El fabricante surcoreano de bater\u00edas de celdas LG Energy Solution ha anunciado que invertir\u00e1 m\u00e1s de 4.500 millones de d\u00f3lares (algo menos de 3.800 millones de euros) de aqu\u00ed a 2025 para ampliar sus capacidades de producci\u00f3n en Estados Unidos de 70 GWh a 110 GWh. Est\u00e1 previsto construir al menos dos nuevas f\u00e1bricas.<\/p>\n
LG Energy Solution quiere construir un segunda f\u00e1brica de c\u00e9lulas de bater\u00edas como parte de la empresa conjunta con General Motors<\/a>. Se trata de ofrecer una capacidad de producci\u00f3n similar a la de la primera planta de Ohio (35 GWh al a\u00f1o) y producir \"c\u00e9lulas de nueva generaci\u00f3n\". Adem\u00e1s, LG anunci\u00f3 un \"Proyecto de Campo Verde\", un impulso expl\u00edcitamente orientado a la pol\u00edtica para participar activamente en el giro ecol\u00f3gico que persigue el presidente estadounidense Joe Biden. En este contexto, LG pretende identificar dos emplazamientos candidatos para instalar otra f\u00e1brica en el primer semestre de 2021, en la que se producir\u00e1n diversos tipos de c\u00e9lulas: C\u00e9lulas en bolsa para coches el\u00e9ctricos y almacenamiento estacionario de bater\u00edas, y c\u00e9lulas cil\u00edndricas para coches el\u00e9ctricos. Es muy posible que las c\u00e9lulas cil\u00edndricas tambi\u00e9n se refieran a la 4680 c\u00e9lulas que LG podr\u00eda producir para Tesla a partir de 2023<\/a>. Sin embargo, esto no ha sido confirmado.<\/p>\n En la actualidad, LG Energy Solutions mantiene una f\u00e1brica de c\u00e9lulas de 5 GWh en Michigan, que ya se puso en marcha en 2012, y en 2022, en colaboraci\u00f3n con GM, finaliza las obras de construcci\u00f3n de una f\u00e1brica conjunta situada en Ohio con una capacidad anual de 35 GWh. Junto con la ya anunciada segunda f\u00e1brica de GM-LG (tambi\u00e9n de unos 35 GWh), de la que el grupo no ha facilitado m\u00e1s detalles hasta la fecha, suman 75 GWh. Para alcanzar los 110 GWh prometidos por LG, deber\u00e1n crearse otros 35 GWh de capacidad anual a trav\u00e9s del \"Proyecto Green Field\". Los surcoreanos no revelan si esto se cubrir\u00e1 con una o varias f\u00e1bricas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" El fabricante surcoreano de c\u00e9lulas de bater\u00edas LG Energy Solution ha anunciado que invertir\u00e1 m\u00e1s de 4.500 millones de d\u00f3lares (algo menos de 3.800 millones de euros) para<\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":99218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9927],"tags":[10230,13682,10914,224,6145,329,21975,13946,609],"class_list":["post-151235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battery-fuel-cell","tag-batteries","tag-battery-cells","tag-battery-production","tag-general-motors","tag-joint-venture","tag-lg-chem","tag-lg-energy-solution","tag-suppliers","tag-usa"],"acf":{"inhalt_teil2":" The group’s statement says rather generally that pressure on domestic production of electric car components in the US is increasing sharply and LG Energy Solution is looking to expand its production capacity to meet the needs of numerous global automakers in the US and Europe. “In addition to partnerships with major global companies, LG Energy Solution is also currently receiving battery supply orders from various ESS and EV start-ups in the US,” the company also shares.<\/p>\n With the investment of 4.5 billion US dollars, the manufacturer wants to create 4,000 direct and 6,000 indirect jobs in the supplier industry in the USA. In its statement, LG emphasises its close ties to the USA. Already in 2000, the first US research facility was founded, it says. With GM, Ford and Chrysler, all three major US car companies are customers of LG cells.<\/p>\n “The goals of the US president and automakers will drive the growth of the electric vehicle and energy storage system market in the US,” Jong Hyun Kim, CEO of LG Energy Solution, makes direct reference to the policy reversal in the United States. “LG Energy Solution is committed to expanding its battery manufacturing capacity and building a stable, local supply chain that offers everything from R&D to production.” Through this commitment, he said, it aims to secure its leadership position as a “strong, indispensable partner in the electric vehicle and ESS market and contribute to the success of the US auto industry and economy”.<\/p>\n