Europe's stranded battery capacity crisis

Europe has 0.8–3.9GWh of battery capacity sitting idle not due to manufacturing shortage but because buyers cannot verify condition, provenance and compliance; the EU Digital Battery Passport mandate (February 2027) and standardised qualification data are unlocking a secondary battery market worth billions in stranded asset value.

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