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Britishvolt's new UK battery gigaplant will start production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries from 2023 and will scale to 300,000 units a year.
Global construction specialist ISG has been appointed to lead the build of the £2.6 billion project located at Blyth, Northermberland.
Construction will start in the second half of 2021 and once the plant is up and running it will produce lithium-ion batteries for the automotive and renewable energy industries at the end of 2023.
Construction of further phases will continue until the end of 2027.
The Blyth gigaplant is located 20 miles north of Nissan's Sunderland factory, which makes the Leaf EV.