On Monday January 8, the Special Assistant to the U.S. President and Senior Director for Climate and Energy of the National Security Council, Sarah Ladislaw visited the Cenate pilot plant at Holtskogen, Norway.

In competition with all other companies in Norway within renewable energy and low emission transport technologies, Cenate was this weekend awarded a 18 MNOK R&D grant to further develop its advanced Silicon anode materials.

Cenate is excited to announce its strategic move towards mass production in both Norway and the United States. Leveraging its innovative product and process, the company is gearing up to establish robust production facilities on two continents.

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.