Northvolt venture plans €700m lithium-conversion plant in Portugal
Swedish battery startup Northvolt AB and energy firm Galp Energia SGPS plan to develop a lithium-conversion plant in Portugal to supply the region’s growing electric-vehicle industry.
The companies said Tuesday they’ll set up a joint venture with the goal to build a facility with an annual production capacity of 35 000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide -- enough to supply around 700 000 EVs. Northvolt would get half of that for its battery production.
The factory, which they say would be Europe’s largest of its kind, may cost around €700-million and create 1 500 direct and indirect jobs based on similar projects, according to a statement.
The venture “will position Europe with not only a path to domestic supply of key materials required in the manufacturing of batteries, but the opportunity to set a new standard for sustainability in raw materials sourcing,” said Paolo Cerruti, co-founder of Northvolt.
While the firms haven’t yet made final decisions on an exact location and the overall investment, they aim to have a site up and running in 2026. The venture, called Aurora, will also continue to explore other opportunities along the value chain, the companies said.
Lisbon-based Galp said in June it’s looking at opportunities in lithium processing and in January signed an agreement with Savannah Resources to explore a lithium field in northern Portugal.
Northvolt was co-founded in 2016 by former Tesla executives and has since forged multi-billion-dollar supply deals with Volkswagen and BMW.
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