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Zelestium Technologies: Aluminium-Ion Batteries for European Strategic Autonomy
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2025-09-05
This public note looks at Zelestium Technologies. European defence and technology circles are quietly taking notice of a small Spanish battery innovator with outsized ambitions. Zelestium Technologies, based in Soria, Spain, is developing advanced aluminium-ion and aluminium-air batteries – a novel class of “smart” energy storage systems designed to be safer, cleaner, and strategically self-reliant. Founded by veteran battery engineers, Zelestium’s mission initially sounds like a civilian green-tech venture: to revolutionize energy storage for smart grids and electric vehicles. Yet, beneath this green veneer lies a deeply strategic purpose. The full assessment of whether it is recognised as a strategic supplier — and what that means for funding, primes and capital — is in the original DFM publication on DFM Analysis.
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