Canada Advances Battery Innovation with Made-in-Canada Technology

On October 3, 2025, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced an investment of over $22 million under the Energy Innovation Program (EIP) in support of eight projects to help accelerate battery innovation and production capacity across Canada.

EIP - Battery Industry Acceleration Call

The EIP supports research, development, demonstration and other related scientific activities that advance clean energy technologies and help transition to a low-carbon economy. 

Projects funded under the Battery Industry Acceleration Call support technologies that accelerate the decarbonization, safety and competitiveness of Canada’s battery value chain.

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.