Gigaplant approved in Cambois

Planning approval has been given to Britishvolt, which specialises in battery technologies and chose Cambois as the site for its first gigaplant on the former Power Station site.

The facility will produce world class lithium-ion batteries with the first phase of the facility intended to be operational by 2023 and at full capacity by 2028.

Once at full capacity, the gigaplant will have a production capability equating to approximately 300,000 electric vehicle battery packs each year, intended primarily for the automotive industry.

It will be the first gigaplant in the UK - with a production capacity more than three times that of other recently announced schemes, all of which are only at early stages of design and planning.

When built, the site is anticipated to employ almost 3,000 workers. Of these, around 300 will be office staff with the rest operational workers. In addition, it is anticipated there will be several thousand indirect jobs created in the local supply chain for the development.