Overview
Lobbying Costs
10,000€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Aurora Lithium
EU Transparency Register
755496548061-95 First registered on 08 Nov 2022
Goals / Remit
Aurora Lithium is a recently created company that joins forces of two major players in the European Energy market: Galp SA and Northvolt. This joint-venture aims to develop a Lithium conversion plant in Portugal, with a capacity of 32kt of lithium hydroxide. The plans are moving forward, Aurora has a recent structure and has already presented their plans to several key stakeholders, demonstrating the major importance of this project for the Portuguese and European Market.
Main EU files targeted
EU Raw Materials Act, EU Green Deal, RED II, Fit-For-55 and REPowerEU proposals in general
Address
Head Office
Rua Tomás da Fonseca, Torre C - 10º
Lisboa 1600-209
PORTUGALEU Office
Rua Tomás da Fonseca, Torre C - 10º
Lisboa 1600-209
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Aurora Lithium project in Portugal is key strategic for Europe and for Carbon Neutrality. Due to this, Aurora responsible will engage in several meetings with key stakeholders from the European Union Institutions in this month, aiming to present the project and the main barriers of the project. The meetings will also be a good opportunity for Aurora to present his view regarding the European Raw Materials Act (which is under public consultation) and other relevant legislative procedures that will have a direct impact in this major project.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
International Lithium Association (ILiA): https://lithium.org/
Has been participating in European Battery Alliance via Galp SAMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EIT 238,449€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
Name eupportunity (qb, lda.) - tr: 38225546532-14 Closed year Costs
0€ - 10,000€
Other financial info
We are discussing with public authorities in Portugal a grant of 38-52m€ to build the plant and a 5m€ for R&D in a hydrogen calcination project, through the Recovery and Resilient Program.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment#Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
Communication activities
N/a
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
6 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 31 Mar 2023 Location Sines, Portugal Subject Energy Transition. Site visit. Organiser: Administração dos Portos de Sines e Algarve. DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Aurora Lithium with Galp presented their views of the future of lithium market in Europe and across the world and its refining projects in Portugal. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Elisa Ferreira (Commissioner)
- Francisco Barros Castro (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Battery Value Chain and Critical Raw Materials Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)
- Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Battery Value Chain and Critical Raw Materials Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Battery Value Chain and Critical Raw Materials Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)
- Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member)