Verkor, fabricante franc\u00e9s de bater\u00edas y socio de Renault, ha recibido m\u00e1s de dos mil millones de euros en capital fresco. El dinero se destinar\u00e1 a la construcci\u00f3n de su f\u00e1brica de c\u00e9lulas de bater\u00edas en el norte de Francia y a actividades de investigaci\u00f3n y desarrollo en Grenoble.<\/p>\n
Verkor afirma que la empresa ha obtenido al menos 850 millones de euros de los inversores en su ronda de financiaci\u00f3n de la serie C. Otros 650 millones de euros llegar\u00e1n en forma de subvenciones del gobierno franc\u00e9s en el marco del plan Francia 2030, tras la aprobaci\u00f3n de las ayudas estatales de la UE. Esta suma incluye tambi\u00e9n subvenciones de la regi\u00f3n de Hauts-de-France y de la ciudad de Dunkerque, por valor de 60 y 30 millones de euros respectivamente. Verkor est\u00e1 construyendo actualmente su f\u00e1brica de pilas en la regi\u00f3n<\/a>. Adem\u00e1s, el Banco Europeo de Inversiones apoya a Verkor con un paquete de pr\u00e9stamos de 600 millones de euros.<\/p>\n En cuanto a los inversores, la ronda de financiaci\u00f3n fue liderada por Macquarie Asset Management, que invirti\u00f3 en la startup a trav\u00e9s de su Energy Transition Solutions Fund. Tambi\u00e9n participaron en la ronda socios industriales y financieros de Verkors como Renault Group, EQT Ventures, EIT InnoEnergy y Sibanye-Stillwater. El Fondo de Inversi\u00f3n SPI (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de projets industriels) aument\u00f3 su inversi\u00f3n en esta ronda en el marco del programa Invest for the Future, seg\u00fan Verkor.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Verkor, fabricante franc\u00e9s de bater\u00edas y socio de Renault, ha recibido m\u00e1s de dos mil millones de euros de capital fresco. El dinero se destinar\u00e1 a la construcci\u00f3n de su bater\u00eda<\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":176158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9927],"tags":[10230,13682,10914,25081,13730,18358,18820,9970,1063,28919,437,28920,28921,7405,10032,13946,21033],"class_list":["post-208395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battery-fuel-cell","tag-batteries","tag-battery-cells","tag-battery-production","tag-dunkerque","tag-eib","tag-eit-innoenergy","tag-eqt-ventures","tag-france","tag-grenoble","tag-macquarie-asset-management","tag-renault","tag-sibanye-stillwater","tag-societe-de-projets-industriels","tag-startup","tag-subsidies","tag-suppliers","tag-verkor"],"acf":{"inhalt_teil2":" Production at Vektor’s Dunkirk plant is scheduled to start in 2025 with an annual capacity of 16 GWh. By 2030, capacity is to be expanded to 50 GWh. Research and development, as already mentioned, is located in Grenoble. The Verkor Innovation Centre (VIC), which opened its doors at the end of June<\/a>, is located there. Among other things, the pilot lines for series production from 2025 are to be prepared there.<\/p>\n The main customer for the battery cells will be the Renault Group. The carmaker entered into a strategic partnership with Verkor in 2021<\/a>, which was converted into a commercial partnership in April 2023<\/a>. Together, the companies intend to develop and manufacture high-performance batteries for Renault electric cars from the C-segment upwards and for Alpine models. According to the announcement made in the summer, Renault intends to purchase ten GWh from Verkor from 2026 and 20 GWh from 2030.<\/p>\n