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On a mission

Europe is on a mission to establish itself as a key manufacturing base for batteries. Over the past six years, ambitious plans have been announced to achieve this goal, with the latest predictions suggesting that 35 gigafactories will be operational by 2035. Becky Beetz maps the progress.

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Becky Beetz

11 Feb 2022

Northvolt said in December that its first lithium-ion battery rolled off the production line at its manufacturing facility in Skellefteå, Sweden. “The cell is the first to have been fully designed, developed and assembled at a gigafactory by a homegrown European battery company,” said the company. | Image: Northvolt

Keen to avoid the perceived mistakes of the solar cell and module industry, and to cater to the accelerating electric vehicle (EV) market, Europe has ambitious plans to establish a prominent domestic battery manufacturing presence.In the opening remarks of a 2018 speech, Vice-President for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič stated that the EU Battery Alliance, launched a …

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