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Shaping the future of battery innovation The £452 million Battery Innovation Programme, running from April 2026 to March 2030 and announced last June as part of the UK’s industrial strategy, is being delivered by Innovate UK on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade. This investment will accelerate the UK’s leadership in clean energy and advanced manufacturing by driving innovation across automotive, aerospace, defence, and energy sectors. We’re focused on: -Transforming breakthrough research into next-generation energy storage solutions -Scaling R&D into commercial impact -Building skills and collaboration to turn ideas into reality On Wednesday at the Battery Innovation Programme Showcase, Tom Adeyoola, Executive Chair of Innovate UK said the Programme is an intervention involving “industry, innovators, investors and government coming together at scale to bring all the elements needed to drive economic growth and deliver genuinely world‑leading innovation.” Speaking at the event Chris McDonald Minister for Industry in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) said: “The government is backing the sector because we know it is a strategic necessity for the UK. If we want the country to have a secure, growing, sustainable economy, we need a strong, competitive battery industry that is rooted here at home.” Join the Cross-Sector Battery Systems Innovation Network, if you would like to be part of a cross-sectoral and collaborative community: https://ow.ly/TGNf50Y5vIF #BIPShowcase #BatteryInnovationProgramme #FutureOfEnergy https://ow.ly/RA2p50Y64hU https://lnkd.in/erB-ckPc