Blyth Gigaplant

[legend7]

Wonder if the interconnector in blyth also helps?

I wonder if the IAMP site was ever considered by the company also or whether sites have been cherry picked as has happened with the CPU’s relocation of government departments around the country.

Yeah there is a train line which can be opened back up and as we have said a deep dock so lots of pros for that site, plus they wanted something big enough for a lot of the supply chain to move onto too.
I'm not sure who else they considered I'm sure there were loads of places that pitched to them.
I now Advance have put a hell of a lot of work into getting them on board.

 

[PinzaC55]

Yeah there is a train line which can be opened back up and as we have said a deep dock so lots of pros for that site, plus they wanted something big enough for a lot of the supply chain to move onto too.
I'm not sure who else they considered I'm sure there were loads of places that pitched to them.
I now Advance have put a hell of a lot of work into getting them on board.

It will provide a strong impetus for reopening Newcastle - Ashington - Morpeth to passengers but the line into Blyth town centre has been built on.

Disused Stations:Blyth Station (2nd)

 

[legend7]

It will provide a strong impetus for reopening Newcastle - Ashington - Morpeth to passengers but the line into Blyth town centre has been built on.

Disused Stations:Blyth Station (2nd)

Yeah its been talked about for a while getting the link back to Ashington.
This may well help hopefully.
Town centre has but I'm sure the line to the factory is still clear and reusable

It will provide a strong impetus for reopening Newcastle - Ashington - Morpeth to passengers but the line into Blyth town centre has been built on.

Disused Stations:Blyth Station (2nd)

Mentions the rail possibilities in the q&a at the end

UK's first gigaplant in Blyth will bring 3k new jobs to the North East

The £2.6bin promised for the gigaplant is the largest industrial investment in the North East since Nissan's arrival in Sunderland in 1984, and is one of the largest-ever industrial investments in the UK.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

 

[Big Duke Six]

What will happen when they finally realise electric cars are not the answer to replace the internal combustion engine?

 

[legend7]

What will happen when they finally realise electric cars are not the answer to replace the internal combustion engine?

A lot of production there will not just be for cars i don't think.
However even if they don't replace altogether i think there will still be huge demand hence all of these car companies ploughing billions into research and development of EVs over ICEs

 

[Big Duke Six]

A lot of production there will not just be for cars i don't think.
However even if they don't replace altogether i think there will still be huge demand hence all of these car companies ploughing billions into research and development of EVs over ICEs

How are they going to dispose of all that lithium when these batteries reach end of life?

 

[legend7]

How are they going to dispose of all that lithium when these batteries reach end of life?

There is potential for recycling at that factory i think but many years time as there just isn't the demand at the moment.
Batteries are lasting much longer than expected.
Don't get me wrong I love a petrol car too that's a different argument but I think there is definitely the demand for what this factory can produce.
Its not cost effective to ship batteries from China all over Europe.
I think they are going to produce for the more premium larger car and then the likes of trucks and larger vehicles as they develop.

How are they going to dispose of all that lithium when these batteries reach end of life?

Mentions recycling in this article

UK's first gigaplant in Blyth will bring 3k new jobs to the North East

The £2.6bin promised for the gigaplant is the largest industrial investment in the North East since Nissan's arrival in Sunderland in 1984, and is one of the largest-ever industrial investments in the UK.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

 

[Burnopfield Mackem]

Great news, good to hear some positivity for the region.

 

[Big Duke Six]

What happened to this thread?

It went flat.

 

[Sandboy]

There is potential for recycling at that factory i think but many year
Its not cost effective to ship batteries from China all over Europe.
I think they are going to produce for the more premium larger car and then the likes of trucks and larger vehicles as they develop.

Mentions recycling in this article

There is potential for recycling at that factory i think but many years time as there just isn't the demand at the moment.
Batteries are lasting much longer than expected.
Don't get me wrong I love a petrol car too that's a different argument but I think there is definitely the demand for what this factory can produce.
Its not cost effective to ship batteries from China all over Europe.
I think they are going to produce for the more premium larger car and then the likes of trucks and larger vehicles as they develop.

Mentions recycling in this article

UK's first gigaplant in Blyth will bring 3k new jobs to the North East

The £2.6bin promised for the gigaplant is the largest industrial investment in the North East since Nissan's arrival in Sunderland in 1984, and is one of the largest-ever industrial investments in the UK.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

I wouldn't be so sure about it being uneconomic to distribute Chinese batteries, they do it for everything else and are self sufficient in raw materials

 

[legend7]

Its more the transportation but that's only off reading that mind I'm not an expert.
They are heavy as fuck like and I guess the more factories there are will erode margins when transport is involved.

 

[Sandboy]

Its more the transportation but that's only off reading that mind I'm not an expert.
They are heavy as fuck like and I guess the more factories there are will erode margins when transport is involved.

It's not always logical Its cheaper for me to send stone to Brazil than it is to Norway, just need to find the right ship. I still missed out to the Canadians !

 

[legend7]

It's not always logical Its cheaper for me to send stone to Brazil than it is to Norway, just need to find the right ship. I still missed out to the Canadians !

Ah I get that but as more of these plants go up it must be cheaper to supply the UK from a UK plant.
What kind of stone do you do out of interest?

 

[Sandboy]

Ah I get that but as more of these plants go up it must be cheaper to supply the UK from a UK plant.
What kind of stone do you do out of interest?

All sorts but it tends to be just limestone that gets exported for steel, paper etc

 

[legend7]

All sorts but it tends to be just limestone that gets exported for steel, paper etc

Ahh right.
Was just curious, used to sell a lot of Indian stone or Chinese granite in last job. And walling stone from UK for construction jobs over here.
So do you have a quarry yourself

 

[Sandboy]

Ahh right.
Was just curious, used to sell a lot of Indian stone or Chinese granite in last job. And walling stone from UK for construction jobs over here.
So do you have a quarry yourself

I work for a company that has many, wish I had my own !

 

[legend7]

I work for a company that has many, wish I had my own !

Its quite fascinating how many different types there are when you get into it like.
You look at some walls and its just "stone" but there are myriads.
Had to go up ladycross quarries once, wow like stepping back in time, really cool though.

 

[Man About Town]

Fuck the region I want jobs for Sunderland

 

[zinedine]

How are they going to dispose of all that lithium when these batteries reach end of life?

Just do what they did with coal waste, dump it in the sea off Blyth.
You drive to Blyth, old battery out, new battery in, old battery chucked in the sea
Now we know why they've picked a coastal site.

Fuck the region I want jobs for Sunderland

Looks like we need to vote for a Tory MP.

 

[Deleted User 2893]

Is this because of brexit or despite brexit?