Gigaplant development to be key part of creating a permanent home for the battery industry
Plans to build the UK’s first EV battery gigaplant on the site of the former Blyth Power Station in Northumberland are expected to be transformational to the North's industrial base.
Battery specialist Britishvolt is making one of the largest-ever industrial investments in the UK, expecting to spend £2.6bn as it creates the 16th-largest building in the world.
The cell manufacturing plant will have the capacity to produce lithium-ion batteries for up to 450,000 vehicles. It will also produce a huge spark to the local area,... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
