Battery technology plays a key role in the energy transition and requires qualified specialists along the entire value chain. The B3 – Battery Education Network Bavaria project offers practical, free training courses to provide companies with targeted support for the technological transformation. A particular highlight are the hands-on training courses and keynote speeches that bring the latest developments directly into practice.
Battery technology is regarded as one of the key technologies for the future energy transition. However, the basis for using a new technology profitably is a high level of knowledge and the corresponding qualification of specialists. The first initiatives are now bearing fruit. One concrete example is the B3 project – Battery Training Network Bavaria, in which the SKZ Plastics Center is also heavily involved.
The project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE), actively supports the transformation towards electromobility and a sustainable battery circular economy. The aim is to train specialists along the entire battery value chain in a targeted manner and free of charge.
To this end, six renowned research centers and two experienced educational institutions are pooling their scientific and didactic expertise. Together, they are developing practical training courses that support companies in Bavaria and throughout Germany in coping with technological change.
German industry – especially the automotive sector – is undergoing a profound upheaval. Specialized expertise is required for the development, production and recycling of modern battery systems: from material selection, cell design and system integration to dismantling and recycling.
In the past 18 months, over 320 specialists from 84 companies have received further training as part of 35 training courses. From September 2025, the established training program will enter a new round – with 15 modular training courses along the battery value chain.
The new hands-on practical training courses at the research partners’ sites in Bavaria are a particular highlight. In small groups, participants gain practical insights into the production of electrodes, the handling of different cell formats, their diagnostics and the measurement and dismantling of battery modules for the recycling process.
In addition to the training courses, the project offers the B3-Impuls lectures – a compact webinar format that regularly highlights current developments and trends in the battery world.
The next event will take place on Friday, July 11, 2025, on the topic of “Battery passport – The digital product passport for batteries”. This will be mandatory throughout the EU from 2027. Carolin Langfeldt (Circulor) has been invited as an expert to provide exciting insights into the implementation and significance of the battery passport.
“I am very pleased that, in addition to the basic range of battery technology, renowned experts have also succeeded in transferring knowledge of current regulatory developments into practice and thus making current topics quickly available to the industry,” says Matthias Gerhard, Project Manager Battery and E-Mobility Education at SKZ.
