Precinct | Recharge Industries

LARGE-SCALE

BATTERY HUBS

Recharge Industries™ is pioneering large-scale lithium-ion battery production facilities at Avalon Airport in Australia and Cambois in the UK.

Cathode

Lithium Hydroxide

Anode

Electrolytic

Module / Pack Facility

Recycling

Internal Power / Solar Facility

Co-Location Partners

The Recharge Industries™ battery production precinct will encompass many facets of the upstream battery production process, ensuring components and feedstock are centralised in close proximity to the advanced manufacturing hub.

Co-location activites include:

Battery Hub Locations

1. Private Substation and Grid (Power Plant)

Ensures control of supply for the gigafactory and the opportunity to provide power to the supplier park as needed

2. National Grid Substation

Direct connection into the National Grid network to deliver 225 MW at phase 1 and 400 MW at phase 2 to the site to support the gigafactory and supplier park.

3. North Sea Link Interconnector

£1.8bn investment joint venture between National Grid and Norwegian counterpart; ~1.4 GWh capacity providing enhanced green energy security commissioned from Q2 2021.

4. Wind Energy

Advanced discussions with off-shore wind farms to deliver “behind the meter” power to the site. This joint Advance Northumberland / Britishvolt initiative would deliver clean and green energy directly to the gigafactory and the supplier park.

5. Railhead

1.Existing freight railhead to be reinstated, providing supply chain flexibility and efficiency – this is particularly relevant for BV as the hazardous nature of batteries means that rail is the preferred transport method.

6. Deep Sea Port Facility

1.£35m council and LEP funded upgrade works; provides additional logistics and supply chain options

7. Road Haulage Network

Proximity to A1(M) and other major trunk roads make accessibility by road quick and efficient

8. Water Supply

Secure supply through private borehole facilities with ~2bn liter p.a. capacity for both main site and supplier park occupants

Recharge Industries™ is reigniting plans for the United Kingdom’s first large-scale lithium-ion battery cell production facility in the former coal mining village of Cambois, Northumberland.

A former coal mining village, Cambois is situated in south-east Northumberland near Blyth, which has recently been promised over £20m in levelling up funding. The site in Cambois was formerly a coal store for Blyth Power Station, which closed in 2001.

Cambois,

United Kingdom

Cambois represents a city ripe for an energy renaissance. It is connected to the national grid in the United Kingdom and located in close proximity to an abundance of renewable energy. The 93 hectare site sits on a coastal location and is supported by 1.4GW of hydroelectric renewable energy supply.

Recharge Industries™ will develop the site in Cambois to be a hub for domestic battery production in the United Kingdom and will support the transition to renewable energy in the country. The site will generate significant employment and economic prosperity in the region.

Recharge Industries™ is pioneering a large-scale lithium-ion battery cell production facility at Avalon Airport, creating one of the biggest factories of its kind in the world.
Avalon Airport Industrial Precinct is situated on 1,753 hectares of land, 40 minutes west of Melbourne’s Central Business District and 20 minutes east of Geelong. It sits within the “Avalon Corridor” where local governments are looking at developing out the site to a 30,000ha industrial precinct.

Avalon,

Australia

1. Location

Avalon Airport Industrial Precinct is situated on 1,753 hectares of land, 40 minutes west of Melbourne’s Central Business District and 20 minutes north-east of Geelong. Ideally located, the site is part of the “Avalon Corridor” with local government developing a 30,000ha industrial precinct.

2. Recharge Site

The availability of 100ha provides options to build and expand battery production facilities including a battery precinct to drive manufacturing efficiencies and access critical infrastructure including road, rail, international airport and seaport.

3. Road Haulage

Immediate access to national road infrastructure connecting Geelong and Melbourne, and to National port facilities and interstate freight terminals.

4. Rail

1.15 minutes to freight rail access at Geelong providing alternate paths for bulk distribution and logistics support for stores and products.

5. Seaport

Avalon is ideally located close to Australia’s largest bulk commodities port – Geelong, and largest container port – Melbourne, to build a highly capable logistics and supply chain plan.

6. National Grid:

Avalon industrial precinct is located 10km from Viva Energy facilities (North Shore) with national grid expansion plans to upgrade power infrastructure for Recharge to access 150MW on site.

7. Renewable Energy

Avalon is surrounded by great land options ideally suited for developing solar power to expand clean energy input directly to site.

8. Warehousing Storage

Leverage strategic partnership with Australia’s largest bulk warehouse company ensures supply chain resilience and import/export expertise.

9. Access Talent

1.Proximity to Melbourne, one of Australia’s largest capital cities, and Geelong a city with a mature and high value advanced manufacturing base for the attraction of skills and talent regionally and internationally.

10. Deakin University

Access to university capabilities and programs in battery manufacturing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and engineering disciplines to support research and development, manufacturing innovation, and access to people and expertise.

11. The Gordon TAFE

Partnership to deliver workforce training and skilling through credentialled and experienced vocational provider.

12. CSIRO

The CSIRO battery research laboratories are one hour away providing unique opportunity to leverage national battery research programs.