Federal Government Invests in Eight Battery Innovation Projects
October 8, 2025
The federal government announced an investment of over $22 million in support of eight projects to accelerate battery innovation and production capacity across Canada.
By powering electric vehicles and making it easier to incorporate renewable energy into our grids, batteries play an important role in the ongoing transition to a prosperous, affordable, low-carbon economy. To stay on track to get to net-zero emissions by 2050, the global cumulative battery demand from 2022 to 2050 is set to increase nearly 150-fold, providing an opportunity for Canada to seize.
Today’s investments support key priorities in Canadian battery innovation, including:
- Enhancing battery performance and reducing costs for more reliable, affordable energy storage across key sectors such as transportation, utilities and industry;
- Strengthening the security and increasing the competitiveness of Canada’s battery supply chains while reducing environmental impacts; and,
- Supporting the development and scale-up of new technologies that grow Canada’s economy and promote energy sovereignty.
This investment will shape a cleaner, more resilient future for Canadians — one where affordable and reliable clean energy powers our homes, vehicles and industries.
Projects:
Project name: Qualification and Increased Production Efficiency of NOVONIX All-Dry, Zero-Waste Cathode Active Materials
Recipient: NOVONIX Battery Technology Solutions Inc.
Location: Bedford, Nova Scotia
Funding amount: $5,000,000
Description: This project will demonstrate the commercial feasibility of NOVONIX’s environmentally friendly process for producing battery materials by optimizing production and performance in its existing pilot facility.
Project name: Scaling of Advanced Manufacturing Platform for Production of Coated Current Collectors
Recipient: Calumix Technologies Inc
Location: London, Ontario
Funding amount: $4,545,000
Description: Calumix will scale up its advanced coating platform to apply conductive carbon coatings on battery current collector foils which enable higher energy and power density with a lower environmental footprint.
Project name: Advancing Electrified Mobility with Next-Generation Ultrahigh-Capacity Cylindrical Cells
Recipient: Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center
Location: Windsor, Ontario
Funding amount: $3,319,640
Description: The Center will produce ultrahigh capacity cylindrical cells through dry electrode coating and internal thermal cooling, to boost energy density and safety.
Project name: Tin-based anode materials for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries
Recipient: Nanode Battery Technologies
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Funding amount: $1,500,000
Description: Nanode Battery Technologies will design and optimize tin-based materials to increase the energy stored in lithium and sodium batteries.
Project name: Méthode novatrice de production de SiOx pour batteries en continu
Recipient: HPQ Silicon Inc.
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Funding amount: $3,000,000
Description: The project aims to develop silicon oxide production equipment capable of continuously producing high-purity, uniform-sized anode material at a competitive cost, for incorporation in high-energy-density lithium-ion cells.
Project name: Power Capability Enhancement of 21700 cell designs
Recipient: E-One Moli Energy (Canada) Ltd
Location: Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Funding amount: $1,620,314
Description: This project aims to develop a lithium-ion cell with increased power capability through an advanced current collector design.
Project name: Enhanced low temperature performance of INR21700-P45B cells
Recipient: E-One Moli Energy (Canada) Ltd
Location: Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Funding amount: $1,067,499
Description: This project seeks to enhance the low-temperature performance of a high-power lithium-ion cell through electrolyte research and optimization.
Project name: Made-in-Canada Ultra High Power Li-ion 21700 Cylindrical Battery Cells
Recipient: NanoXplore Inc.
Location: Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Funding amount: $2,750,000
Description: This project supports NanoXplore’s work to develop ultra high-power capacity cylindrical format lithium-ion cells for defence and power tools.
