IDENER.AI took part in the LI4LIFE Month 24 (M24) consortium meeting, held in Athens, Greece, on 18 March 2026.

During the meeting, IDENER.AI presented the status of WP6, focused on process upscaling and technology validation in the context of the EU battery industry. IDENER.AI’s core contribution to Li4Life lies in the development of a comprehensive mathematical model and a digital twin as an alternative method to evaluate, verify, and optimise electrochemical lithium extraction processes, based on data from the project’s pilot plant. The team’s objectives within this work package include identifying robust mathematical models from scientific literature to describe the LI4LIFE processes, fitting model parameters to experimental data with estimated confidence intervals, conducting predictive simulations, and ultimately building a virtual environment with a user-friendly interface.

Following the presentations and discussions held during the meeting, several key conclusions and next steps were established for IDENER.AI’s workflow. A critical priority is to confirm the specific process operations and operational parameters for the different target ores (Valjevo ore, Lepidolite, Perlite, and Zinnwaldite) while pending experimental data for each unit must be actively requested from the responsible partners to feed and calibrate the models. On the modelling side, while some units such as the bioleaching process have already been successfully validated, work will continue on the remaining ones, with the goal of integrating all individual models into a unified digital twin. Any updates or modifications identified during the M24 discussions will also be incorporated into the existing flowsheets to ensure the digital twin accurately reflects the physical processes.

As the project enters its final stretch, IDENER.AI remains committed to advancing its modelling and digital twin development work, contributing to LI4LIFE’s broader mission of establishing a sustainable and innovative domestic lithium value chain in Europe.