In Toulouse it will carry out R&D on its so-called ‘SuperBattery’, a high-power battery which “bridges the gap between supercapacitors and batteries”, offering high capacity and energy intensity, faster charging and expanded charge and discharge cycles.

The funding package, dubbed ‘Hy2Move’, is the fourth “Important Project of Common European Interest” (IPCEI) related to hydrogen which the European Commission has approved over the past two years.

Siemens will support Skeleton in developing and implementing a fully-automated and digitised production line for supercapacitors at a projected facility in Markranstädt, Germany.