3,000 jobs will be created at Northvolt battery factory in the town of Heide in Schleswig-Holstein district of Dithmarschen.
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) joined Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister President Daniel Günther (CDU) as well as Northvolt CEO Peter Carlsson, Northvolt’s Head of Germany, Christofer Haux and Swedish Ambassador, Veronika Wand-Danielsson to symbolically open a battery factory in the town of Heide in Schleswig-Holstein.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasised the importance of electric cars at the ground-breaking ceremony.
He said, ”Northvolt’s new factory near Heide will soon produce one million battery cells a year for electric cars.”
3,000 jobs would be created directly at Swedish battery cell manufacturer Northvolt, with another 10,000 expected in the vicinity of the factory.
Habeck said, “Today is a good day for the west coast and for Germany as an industrial centre. The start of construction in Heide shows that the transformation towards climate neutrality and growth go hand in hand if the will is there and the framework conditions are right. The Northvolt project is a beacon example of how we can positively shape the environmentally and climate-friendly transformation of our value chains.”
The project is seen as part of the model for the German government’s energy and transport transition.