On October 8, 2026, we hosted our Executive Briefing "How the Battery Passport Turns Circularity into Revenue Now." The starting point was a shift in perspective. Conversations about the Battery Passport, which applies from February 18, 2027, often center on compliance. We wanted to look at what comes after.
What is the data infrastructure behind the passport worth once it is in place?
Chemistry, state of health, origin, component history. All of this information will be structured and accessible. That makes it a foundation worth building on.
Where things stand
We opened with the current state of play. The EU DPP Registry went live on July 20, 2026, together with a testing environment where companies can try out their submissions. Six of the eight harmonized standards are published, two are still pending.
We also looked at where the practical work lies. Data access in particular: reliable information has to come from suppliers, from existing systems and from products already in the field.
Where the margin comes from
The main part of the briefing was the business case. A study by Boston Consulting Group for the Federation of German Industries (BDI) puts margins for remanufacturing and refurbishment in machinery more than five percentage points above new production. The Battery Passport provides the data foundation to bring these models to batteries. We walked through three strategies.
Reuse. Reliable state-of-health data takes the guesswork out of resale. Certified reuse programs become something companies can price with confidence.
Remanufacture. Component-level history is what carries a refurbishment program.
Repurpose. Whether a battery is fit for a second-life application becomes a question answered by data rather than by case-by-case inspection.
Recycling and recycled content quotas got a brief mention. Both carry enough weight to deserve a session of their own.
Interoperability and trust
Turning passport data into business value takes two foundations: interoperability and trust. Both are being advanced by the IDTA through its work on the Asset Administration Shell, and by the Global Battery Alliance through its Battery Passport framework.
What comes next
February 2027 is a starting point. The more interesting work begins once the passport exists: pricing a refurbished battery, finding a second application for a pack that still has plenty of life left in it.
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All of this runs on data. And that data is already taking shape.
