Lyten, global leader in lithium-sulfur batteries, announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Northvolt\u2019s remaining assets in Sweden and Germany. The acquisition includes Northvolt Ett and Ett Expansion (Skellefte\u00e5, Sweden), Northvolt Labs (V\u00e4ster\u00e5s, Sweden), and Northvolt Drei (Heide, Germany).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, Lyten is acquiring all remaining Northvolt intellectual property (IP), and multiple members of the current Northvolt executive team plan to join Lyten. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed by any parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a defining moment for Lyten,\u201d stated Dan Cook, Lyten CEO and Co-Founder. \u201cLyten\u2019s mission is to be the leading supplier of clean, locally sourced and manufactured batteries and energy storage systems in both North America and Europe. The acquisition of Northvolt\u2019s assets brings the facilities and Swedish talent to accelerate this mission by years, just at the moment when demand for Lyten lithium-sulfur batteries is growing exponentially to meet energy independence, national security, and AI data center needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In total, Lyten\u2019s acquisition includes assets valued at approximately 5 billion USD, including 16 GWh of existing battery manufacturing capacity, more than15 GWh of capacity under construction, the infrastructure and plans to scale to more than 100 GWh, and the largest and most advanced battery R&D center (V\u00e4ster\u00e5s) in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lyten plans to rehire a significant portion of the previously laid-off workforce at these facilities and will assess staffing needs site by site. Lyten sees substantial value in retaining local expertise and is committed to building long-term employment opportunities as we restart and scale operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ebba Busch, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, stated \u201cLyten\u2019s acquisition of the Northvolt assets is a win for Sweden, for the former employees of Northvolt, and for positioning Sweden as key to Europe\u2019s energy independence. We have been working closely with the Trustee and Lyten to fully support this deal and we are excited to work with Lyten moving forward to make good on the immense potential of these assets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This acquisition is being fully funded through equity investment into Lyten from private investors. The transactions are subject to appropriate Swedish and German governmental and European agency approvals. Lyten expects the acquisitions to close in the fourth quarter of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lyten has previously announced the acquisition of three other Northvolt assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lyten plans to immediately restart operations in Skellefte\u00e5 (Ett) and V\u00e4ster\u00e5s (Labs) upon close of the transaction and collaboration with Northvolt\u2019s prior anchor customers is progressing constructively. Lyten plans to immediately restart Northvolt Dwa upon close of the transaction to support rapidly growing demand for Lyten BESS in more than 20 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Northvolt Drei, Lyten is working with Northvolt and the German government to continue the program to establish a battery manufacturing facility near Heide in Schleswig-Holstein, with 15 GWh of initial capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lyten is also committed to pursuing the acquisition of Northvolt Six in Quebec, Canada, which is constructing a 15 GWh Phase 1 battery manufacturing facility. Lyten is actively progressing discussions with Northvolt North America, the Government of Canada, the Government of Qu\u00e9bec and other key local stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe demand for European and North American made batteries is only growing,\u201d added Lars Herlitz, Lyten Chairman and Co-Founder. \u201cThe combination of Northvolt\u2019s world-class manufacturing assets and low-cost clean energy, Lyten\u2019s world leading lithium-sulfur battery technology, and Lyten\u2019s U.S. battery materials supply chain creates the right formula to fulfill Europe and North America\u2019s battery manufacturing ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lyten currently manufactures lithium-sulfur batteries in Silicon Valley and is selling commercially into the rapidly growing drone and defense markets. Lyten is also preparing to launch its lithium-sulfur batteries onto the International Space Station in the coming months and has a multi-billion-dollar pipeline for BESS powered by lithium-sulfur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLyten is a leader in the energy storage industry. As energy becomes a national security priority, from data centers to micro-grids, I\u2019m proud to help secure a sustainable transformation of Germany\u2019s infrastructure and data economy.\u201d stated Sem M. K\u00f6ksal, Lyten Advisor and CEO Gsl Holding GmbH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lyten, global leader in lithium-sulfur batteries, announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Northvolt\u2019s remaining assets in Sweden and Germany. The acquisition includes Northvolt Ett and Ett Expansion (Skellefte\u00e5, Sweden), Northvolt Labs (V\u00e4ster\u00e5s, Sweden), and Northvolt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16232,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16228\/revisions\/16232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}