Skein announces a research and innovation partnership with the University of Warwick, Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvia, and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. The consortium will develop AI and digital technologies that make advanced energy storage safer, longer lasting, and more efficient.
Energy storage is critical to the clean energy transition. Yet batteries remain hard to observe internally, which limits state estimation, hampers early fault detection, and shortens useful life. The partnership will integrate embedded photonic fibre sensing with a physics-informed battery digital twin to deliver high-resolution, real-time insights at cell and pack level.
Skein provides the AI and digital backbone. Our stack ingests sensor and BMS data from edge to cloud, aligns it in time, and fuses it inside a calibrated digital twin. We deliver robust SoC, SoH, and thermal state inference, predictive maintenance, and lifecycle optimisation, with APIs for BMS, EMS, and SCADA integration. Target applications include grid-scale storage and electric mobility.
Academic partners will contribute photonic sensing, materials and electrochemistry expertise, and validation facilities. Together we will run lab and pilot evaluations, publish methods and benchmarks, and prepare the technology for industrial adoption in Europe.
About the University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a leading UK research institution with strengths in engineering, data science, and energy systems.
About Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvia
Riga Technical University is a major technical university in the Baltics with expertise in power engineering, materials, and photonics.
About Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
VUB is a research university in Brussels with strong capabilities in photonics, engineering, and applied AI.