Canada invests over $22M to accelerate domestic battery innovation

The Honourable Tim Hodgson announced an investment of over $22 million under the Energy Innovation Program (EIP) to support eight projects that accelerate battery innovation and production capacity across Canada (announcement dated October 3, 2025).

• Announcement details: On October 3, 2025, Natural Resources Canada (Minister Tim Hodgson) announced over $22 million in EIP funding to support eight projects across multiple provinces to advance battery R&D, demonstration and production capacity. The funding is distributed to recipients including NOVONIX ($5,000,000, Bedford, NS), Calumix ($4,545,000, London, ON), Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center ($3,319,640, Windsor, ON), HPQ Silicon Inc. ($3,000,000, Montreal, QC), NanoXplore Inc. ($2,750,000, Saint-Laurent, QC), E-One Moli Energy (Canada) Ltd (two projects totalling $2,687,813, Maple Ridge, BC), and Nanode Battery Technologies ($1,500,000, Edmonton, AB).

• Program and project specifics: Funding is through the Energy Innovation Program (EIP) to support research, development, demonstration and related scientific activities for clean energy technologies; projects include scaling coating platforms, dry electrode processes, tin-based anode development, continuous SiOx production equipment, current collector design improvements, electrolyte optimization for low-temperature performance, and development of ultra high-power 21700 cylindrical cells for defence and power tools.