Innovation Segment : Energy Storage

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EV battery manufacturing plant - Saft Battery Group PSA

European Union

The Kaiserslautern factory of Group PSA is part of a joint venture project with Total-owned Saft to develop lithium-ion batteries, initially at Saft's Nersac plant in France. It has backing from France, Germany, and the EU.

Total capacity is set to reach 48 GWh/year by 2030, which equates to 1 million batteries a year, or around 10%-15% of the European market

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Innovation theme:  EV battery manufacturing plant, Large-scale production plant, Battery energy that is safer, more affordable, cleaner, and accessible to as many people as possible.

Relevant for

  • Mechanical engineer
  • Automobile engineer
  • Electrical engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Power electronics engineer
  • Microelectronics engineer
  • Telecommunications engineer
  • Semiconductors / optoelectronics engineer
  • Material sciences professional
  • Power engineer
  • Energy auditor

Innovation sector

  • Electrical engineering
  • Electronics & communications
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy storage
  • Material sciences

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Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

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University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

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