NAATBatt Committees

This committee will focus on various mechanisms for financing battery and battery materials-related projects and companies. The committee will track innovation in capital structures and financial products and keep its members up-to-date on tax structures, credits and other incentives that may be relevant to battery-focused businesses and investors.

This committee will discuss issues related to the safety of shipping and storing batteries. The committee will also examine protocols and training for battery-related safety incidents. The committee will follow developments in safety-related regulations impacting batteries at the local, state, federal and international levels. It will interact with standard setting bodies, such as SAE International, and government relations organizations, such as the PRBA, to provide a unified voice of industry on battery safety issues.”

This committee focuses on workforce development issues that impact or are expected to impact the manufacture and maintenance of high capacity advanced batteries and the devices that they power in North America. The committee studies skills gaps in the workforce and develops or recommends training programs and policies to address those gaps.

This committee focuses on the mining, refining and conversion of raw materials into battery cell electrodes and components. Few companies in North America focus on this critical upstream portion of the advanced battery supply chain. The committee will examine efforts to build out this part of the supply chain in North America and technological and policy changes that might support that effort.

This committee will discuss issues related to the development, manufacturing and testing of new electrode materials and electrolytes used in battery cells. The committee will examine new innovations in electrode materials and electrolytes that may increase energy density and/or enhance battery safety. The production and processing of electrode precursor materials will also be covered.

This committee will focus on the companies, processes and know-how involved in manufacturing machinery that makes battery cells, cell components, battery packs and energy materials. The committee will discuss the types of machine tools necessary to perform these functions. It will consider policies and economic incentives necessary to encourage the manufacture of battery making equipment in North America.

This committee follows lithium battery safety issues and focuses on ways to make lithium batteries safer. The committee will discuss emerging lithium battery safety standards and regulations. It will examine new technologies can reduce the changes of thermal runaway and mitigate battery failures when they occur.

This committee examines emerging markets and use cases for advanced battery technology in commerce. The committee studies the requirements for advanced batteries for emerging downstream applications and shares pre-competitive information about opportunities for battery makers and battery component makers in the advanced battery market.

This committee examines military, space and defense-related applications for electrochemical energy storage technology. The committee will discuss technical requirements for batteries in these applications and issues concerning working with government procurement agencies. New defense-related systems employing energy storage technology will also be discussed.

This committee assists and advises battery and battery materials companies located outside of North America in establishing manufacturing operations in the United States. Existing NAATBatt members can use the committee to identify and partner with new market entrants. NAATBatt welcomes foreign companies that wish to become members of the North American advanced battery community.

This committee studies a variety of regulatory issues that affect the manufacture and deployment of advanced battery technology in North America. The committee is divided into several working groups focusing, respectively, on environmental, products liability, general contracts and general regulatory matters. The committee also discusses on the advanced battery industry’s relationships with government entities and the promotion of advanced battery technology to the general public.

This committee focuses on the recycling of lithium-based batteries at the end of life into useful materials. The committee studies the technology, regulation and logistics of the battery recycling process for lithium-based batteries in North America and makes recommendations for policy changes that will support reductions in recycling costs, improvements in recycling safety and greater circularity of the advanced battery supply chain.

This committee examines the technical, economic, regulatory and legal challenges involved in repurposing high capacity advanced batteries for second life use. The committee will explore optimal applications for second life batteries and discuss ways of making second life use of batteries more practical and economic. The committee also studies regulatory requirements applicable to those second life applications.

This committee studies developments in the emerging field of rechargeable sodium-based batteries. The committee will follow scientific developments in sodium battery chemistry and architecture and the use of sodium-based batteries in stationary and mobile commercial applications. The use of sodium as a viable alternative or supplement to lithium and lead in battery systems will be examined and discussed.

This committee focuses on the challenge of identifying the component origins, location and state of health of advanced batteries in commerce. The committee studies various technological and regulatory means for tracing and tracking advanced batteries with a view to enhancing ESG goals, supply chain security and consumer satisfaction.

This committee focuses on the development and manufacture of zinc-based batteries for rechargeable, high capacity applications. The committee studies the market for zinc-based battery systems as an alternative to lithium-based systems and otherwise. The committee examines ways for zinc-based battery producers to publicize the advantages of their products and technological developments that may improve the market for zinc-based systems.