RE: Not Gunna Be Enough Lithium16 Sep 2021 14:50
A battery cell factory in the Czech Republic could save the automotive industry:
If at least one gigafactory were to be established in the Czech Republic, ie a production plant for the production of cells for electric car batteries, the entire Czech economy would benefit from this, according to an expert study.
If the Czech Republic wants to avoid the unemployment problems that a change in the production program will bring to some companies in the automotive industry in connection with the transition to electromobility, up to two battery factories should be established in our territory in the relatively short term.
This follows from the conclusions of an expert study by the consulting company Deloitte. On the contrary, this could create thousands of new jobs and the state, municipalities and regions would receive over fifty billion crowns in taxes over eight years.
According to current assumptions, 11-16 battery factories will be needed in 2030 to meet the need to produce batteries for electric vehicles, and another 15 to 19 years later.
According to Deloitte, the project makes sense even when lithium, which is needed for batteries, is not mined in the Ore Mountains. However, this will be even better when the domestic raw material is involved in the entire production chain from mining, through the production of the battery to its incorporation into the exported complete electric car.
The project being prepared by CEZ in the area of ??the former Prunérov lignite power plant in the Ústí nad Labem Region is currently relatively close to implementation. If the plan is approved by the Supervisory Board in November, the German automobile concern Volkswagen could also invest in it. Logically, the batteries from Prunérov would then be used for Škoda electric cars. So for both the current Enyaq type and the electrical equivalent of the current Octavia, there is one other smaller electric car.
At present, however, unnamed investors are interested in building another gigafactory. This time, an industrial zone in the Sokolovská region is possible.
The estimated annual capacity of the Prunner gigafactory is 40 GWh, which is in line with Volkswagen's plans to build six such large battery factories by 2030. Construction could begin in about two years and the first batteries should start coming off production lines in in 2026.
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