Landscape works have begun at the new building works being carried out by Envision for its battery factory near the Nissan plant in Sunderland, UK. It will be the second UK facility for the EV battery specialist from Japan.

Brambledown Landscape Services Ltd, employing approximately 80 full time staff, will undertake the soft landscape works, which could be in excess of half a million pounds. 

Working from depots in Birtley and Durham, tress and shrubs will be supplied to the new giant structure, which will come on stream in 2025. 

The battery plant, once operational, will have an annual capacity of 12 GWh. This is more than the 9 GWh the company had set when publishing the plans for Sunderland in July 2019. 

The type of cell AESC will be making for Nissan here has remained unchanged, with Envision saying it would produce its latest generation batteries with 30% more energy density. They further promise to deliver enough batteries to power 100,000 electric vehicles annually.

Nissan’s presence in Sunderland and cooperation with AESC have been longstanding. Nissan Europe Vice President of Engineering Andy Marsh explained how the first Sunderland battery plant helped launch the 100% electric Nissan LEAF and expects the second factory to become “a fundamental part of our EV36Zero project, which brings together electric vehicle production, battery manufacturing and renewables as we drive towards carbon neutrality”.

Brambledown are excited to be named as Landscape contractor on this prestigious scheme in Sunderland.