Beyond Lithium. Rethinking the Future of Energy Storage
- acum 2 zile
- 2 min de citit
Actualizată în: acum 1 zi
Jean-Luc Cialdini, CEO of EasylZinc, on zinc batteries, safety, Europe’s strategic autonomy and the future of energy storage beyond lithium.
At a time of energy crisis, the challenge is no longer just how much energy we produce, but how we store it for when we actually need it. As electricity demand continues to grow from AI and data centres to the electrification of industry energy storage is becoming an essential part of both energy security and industrial competitiveness.
For more than a decade, Europe’s dominant answer to this challenge has been lithium. But is lithium enough? As Europe reassesses its dependence on critical raw materials and seeks to strengthen its strategic autonomy, looking beyond a single technology is becoming increasingly important.
In this episode of Sustainable Living Podcast, Nicoleta Talpes talks with Jean-Luc Cialdini, CEO of EasylZinc, a French deep-tech company based in Savoie developing active materials and additives for rechargeable zinc batteries. Built around a patented Calcium Zincate technology and now operating its own innovation centre and a pilot production line established under the EIC Accelerator project SUPERZINC, EasylZinc sits at the intersection of two conversations Europe can no longer keep separate: industrial competitiveness and energy security.
In this episode:
☑️ Why China currently holds around 86% of global lithium battery production capacity and what this gap means for European industry
☑️ What the Northvolt case tells us about the “Death Valley”, the critical period between technology development and stable industrial-scale production
☑️ Why European battery projects need more than initial funding they need long-term capital and predictability over five to ten years
☑️ How AI and data centres are reshaping energy demand and the need for energy storage technologies
☑️ Why safety is becoming a strategic requirement for hospitals, utilities, commercial buildings and critical infrastructure
☑️ Where zinc batteries could create real value over the next decade
Jean-Luc Cialdini also explores the difference between how Europe and the United States approach energy storage, and what a more mature and diversified European storage ecosystem could look like over the next five to ten years.
Energy storage is no longer just a technical issue. It is about infrastructure, energy security and industrial policy.
Available on all platforms:
Learn more about EasylZinc: https://www.easylzinc.com/
Comentarii