I-Northvolt imemezela ukuphothulwa kokuthuthukiswa kwebhethri layo lokuqala eligaywe kabusha. Ukuze kukhiqizwe umklamo ngezinga eliphezulu, inhlangano ikhulisa imboni eSweden.
Ibhethri liqukethe ngokuphelele izinto zokusetshenziswa ezingatholwa ngokugaywa kabusha kukadoti webhethri: i-cobalt, i-nickel ne-manganese. Ukuphumelela kwezobuchwepheshe, ngokusho kwenhlangano.
"Lena yindlela esimeme, engcono kakhulu yokukhipha izinto zokusetshenziswa zokukhiqiza amabhethri kunezimayini," kusho u-Emma Nehrenheim, Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezemvelo eNorthvolt. "Sikwenza kucace ukuthi isiyingi samabhethri singavalwa."
Ngqo umkhuba
I-Northvolt imisa isitshalo esikhulu sokugaywa kabusha ukuze sikhiqize umklamo ngobuningi. Imboni yokugaywa kabusha izokwakhiwa eduze kwemboni ekhona yase-Northvolt e-Skellefteå, e-Sweden.
Ekugcineni, inkimbinkimbi icubungula izinhlobo ezimbili zokumosheka kwebhethri: amabhethri asetshenzisiwe asuka ezimotweni zikagesi kanye nemfucuza eyinsalela evela ezimbonini ezikhona. I-Northvolt izosebenzisa kabusha amathani ayi-125,000 amabhethri amadala ngonyaka ukuze ikhiqize amahora angama-gigawatt angama-60 amabhethri amasha. Ngo-2030, inhlangano inethemba lokuthi izoba nesabelo samaphesenti angama-20 kuye kwangama-25 emakethe yokukhiqiza amabhethri yaseYurophu.