32 GWh factory in Skellefteå, Sweden. Aming for an 8-1-1 NMC chemistry. Wants to source locally as much as possible.
Short term focus:
Identifying creative ways to secure supply, setting up strategic partnerships with reliable and high quality suppliers.
Investors include Siemens, Vattenfall, ABB, Vestas, Scania, SECI.
Support from the European Investment Bank and the Swedish Energy Agency.
Why did Northvolt choose northern Sweden?
- Access to an abundance of cheap renewable power
- High attention and support from local community
- Well-working logistics – sea, road and air
- High level of automation possible
- Knowledge and possibility for recycling
- Long industrial experience and strong
intellectual infrastructure
