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Accelerating Electrification Transition; how the North East can keep pace through skills and innovation
Accelerating Electrification Transition; how the North East can keep pace through skills and innovation
Accelerating Electrification Transition; how the North East can keep pace through skills and innovation

Michelle Duggan, Inward Investment Manager at Invest North East England, reflects on a busy month for all matters electrification. September is always a busy time of year in the electrification calendar, and 2023 has been no exception. It marks the new wave of vehicle registrations and partners in the North East look forward to the […]

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University to lead skills programme for the regional battery industry
University to lead skills programme for the regional battery industry
University to lead skills programme for the regional battery industry

The Faraday Battery Challenge (FBC) has appointed Newcastle University to receive £1.3m in funding to support the North East’s battery manufacturing and innovation sector and skills development. The University will lead a workforce development initiative for the North East with innovative skills and training academy and apprenticeships. The programme will be delivered in partnership with […]

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Accelerating electrification in North East England: beyond the electric vehicle
Accelerating electrification in North East England: beyond the electric vehicle
Accelerating electrification in North East England: beyond the electric vehicle

There is no better place than the North East to invest, collaborate or innovate in electrification technologies. Michelle Duggan, Inward Investment Manager at Invest North East England explains how North East England is accelerating the drive towards net zero. North East England is the premier location for electrification transition – We are uniquely placed to […]

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Driving forward the North East’s electrification sector
Driving forward the North East’s electrification sector
Driving forward the North East’s electrification sector

By Michelle Duggan, Inward Investment Manager This year our major focus will be on accelerating the growth of the North East’s electrification sector. By targeting the most successful international markets, particularly the US and Japan, we can supercharge local green growth. North East England is a beacon in the UK’s electric vehicle and battery sectors, […]

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Australian firm Recharge Industries successful in bid for Cambois gigafactory
Australian firm Recharge Industries successful in bid for Cambois gigafactory
Australian firm Recharge Industries successful in bid for Cambois gigafactory

Recharge Industries, a portfolio company of Scale Facilitation, has been successful in its bid for ownership of Britishvolt. Recharge Industries is a leading provider of battery technology, specialising in production and research and development. Based in Geelong, Australia, the firm is currently developing Australia’s first large-scale lithium-ion cell production facility to provide safer, more efficient […]

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Britishvolt site in Cambois remains an outstanding location for EV battery manufacture
Britishvolt site in Cambois remains an outstanding location for EV battery manufacture
Britishvolt site in Cambois remains an outstanding location for EV battery manufacture

Despite Britishvolt falling into administration, a leading figure in the UK’s electric vehicle sector, has backed the Northumberland site on which the company was being developed, as an outstanding location for a battery manufacturing plant. The Cambois site was once the location of Blyth Power Station, a coal fired power station that closed in 2001 […]

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Works starts on a North East gigafactory as Envision AESC’s which will support over 1,000 hi-tech jobs
Works starts on a North East gigafactory as Envision AESC’s which will support over 1,000 hi-tech jobs
Works starts on a North East gigafactory as Envision AESC’s which will support over 1,000 hi-tech jobs

Envision AESC – a world-leading Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company – has celebrated 10 years of electric vehicle battery production in the UK with the start of construction on its latest gigafactory that will employ over 1,000 people. AESC’s second Sunderland battery plant will have capacity of 12 GWh and will employ more than […]

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Fuzzy Logic Studio Secures UKRI Funding to develop game-changing app for Net Zero careers
Fuzzy Logic Studio Secures UKRI Funding to develop game-changing app for Net Zero careers
Fuzzy Logic Studio Secures UKRI Funding to develop game-changing app for Net Zero careers

A North East immersive technology company has been awarded a share of £4 million from the Driving the Electric Revolution challenge, delivered by Innovate UK for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to help develop the workforce of the future. Fuzzy Logic Studio is collaborating with The Blair Project, a Black-owned STEM education provider inManchester, to […]

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