Innovation Segment : Energy Storage

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EV battery plant - Eur2 bln investment plan - Germany

Germany

Plans for Germany's biggest EV battery plant at Kaiserslautern have advanced after carmaker Opel pledged to invest Eur2 billion ($2.2 billion), the energy ministry. 

Opel, part of France's Group PSA, plans to produce up to 500,000 EV battery units per year from 2024, it said.

The Kaiserslautern factory is part of a joint venture project with Total-owned Saft to develop lithium-ion batteries, initially at Saft's Nersac plant in France.

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Innovation theme: Kaiserlautern plant to produce 500,000 units/year from 2024, Opel plans Eur2 bln investment with government support, Part of French Total/Saft, Group PSA consortium ACC

Relevant for

  • Electrical engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Power electronics engineer
  • Microelectronics engineer
  • Telecommunications engineer
  • Semiconductors / optoelectronics engineer
  • Chemical engineer
  • Material sciences professional
  • Metallurgical engineer

Innovation sector

  • Electrical engineering
  • Electronics & communications
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy storage
  • Environmental sciences
  • Renewable energy sciences

Domain

Renewable Energy

Energy Efficiency

Energy storage

Sustainable transport

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

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