en.Wedoany.com Reported - UK battery technology company EQONIC Group has been selected for a government-backed £452 million project aimed at accelerating the development and application of next-generation energy storage technologies.
EQONIC Group has been chosen for the Battery Innovation Programme, delivered by Innovate UK and supported by the Department for Business and Trade. The programme will run from 2026 to 2030, with the goal of strengthening the UK's battery innovation capabilities in the automotive, aerospace, off-highway machinery, stationary energy storage, and maritime sectors.
EQONIC is developing battery technologies designed to address three major pressures on the global supply chain: cost volatility, safety risks, and material shortages. The company primarily targets long-duration stationary energy storage, commercial and industrial energy systems, and critical infrastructure, where lifecycle cost, safety, and reliability are core factors in investment decisions.
Government funding will be used to develop a full-stack digital twin of EQONIC's proprietary manufacturing process. The company says this digital twin will help improve manufacturing efficiency, reduce production variability, shorten time to market, and demonstrate the technology's scalability to global partners.
EQONIC is also developing reconfigurable production and disassembly lines designed to support battery assembly, reuse, and end-of-life processing within a single industrial model. The company says this approach is critical to its asset-light business model, which scales through collaboration and partnerships, avoiding large capital expenditures.
Jas Kandola, CEO of EQONIC Group, said the programme is one of the most rigorous technical and commercial assessments in the UK battery industry, and being selected validates not only their technology but also their business model. With government support and Ellaniti's manufacturing expertise, the company is accelerating large-scale deployment with global partners.
EQONIC is working with Ellaniti, a specialist in smart manufacturing, operational excellence, manufacturing strategy, and technology roadmaps. The partnership aims to support commercial readiness and help EQONIC rapidly industrialize its technology. The Ellaniti board stated that EQONIC is building one of the most commercially attractive battery platforms, with technology that removes the material constraints hindering the global energy storage market.
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