Help us unlock sustainable silicon sources for battery innovation!

Silicon is a highly promising material for next-generation electric batteries. However, traditional extraction from virgin sources, such as mining, comes with significant environmental costs, including habitat destruction and landscape degradation.

Fortunately, there are overlooked, sustainable alternatives. Silicon-rich by-products like grain husks (from milling and distilling), brewer’s spent grain, and geo-silica from geothermal energy production (especially in Iceland) could provide a valuable, non-mined source of silicon.

We are currently mapping the availability of these secondary silica-rich materials in Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, and Norway, and we need your help!

If you represent any of the following industries, we invite you to complete our brief questionnaire:
Breweries and whisky distilleries – we’re interested in your spent grain volumes
Spirit distilleries – we’re looking at grain husk availability
Oat or barley mills – we’re mapping husk quantities
Other industries with grain husk by-products
Geoenergy producers (especially in Iceland) – we’re assessing geo-brine silica potential

Your input will directly support research into the circular use of secondary materials and help estimate the potential for sustainable silicon production in Northern Europe.
Answer the questionnaire: https://link.webropol.com/s/battsi-waste-generation-storage
Thank you for contributing!