“Our investment will make Europe independent of Asian suppliers and enable battery production without the need to import key materials,” said Ascend Elements.
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Struggling battery maker Northvolt to shut down energy storage manufacturing in Poland
The Swedish firm’s factory in Gdańsk, which only opened last year, had initially been planned to be the biggest in Europe.
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