Cenate is grateful and excited to see that the Norwegian government and State Secretary of Commerce, Jan Christian Vestre has decided to join the Important Projects of Common European Interest for the battery industry.

Cenate’s unique and proprietary silicon based nano material has now showed in both internal and customer tests that it is likely to pass the formal requirements for use in future electric vehicles.

This is a new anode material for Lithium batteries that shall make it possible for the EV battery producers to both lower cost and increase energy storage density. The material is the result of intensive research and development over several years including extensive testing with some of the world’s leading battery producers, and is still being continuously optimized and improved.

The Norwegian government has called on a small team of Norwegian experts from industry, finance and academics to evaluate the conditions and market in Norway for climate friendly investments.

Norwegian CENATE AS today announced the closing of a 6 MUSD financing round. The funds shall be used for scaling up its newly developed Cenate Silicon Nano Robust material, a patent pending material that makes it possible for the EV battery producers to both lower cost and increase energy storage density. The material is the result of intensive research and development over several years including extensive testing with some of the world’s leading battery producers.

Today Cenate started operation at its mini-pilot reactor in Askim. The reactor is initially split in two process chambers and shall be used to further develop Cenate’s new and proprietary silicon based anode materials for use in future lithium ion batteries. In 2021 also a third process step will be added. The mini-pilot is designed to be able to deliver material samples from a few grams and up to 2 or even 10 kg at a later stage.