CEGASA PORTABLE ENERGY SLU

Their core work

Cegasa Portable Energy is a Spanish SME based in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country) that develops portable and hybrid energy storage solutions, including batteries and electrochemical storage systems. They bring industrial manufacturing expertise to EU research projects, contributing knowledge in metal joining techniques, battery materials characterization, and energy storage safety. Their work spans from physical assembly of battery components (electromagnetic joining of copper and aluminium) to advanced testing and characterization of electrochemical storage materials.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Cegasa's early H2020 work (2015–2017) centered on physical manufacturing processes — electromagnetic joining of copper and aluminium, and launching their own hybrid energy storage product through an SME Instrument grant. From 2017 onward, their focus shifted toward advanced materials characterization, non-destructive testing, and electrochemical storage materials within open innovation test beds. This evolution tracks a move from component-level manufacturing toward quality assurance and materials science for next-generation batteries.

Cegasa is moving upstream from battery assembly toward materials testing and characterization, positioning themselves as an industrial partner for battery material validation and safety compliance.

How they like to work

Cegasa operates primarily as a contributing partner rather than a consortium leader — they coordinated only one project (an SME Instrument Phase 1, which is a single-company grant). In multi-partner projects, they join as a participant or third party, suggesting they provide specific industrial testing capabilities or end-user validation. With 51 unique partners across 14 countries from just 4 projects, they have been embedded in large, diverse consortia rather than leading small teams.

Despite only 4 projects, Cegasa has collaborated with 51 unique partners across 14 countries, indicating involvement in large European consortia. Their network is broadly European with no visible geographic concentration beyond their Spanish base.

What sets them apart

Cegasa combines hands-on battery manufacturing experience with growing capabilities in materials characterization and testing — a rare combination among SMEs. As an actual battery producer (not just a research lab), they can validate research results against real production constraints. For consortium builders, they offer an industrial end-user perspective on electrochemical storage that grounds academic research in manufacturing reality.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CHESS
  Cegasa's own SME Instrument project to develop their hybrid energy storage product — reveals their core commercial ambition in portable energy.
• TEESMAT
  An open innovation test bed for electrochemical energy storage materials, signaling Cegasa's move toward becoming a testing and validation partner for the battery sector.
• JOIN-EM
  Their largest funded project (EUR 182,784), focused on electromagnetic joining of copper to aluminium — directly relevant to battery cell interconnections.