KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 (Bernama) -- An energy management company, Lithium Werks B.V. will build a 42 acre major clean energy research and development (R&D) campus at Twente Airport, Netherlands – for the development of a mobile battery ecosystem at Technology Base.
“In order to achieve a real transition, from fossil fuels to renewables, energy has to be available in the right place and at the right time,” said chairman of the board at Lithium Werks, Kees Koolen.
Koolen added that over the next five years, they will recruit 2,000 people to develop clean energy technologies at the campus.
More than EUR 100 million (RM479 million) has been invested in the development of the campus by various parties. Oost NL was the first to invest in the project, in line with its brief from local authorities to sustainably strengthen the economy of the Eastern region of the Netherlands. (1 EUR = RM4.79)
The Netherlands-based company said in a statement the first building at Technology Base is scheduled for completion by the end of 2019 – initially providing work for approximately 300 people to research new technologies in the field of clean energy.
Lithium Werks is a fast-growing global lithium ion battery company with production facilities in the Netherlands and China and offices in the USA, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Norway.
The company provides cells, modules and energy management systems to markets such as industrial, transportation, marine and renewable energy. More details on www.lithiumwerks.com
--BERNAMA
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