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Battery Energy Storage Systems

Video Interview to Óscar Miguel

“If the expectations are fulfilled, Europe will need several dozen gigafactories, so this story has not been written yet”

This February, following our 2021 editorial line on past & present disruptors, we have dedicated our post to Elon Musk for his research and innovations in the energy storage field.

To talk about battery energy storage systems, we have interviewed Óscar Miguel, Doctor of Chemistry and Director of the institute CIDETEC Energy Storage. Óscar talked about different energy storage technologies, the manufacture of cells in Europe and the main R&D projects the CIDETEC Energy Storage is involved in, among other subjects.

Óscar Miguel

Óscar has a PhD in Chemistry from Universidad del País Vasco. He joined CIDETEC in 1999 after a brief period working in the industrial sector. Now, he is Director of the institute CIDETEC Energy Storage. He is very active in the European scenario. He is member of the board of directors of the main R&D initiatives related to batteries such as the European technological platform ETIP Batteries Europe, the European Association BEPA −Batteries European Partnership Association−. Furthermore, he represents CIDET in other strategic European initiatives such as European Battery Alliance or the long-term research initiative Battery 2030+.

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