical transition.

Global battery manufacturing capacity hit 3 TWh in 2024 and could triple if all announced projects proceed. This expansion aligns with surging demand as global EV and plug-in hybrid sales reached 17 million units in 2024, up 25% from 2023.

Benchmark Minerals: Battery Industry Booms; Rho Motion

The battery sector demands skilled workers across all educational levels, specialising in cell design, production, assembly, quality control, advanced automation, and data-driven skills. Critical roles like Battery and EV Production Assembly Operators and Battery Systems Engineers are essential for the safe production, integration, and optimisation of batteries.

EBA Academy: Skills Gap in Battery Sector

Europe’s automotive industry, employing 13 million people, faces a significant transition to electric vehicles that requires extensive workforce reskilling and upskilling to meet new technological demands in the evolving sector.

European Commission: Automotive Transition Underway

Skills solutions for the battery industry

The European Battery Alliance Academy (EBA Academy), managed by InnoEnergy, plays a crucial role in strengthening Europe’s battery industry. Our mission is to equip the workforce with essential skills, help training to adapt to technological innovations, and enhance competitiveness. Through local training across EU Member States, we foster regional development and connect academia, industry, and policymakers — building a net zero economy for Europe’s battery value chain.

What we have accomplished so far

100 K+

direct learners

700 K+

indirect learners

110

trainers trained

4 K

local training providers

10 +

industry partners

8

training labs

100 +

courses

10

languages available on the platform

13

MOUs with governments

Powering the Transition to Net Zero Economies

The demands within the battery industry are diversifying, from lithium-ion batteries fueling electromobility to stationary battery storage systems. The clock is ticking, and to scale and meet the soaring demand, we require a skilled talent pool ready to act today. This report delves deep into this critical industry, offering insights into job profiles across the battery value chain, based on data from over 600 job profiles and skills. It emphasises the indispensable skills needed to supercharge the potential of this industry. The report goes beyond theory, offering practical examples of skills matrixes for pivotal roles such as Battery System Engineers and Cell Test Technicians. These matrices provide a clear roadmap for organisations looking to excel in this dynamic field.

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The Next Chapter in Skills Recognition

“Equipping Europe’s workforce with the right skills is a necessity for Europe’s competitiveness in strategic sectors. Reaching the milestone of 100,000 trained learners is a testament to the power of targeted, industry-focused training initiatives. However, there is still a long way to go to equip the workforce with all the skills needed for the green transition. The European Battery Alliance Academy has set a new standard for collaboration between industry and academia.”

 

— Oana Penu, Director of InnoEnergy Skills Institute
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Serving across industrial alliances

European Battery Alliance (EBA250)

Launched in 2017 by the European Commission, led by InnoEnergy. It brings together more than 800 industrial, financial and innovation actors from mining to recycling with the common objective to build a strong, competitive and resilient European battery industry. EBA works towards quadrupling the European battery cell capacity to between 400 and 500 GWh by 2030. This would meet the Net Zero Industry Act target of 40% domestic manufacturing capacity, thereby empowering the European car industry and other sectors in a more sustainable, competitive, and resilient manner.

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European Solar PV Industry Alliance (ESIA)

The alliance aims to accelerate solar PV deployment in the EU by scaling-up to 30 GW of annual solar PV manufacturing capacity in Europe, facilitating investment, derisking sector acceleration, to support Europe’s decarbonisation targets. Launched by the European Commission in 2022, EIT InnoEnergy is leading the alliance as Secretariat and joined by SolarPower Europe and the European Solar Manufacturing Council on the alliance’s steering committee.

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The European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Centre (EGHAC)

EGHAC focuses on building the business case for and accelerating the uptake of industrial low-carbon hydrogen projects for specific hard-to-abate sectors such as steel, fertilisers and aviation. Through EGHAC, InnoEnergy builds, derisks and scales new green industrial champions which are customer driven, commercially viable hydrogen projects which apply InnoEnergy’s value chain-driven methodology.

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