For another year, RENOVATE participated in the Battery Innovation Days (#BID2025). This fifth edition took place in Graz, Austria, on 2-3 December 2025. It was hosted by the Styrian Business Promotion Agency (SFG), a top leading agency driving economic development, fostering innovation and boosting regional business competitiveness, and co-organised by leading EU R&I battery initiatives such as the BEPA – Batteries European Partnership Association, the two IPCEI, and our umbrella’s one BATTERY 2030+.
This year’s edition of BIDs was a key meeting point for policymakers, leading industrial and technology experts, end-users, and research projects such as ours. RENOVATE project, proudly presented by our coordinator, Eliana Quarterone, at our exhibitor booth shared with the Cluster Hub, a collaboration that allowed us to share a common space with our sister projects and our efforts to improve recycling efficiency and profitability of raw materials for batteries from EU resources.
We also took the stage with pitch sessions, covering our solution and discussing together with our sister projects in recycling, advanced chemical pre-treatments and circularity topics.
In parallel with these valuable exchanges, RENOVATE was highlighted in a dedicated workshop organised by the BATTERY 2030+ initiative, showcasing its contribution to implementing a digital and circular platform for battery recycling. The session focused on accelerating battery innovation uptake and introduced Rentrack, an Intelligent IT Platform for Battery Recycling Management. RENOVATE served as a case study, demonstrating how digital tools can optimise the entire recycling chain, together with EU projects BATMASS (battery collection) and AUTOMAT (battery reuse selection), working towards the development of an IT platform that supports every stage of the battery lifecycle starting from the battery production (covered by the battery passport), collection until the preparation for second life or the material recycling are covered by the IT platform.
The cloud implementation will enhance collaboration among manufacturers, recyclers, logistics providers, and regulators. Each stakeholder will have access to find the information related to the specific task, ensuring compliance with environmental laws and maintaining accurate records of battery movements and processing stages. In addition to traceability, the platform integrates life cycle assessment results and a decision support module to optimise the recycling process chain using real-time information.
The BID 2025 fostered knowledge, allowed for exchanges and fruitful discussions, and new collaboration and business opportunities through keynote speeches, workshops, booths, and importantly showcasing young research community, featuring awards to recognise their contributions.
Many thanks to all the organisers and stakeholders for such productive exchanges, and looking forward to the next year’s edition in Stockholm!
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