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NorthVolt’s Battle Plan to Win the Upcoming Battery-Wars

Mr. Sustainability

An interview with CEO Peter Carlsson, who urges Europe to quickly build on its own battery knowledge. That battery factory, with a planned capacity of 40 gigawatt hours, will run on clean and cheap hydropower starting next year. The demand for lithium-ion batteries is therefore going to 'explode', says Carlsson. White sneakers.

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Behind the scenes at Britishvolt: Chairman Peter Rolton on building the UK's first gigafactory

Business Green

An update last year from Benchmark Materials Intelligence group noted that 148 of the 200 lithium-ion battery mega factories planned around the world were in China, with Europe and North America boasting just 21 and 11, respectively. We really need to make sure we've got that recycling piece in place," Rolton acknowledges.