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LONDON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Britishvolt, the UK s foremost investor in battery technologies, has selected a site in the North East of England to build the UK s first battery Gigafactory.
The company has acquired exclusive rights to a site in Blyth Northumberland and intends to begin construction in Summer 2021. World-class lithium-ion batteries will be in production by the end of 2023.
Total investment for Britishvolt s Gigafactory is £2.6bn making it the largest industrial investment in the North East since Nissan s arrival in 1984 and one of the largest-ever industrial investments in the UK. By the final phase of the project in 2027 it will be employing up to 3000 highly skilled people, producing over 300,000 lithium-ion batteries for the UK automotive industry. It will further provide up to 5000 jobs in the wider supply chain.
Britishvolt to build £2 6bn battery gigafactory in Blyth, UK
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