Raw material ambition: Local content to global supply

The overwhelming response to the ACC PLI scheme has set the ball rolling for giga-scale manufacturing of battery cells in India. It has also opened up the space for raw material co...

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Action stations for a battery nation in the making

To speed up the shift towards energy storage, renewable energy, and EVs, PM Modi announced at COP26 a target of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel energy usage by 2030. The FAME II, the Aut...

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Volkswagen Group announces 40 GWh battery Gigafactory in Spain

The Volkswagen Group and SEAT, along with other partners in the 'Future: Fast Forward project', have announced grand plans to electrify the automotive industry in Spain. Claimed as...

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Carlstrom’s Statevolt plans for ‘hyper local’ $4 billion battery Gigafactory in California

Swedish entrepreneur and CEO of Italvolt Lars Carlstrom, who was also the founder of Britishvolt, has formed a new company named 'Statevolt' to focus on the American market, starti...

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Greenko, John Cockerill inks MoU to set up green H2 electrolyser gigafactories in India

Greenko ZeroC (GZC), a subsidiary of Greenko Group and John Cockerill have announced that they have signed an exclusive agreement to jointly manufacture green hydrogen electrolyzer...

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KORE Power's KOREPlex giga factory to come up in Arizona

US-based battery cell technology developer, KORE Power on Wednesday announced that it has finalized the purchase of the KOREPlex giga factory site in Buckeye, Arizona. Th...

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ACC PLI – key milestone in a long journey, just begun

In a major milestone for the energy storage industry, in March 2022 the Indian government announced the winners of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for advanced battery...

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Exide to invest Rs.6000 cr. to set up lithium-ion cell manufacturing giga factory in Karnataka

Subir Chakraborty, MD & CEO of Exide Industries after a meeting with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

India's leading battery maker, Exide Industries on Thursday announced it will be investing INR 6000 crore in the southern state of Karnataka for setting up a lithium-ion batte...

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Tesla opens its €5 billion Berlin Gigafactory, first in Europe

US-based EV and clean energy firm Tesla, Inc has put open its much-awaited sixth 'gigafactory' near Berlin in Germany, after a delay of over eight months. This is the first-ever gi...

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Eurocell EMEA plans gigafactory in Western Europe for NCM cathodes, graphite-Si anodes

Anglo-Korean battery company, Eurocell EMEA has announced that it plans to build its first European Gigafactory in just 12 months—far faster than other Gigafactories. This is possi...

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Britishvolt’s Northumberland gigaplant project gets UK government’s support

UK's leading investor in battery cell technologies and associated R&D Britishvolt has announced that its first full-scale EV battery Gigaplant in Northumberland is receiving su...

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DHI releases RFP inviting bidders for PLI scheme on ACC battery storage

IESA expects at least 5-10 giga factories to come up in the next five years under the PLI scheme on ACC battery storage, with more than 10 of its member companies showing keen...

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