EDF announces mega 7GW solar modules deal

Canadian Solar will provide its high efficiency solar modules between 2024 and 2030, which will be produced at its new factory in Mesquite, Texas

General Motors and LG Chem team up for $2.3bn EV battery factory

The collaboration is expected to drive down battery costs while improving the technology for customers

UK’s ‘largest independent battery factory’ charges onto the scene

Hyperdrive Innovation will make up to 30,000 battery packs for electric vehicles and energy storage systems at the factory each year

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Lucozade Ribena Suntory invests £13m in efficiency upgrade

The project will reduce the amount of water and energy used during manufacturing by 40% per bottle

Black and white picture of a man looking up to a wind turbine blade mould.
Turbine maker MHI Vestas to create 1,100 jobs on Isle of Wight

It expects to start production on a second manufacturing line by January next year

Panasonic pledges to step up battery output at Tesla Gigafactory

It aims to increase production to a 35GWh capacity by the end of March 2019

New mega-battery factory lands in Switzerland

The facility is expected to be one of the largest operations of its kind in Europe

Siemens to invest €30m in UK 3D printing facility

Siemens believes 3D printing, also called Additive Manufacturing, opens up “new attractive prospects” in the manufacture of gas turbines

Former Tesla executives plan $4bn battery factory

Two former Tesla executives plan to build a $4 billion (£3.3bn) battery facility in Sweden. Peter Carlsson, CEO of Northvolt, who previously managed Tesla’s supply chain and COO Paolo Cerruti, also an ex-Tesla executive, plan to begin construction during the second half of 2018. They are looking to rival the scale of Tesla’s Gigafactory in […]

P&G pledges to eliminate all factory waste by 2020

P&G has pledged to eliminate all manufacturing waste from its production sites by 2020. More than half of the company’s factories have already achieved the zero waste milestone and the firm now intends to commit additional investment for the remaning sites before the end of the decade. This means eliminating or finding a use for around […]