admin OXIS Energy will be the first manufacturing plant for the production of electrolyte and cathode active material specifically for the mass production of lithium-sulfur cells.
The plant will be designed at the Kenfig Industrial Estate Port Talbot in Wales. OXIS has signed a 15-year lease with United UK Real Estate Investment Industrial Holdings Limited to develop the plant. The electrolyte and cathode active material, which is currently at Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 8, will be produced for worldwide export.
The plant will supply the OXIS Energy Brazil Holding’s manufacturing plant, which has been combined set up between the State Government of Minas Gerais and OXIS Energy UK.
OXIS will maintain its Research and Development activity in the UK. Though, it will collaborate with Codemig, a wholly owned company controlled by the State of Minas Gerais to jointly exploit lithium rock deposit for the production of world-class lithium metal, which is used by OXIS for its Li-S cells.
Currently, OXIS is working on the design of the Brazilian Plant with NORDIKA Pharmaceutical of Brazil. It is also collaborating with other European companies, like Siemens AG, which have expertise in digital manufacturing and cybersecurity.
The aim is to produce the active material in Port Talbot in order to supply the cell capacity production in millions of units from 2020 until 2030.
With support from both the State Government of Minas Gerais and the Welsh Government, including the investment made by the Development Bank of Wales, OXIS is working in the direction of the commercialization of mass production of lithium-sulfur cells for electric batteries in order to address our target markets: aviation, marine and buses and trucks.
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