UK-based battery maker AMTE (formerly AGM Batteries) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with infrastructure firm InfraNomics with the goal of making lithium batteries in Western Australia.
The MoU, signed on 15 September, will evaluate the technical and commercial viability of lithium-ion cell manufacturing in the country focused on eservices the energy storage sector.
AMTE made headlines early this year when it signed a MoU with Britishvolt, to build the UK’s first lithium-ion battery cell gigafactories servicing the automotive and energy storage markets.
The Scotland-based company’s plans include a 1GWh a year production facility, which it claimed would come online in 2023 at a cost of £200 million ($245 million).
AMTE is working with the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) to develop an energy cell in both pouch and cylindrical formats.
The latest MoU where low-carbon renewable energy sectors solar and wind are growing at pace.
AMTE has said the project is 100% industry-financed.
A statement on AMTE’s website said the Western Australian State and the Australian Federal Governments had been supportive of this emerging sector and had clear strategies to develop domestic battery manufacturing.
Cameron Edwards (pictured), director and founder of InfraNomics, said: “The battery facility would deliver a sustainable and ethical alternative supply chain for domestic and international customers. We’re positioning the company within the international battery supply chain, via the establishment of an advanced manufacturing facility in Lithium Valley.
“We will create a minimum of 250 direct jobs, value add to the emerging local critical raw materials industry, develop a new manufacturing export market for Australia, and support the growth of AMTE Power throughout Europe.”
