{"id":108506,"date":"2025-02-10T08:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/\/?p=108506"},"modified":"2025-02-10T08:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:14:29","slug":"two-lithium-battery-makers-pull-plug-on-american-manufacturing-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/\/2025\/02\/two-lithium-battery-makers-pull-plug-on-american-manufacturing-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Two lithium battery makers pull plug on American manufacturing plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two companies attempting to set up gigawatt-scale lithium battery factories have canceled their plans for American manufacturing. KORE Power confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/southwest-valley\/2025\/02\/01\/kore-power-walks-away-from-planned-battery-plant-in-buckeye\/78109127007\/\">local news<\/a> that it was abandoning its 12-GWh factory plan in Buckeye, Arizona, and FREYR just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freyrbattery.com\/news\/freyr-battery-announces-austin-texas-as-location-for-new-corporate-headquarters\">revealed<\/a> it would sell its ESS manufacturing site in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>KORE Power <a href=\"https:\/\/\/2021\/07\/kore-power-to-build-massive-lithium-ion-battery-manufacturing-facility-in-arizona\/\">first announced<\/a> its Arizona manufacturing plans in 2021. The <a href=\"https:\/\/\/2023\/01\/qa-with-american-lithium-battery-maker-kore-power\/\">goal<\/a> was to hire 3,000 people at the 1 million ft<sup>2<\/sup> site to make both NMC and LFP battery cells for the EV and ESS markets. The company has U.S. intellectual property but makes its batteries through a Chinese contract manufacturer. After receiving investments from Siemens and Quanta Services, KORE planned to <a href=\"https:\/\/\/2022\/11\/kore-power-to-break-ground-on-arizona-battery-factory-after-investment-from-siemens-quanta-services\/\">break ground<\/a> on the Arizona site in 2023. Construction never began, and now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarymedia.com\/articles\/energy-storage\/kore-power-has-a-new-plan-after-canceling-1-2b-battery-plant-in-arizona\">company is pivoting<\/a> to find an already-built site to move into.<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian-born FREYR chose a site in Coweta County, Georgia, to establish lithium battery cell manufacturing and was working toward a <a href=\"https:\/\/\/2023\/12\/freyr-continues-doe-loan-process-for-lfp-battery-cell-factory-in-georgia\/\">loan from the Dept. of Energy<\/a> for the $1.7 billion project. The company made a surprising move in late 2024, buying <a href=\"https:\/\/\/2024\/11\/freyr-buys-trina-solar-panel-factory-in-texas-for-340-million\/\">Trina Solar&#8217;s panel assembly<\/a> operations in Texas. FREYR is now focusing primarily on solar panel manufacturing, even dropping &#8220;Battery&#8221; from its company name. FREYR said it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Georgia site to an undisclosed party for $50 million, which should be finalized on Feb. 15, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two companies attempting to set up gigawatt-scale lithium battery factories have canceled their plans for American manufacturing. KORE Power confirmed to local news that it was abandoning its 12-GWh factory plan in Buckeye, Arizona, and FREYR just revealed it would sell its ESS manufacturing site in Georgia. 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