Rosatom establishing Europe’s largest lithium battery manufacturing facility

‘Ready to join hands with India too’

Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, widely known as nuclear energy solutions provider across the globe, is all set to establish Europe’s largest lithium battery production facility in its homeland in the wake of the rapidly increasing demand for electric vehicles across the globe.

 “We are ready to join hands with our Indian partners for setting up the lithium battery production units in India also,” said Vadim Titov, president, Rusatom – International Network, an arm of Rosatom.

 During an informal chat with three select Indian journalists, who were recently taken to the Leningrad Nuclear Power Station, Russia’s largest nuclear complex located on the southern shore of Gulf of Finland, Mr. Titov said Rosatom was establishing very huge lithium battery production plant in Russia, probably the largest such facility in Europe as it believed that energy-storage approach would be the part of the future. Hence, it was in the process of constructing the facility.

 When asked about its possible ventures with India in this rapidly growing portfolio, Mr. Titov said it could be expected in near future as the Russian firm was open to such cooperation.

 He also said Rosatom, now providing nuclear energy solutions to various countries, was open to join hands with India in several other emerging areas such as the production of carbon fibre, a material of the future with high thermal conductivity, nuclear medicine, modern radiation technologies and wind energy.

Rosatom, being a company producing modern carbon fibre materials, was in talks with the India. Some exact projects would be finalised soon in this area, he hoped.