Greenpower Park in the West Midlands is being predicted to create a holistic environment for battery research
Plans to place Britain at the epicentre of the green industrial revolution have taken a significant leap forward with the launch of the Greenpower Park Centre of Electrification and Clean Energy.
With the West Midlands Gigafactory as its anchor tenant, the plan is to create an end-to-end electrification and clean energy cluster at the campus in Coventry with capacity for up to 60GWh, enough to power 600,000 electric vehicles.
The Greenpower Park campus will support the development of new businesses and manufacturing facilities with a unique package of incentives, combining investment zone status, approved planning permission and an unprecedented regional incentives package to kick start development.
It aims to attract inward investment of £2.5 billion and create 6,000 highly skilled jobs, placing the UK at the forefront of critical clean energy technologies.
Capitalising on a future workforce of over 210,000 local students enrolled in relevant degrees and vocational courses to meet the electrification sector’s needs, the project’s backers believe that Greenpower Park’s launch will prove a pivotal moment in the UK’s transition to an electrified economy, as well as a significant leap forward in battery technology development and sustainable manufacturing practices.
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