Educating new battery experts in Norway!

Battery cell production is a new business and industry in Norway. Several factories are in the making and being planned for in Norway, Europe, Asia, and the US.

This means that the quest for battery specific competence will be a challenge for the whole battery value chain for the unforeseen future.

Beyonder and the other Norwegian battery players have raised this concern several times in the past couple of years and have together decided to take an active role in solving the challenge. By working together with the whole battery value chain, we managed to create a national focus on how to address these issues.

As part of the Norwegian battery strategy, the project group have finalized the national BattKOMP project, which is a project focusing on and exploring new education systems from vocational school to PhD. If you want to read more about this project, you can go to the official webpage for the project by clicking on the below button:

We can already see results from the thorough work that has been done during the three phases of this project.

One direct result from the project is the first and only battery specific bachelor’s degree in Norway. It was created together with Beyonder and the University of Stavanger (UiS). The first classes started in august 2022, and we want to take an active role in making sure that the students have a solid connection with the industry throughout the course of study.

We were fortunate that Ulla-Førrefondet granted us over NOK 5 million to support this work, enabling us to set up lab facilities and training programs for the students. It is important for us and the rest of the battery value chain that the students get the most relevant and interesting education and collaboration with industry as possible.

Last week we finally had the opportunity to welcome the students to the Beyonder Battery Center for their first lecture and their first guided tour of our factory and lab facilities. Hopefully, getting a glimpse of how a battery cell is made will encourage them in their course of study and help connect theory with practice.

We are already looking forward to welcoming them again soon for the next lecture.