What is a gigafactory?

Explanation featuring ACC (Automotive Cells Company), a leading battery manufacturer at the Douvrin Gigafactory in the Hauts-de-France region.

ACC and Equans are collaborating on the production of electric vehicle batteries at ACC’s Gigafactory in Billy-Berclau / Douvrin. Their partnership aims to create a high-performance, energy-efficient industrial environment, which is crucial for ACC’s rapid growth in the electric vehicle battery technology sector.

Challenges Facing the Douvrin Gigafactory: A Collaboration Between ACC and Equans to Build an Energy-Efficient Gigafactory in France.

Large-scale production:


Ensuring the production of more than 2 million lithium-ion batteries per year.

Reducing environmental impact:


Effective management of organic solvents and critical environments.

Equans Solutions for a Gigafab

Expertise in production environments:


Cleanroom management (to control particulate contamination), anhydrous rooms (to control humidity levels), and distribution of necessary fluids.

Environmental Innovation:


Patent Filed for the Treatment and Recycling of N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone Vapors (NMP).

Key Figures & Highlights of the ACC Gigafactory in Douvrin

13 GWh
Annual capacity: 13 GWh, enough to power 223,333 electric cars equipped with a 60 kWh battery.
16 mois
Duration of the work.
> 50 M€
Investment
24 000 m²
Area of the anhydrous rooms
13 GWh
Annual capacity: 13 GWh, enough to power 223,333 electric cars equipped with a 60 kWh battery.
16 mois
Duration of the work.
> 50 M€
Investment
24 000 m²
Area of the anhydrous rooms

Second production block

Planned expansion: Double capacity by 2026.

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