the faraday institution
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The Faraday Institution is powering one of the most exciting technological
developments of the 21st century — Britain’s battery revolution. As the world
competes to define the future of energy and automation, the Faraday Institution
is accelerating commercially relevant research needed for future battery
development to power the transport and energy revolution for the UK.
shutterstock_573049882 Our Approach The organisation was established in
September 2017 as the UK’s independent institute for electrochemical energy
storage research, skills development, market analysis, and early-stage
commercialisation. It brings together research scientists and industry partners
on projects with commercial potential that will reduce battery cost, weight, and
volume; improve performance and reliability, and develop whole-life strategies
including recycling and reuse. Read more about the foundation of the Faraday
Institution. The Faraday Institution is the UK’s flagship battery research
programme. It designs and manages focused, substantial and impactful research
projects in areas of fundamental science and engineering that have commercial
relevance and potential. Its research programme is defined by industry need and
delivered by a consortia of 27 UK universities and 50 businesses - including 500
researchers. Technical targets include reducing battery cost, weight, and
volume; improving performance and reliability; and developing whole-life
strategies including recycling and reuse. As an independent organisation, the
Faraday Institution regularly publishes evidence-based assessments of the
market, economics, commercial potential and capabilities for energy storage
technologies and the transition to a fully electric UK. Through a range of
training programmes for undergraduate, PhD and early-career researchers, the
organisation develops the next generation of battery scientists and engineers.
The Faraday Institution is a key delivery partner of the Faraday Battery
Challenge and is primarily funded through EPSRC-UKRI.
