Warwick District Council and Coventry City Council have approved an early-stage planning application for a £2.5bn EV battery factory at Coventry airport.
Approval of the outline planning application – an agreement in principle to the development of a site – takes the 530,000 sq m facility one step closer to reality. Outline planning permission is expected to be officially granted in March, when the government has been consulted on the plans.
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Better hope the next Government will help, whoever they may be.
60 GWh annual capacity - is that right?
That would only mean 1,000 average size 60KWh car batteries. Maybe it's a micro plant, or perhaps it should read 50 TWh (terra watt hours)?
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It actually means capacity is 1 million 60KWh batteries per year, which does make sense.
Silly me!