France Verkor builds a super battery factory to improve the European battery chain

Last month, Northvolt, the dark horse known as the 'Ningde Era' in Europe, successfully cooperated with BMW in high quality, becoming the third battery supplier of BMW cooperation, and is actively seizing foreign market shares. At the same time, the European market is undergoing a 'flowering period' for the battery market. Recently, according to foreign media reports, the French battery start-up company Verkor announced plans to start production of a lithium-ion battery plant with an annual output of 16GWh in France in 2023, and expand its annual output to 50GWh according to market development. Verkor is currently looking for a suitable construction site to build its first battery production plant, and the company’s partners in the project include French planning, development, investment and construction company IDECGroupe and technology and engineering supplier Schneider Electric. At the same time, the Sustainable Energy Institute of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EITInnoEnergy) will also provide financing support for it. It is reported that the batteries produced by Verkor in the future will be used in the fields of electric vehicles (EV) and stationary energy storage, which means that Verkor will become another European power lithium-ion battery company after Northvolt in Sweden, Britishvolt in the UK, and Freyr in Norway. 'We are a multinational company and are developing rapidly as talents from all over the world join in. Combining the technology and resources of our strategic partners, we will start building this battery super factory in 2022 and deliver the first batch of battery products by 2023. , And speed up industrial production, and this is the key to speeding up Europe's low-carbon goals.” Verkor CEO Benoit Lemaignan said in a sentence. However, most of us understand that CATL, Tesla, and LGChem plan to build super plants in Germany, and recently, the European 'Cingde era' Northvolt is building a plant in Sweden. The French battery manufacturers have not heard of this. What is the significance of French investment and construction of factories? First of all, of course, it is the problem of breaking the geographical imbalance that we mentioned above; in addition, other reasons for supporting Verkor to build a super plant in France include low-carbon power mainly from French nuclear power plants, as well as some well-known French car manufacturers and industry-leading energy sources. Suppliers will become important customers of the company. Diego Pavia, CEO of the Sustainable Energy Institute of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, also explained the necessity of Verkor's existence, 'Verkor's first super plant will help to meet the gap between the local battery demand and supply in Europe; this will Combined with the economic recovery plan after the epidemic, this initiative will further strengthen the battery value chain from material mining to recycling in France and Europe, and promote the business growth of hundreds of companies in France and Europe. 'The above information, in fact, we do not It is difficult to find that Europe is building a sustainable battery chain, and the construction of a super factory in France this time will greatly reduce the carbon emissions of batteries.