Battery research facility planned for UBC Okanagan
The university in Kelowna will be home to a new battery innovation centre.
The B.C. Government pledged $2 million, through its Innovation Clean Energy (ICE) fund, to establish a facility aimed at researching and developing battery technologies, at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus (UBCO).
“The battery innovation centre is a monumental step forward for British Columbia’s clean-energy transition, demonstrating the quality, leading-edge work emerging from the sector,” Josie Osborne, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, stated.
“People and industry are increasingly relying on battery-powered devices for cellphones, electric vehicles, medical equipment and more. This project will see multiple benefits, opening up new research and development opportunities and creating quality jobs for British Columbians.”