Greenpower Park
Greenpower Park is an area near Coventry Airport aimed at being a centre of excellence for battery technology and manufacturing. It already houses the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) and aims to house a West Midlands battery Gigafactory if funding can be raised.
The West Midlands Combined Authority 2023 Investment Prospectus said that the West Midlands Gigafactory in Coventry:
is a strategically crucial investment for the region and the UK. It will play a major role in securing the future of the automotive industry. The goal is to help drive the world’s transition to sustainable energy through electric vehicles. At full capacity, the Gigafactory will be able to produce up to 60GWh – enough to power 600,000 electric vehicles per year.
It will be one of the largest new industrial facilities of any kind in the UK. The project will inject a £2.5bn investment into the region and create up to 6,000 new highly skilled jobs directly and many more in the supply chain.
Promoter: Coventry City Council and Coventry Airport Limited