Northvolt Heide Gigafactory

Northvolt · Germany · battery cell plant

Battery cell plant of Northvolt in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, opened or targeted 2026. Status: paused.

Heide Gigafactory: battery cell plant illustration; status paused, capacity 60 GWh, country Germany Paused 60 GWh Germany
Capacity
60 GWh
Chemistry
NMC, LFP
Opened or target
2026
Hub
Supply Chain

Status

Paused: Northvolt went bankrupt in March 2025; Lyten is negotiating to acquire the project (2026)

Northvolt battery cell plant in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Products: cells. Anchor customer: VW / Scania.

Northvolt Germany plant paused amid financial restructuring; Volkswagen 20% stake; critical for EU battery independence if Northvolt survives restructuring.

Semiconductor interface: EU battery sovereignty risk; VW supply dependency; SiC traction demand contingent.

Plant record

Plant record

Heide Gigafactory (Northvolt)
Owner or operatorNorthvolt
PlantHeide Gigafactory
LocationHeide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
RegionEurope
Owner home countrySweden
Productscells
Cell formatprismatic
Cell chemistryNMC, LFP
Capacity (GWh per year)60
Capacity basislegacy figure, not re-verified
Statuspaused
Status checked 2025-2026yes
Opened or target year2026
Investment$5.0 billion
Anchor customerVW / Scania
Strategic tier (1 highest)1
China supply exposurelow
Record updated2026-10

Official site: northvolt.com

In context

Where it fits

Listed in Battery Cell Gigafactories.

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Other battery cell plants in Germany
PlantLocationTypeStatus
Erfurt Gigafactory (CATL)Arnstadt, Thuringia, Germanybattery cell plantoperational
Salzgitter Gigafactory (PowerCo (Volkswagen))Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, Germanybattery cell plantramping
Gottingen Gigafactory (Gotion High-Tech)Gottingen, Lower Saxony, Germanybattery cell plantunder construction
Kaiserslautern Gigafactory (ACC)Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanybattery cell plantcancelled
Saarland Gigafactory (SVOLT)Uberherrn, Saarland, Germanybattery cell plantcancelled

Sources

Sources and scope

Scope
Heide Gigafactory (Northvolt)
Sources
ElectronsX gigafactory dataset; company releases and trade press
Updated
2026-10