Aalborg University (AAU) is one of the main universities in Denmark and in 2023 it has been ranked for the sixth consecutive year number one in Europe and number eight in the world in engineering, according to the Best Global universities rankings. The Department of Energy (AAU-Energy), part of the Faculty of Engineering at Aalborg University in Denmark, is well-known for its multi-disciplinary research programs in close cooperation with industry, public institutions, and universities in Denmark and abroad.

AAU-Energy focuses on a sustainable energy future, focusing its research on renewable energy, efficient energy consumption and distribution, conversion technologies, and control of energy. The department addresses the energy technological challenges, which occur in the pursuit of a society that is free from fossil energy and based on a robust energy system with a high degree of supply security. At AAU-Energy, the research is carried out in 24 interdisciplinary research groups (RGs), one of them being the Batteries RG, which will contribute to the activities in the SUNFLOWERS project. The Batteries RG, consisting of approximatively 20 members, carries out leading-edge research and education at the international level on various aspects of batteries, ranging from extensive battery performance and lifetime testing to the development of AI-based state estimation algorithms, and post-mortem analysis of batteries.