Britishvolt Confirms UK Government Funding Boost for its Battery Cell Gigaplant

Britishvolt receives confirmation from the UK Government that it is to receive funding from the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF).

ATF funding supports Britishvolt’s plans to build a £3.8 billion advanced technology battery cell Gigaplant in Northumberland, one of the UK’s biggest-ever industrial investments and the largest in the North East of England since Nissan’s arrival in 1984.

Intended to create over 3,000 skilled direct jobs onsite at full production, plus a further +5,000 in the wider supplier chains.

The total investment for Britishvolt’s Blyth gigaplant is around £3.8 billion, making it the largest industrial investment in North East England since Nissan’s arrival in 1984 and one of the largest-ever industrial investments in the UK.

At full production enough battery cells will be produced for more than 300,000 lithium-ion batteries a year. The facility is expected to employ over 3,000 people directly in skilled jobs, with another 5,000 in the wider supply chains.