A device delivering electrical energy through direct conversion of chemical energy, as defined in the EU Battery Regulation.
Battery is the anchor term for the battery-regulation part of the glossary. Even though it appears intuitive, the official definition matters because later categories and obligations depend on which devices are captured by the regulation.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries
any device delivering electrical energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy, having internal or external storage, and consisting of one or more non-rechargeable or rechargeable battery cells, modules or of packs of them, and includes a battery that has been subject to preparation for re-use, preparation for repurposing, repurposing or remanufacturing;
Reference: Article 3, point 1
This term matters whenever teams need to determine whether a product falls into battery-regulation workflows at all. It shapes categorization, passport relevance, lifecycle data collection, and downstream compliance logic.
For Minespider, battery is the root object around which many later terms are organized. Clear treatment here helps avoid confusion when users move on to cells, modules, packs, management systems, and end-of-life concepts.