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The news has been advanced by Reyes Maroto in statements to TVE.

Extremadura will have the first battery factory in Spain and Southern Europe, the details of which will be announced by the Junta de Extremadura starting at 12 in the morning.

The minister has specified that it is a project "that has been working on for two years and is headed by a Spanish company (Phi4Tech).

That is to say, it has nothing to do with the battery plant that will be installed thanks to the public-private consortium in which the State, VW-Seat and Iberdrola are already present, although it is open to more partners, and which has made several CCAA compete to host it.

Mainly, Aragon and Galicia since Catalonia did not even have to present its candidacy when, from the beginning, it was stated that "it would be close to Martorell".

A phrase that Industry later qualified, noting that this location will be decided by a group created expressly and that it will act with "rigor and transparency."

The Extremadura factory will start operating in 2023 and will be part of the only vertical battery project in Europe, as it

will also include a factory to manufacture cathodes and two mines, one of them lithium.

In total, more than 1,100 million in investment that will create up to 1,615 direct jobs.

"It is good news for the sector, after those that have been announced this week and it will be very good for a region like Extremadura.

In addition, different companies, entities and universities from other Autonomous Communities also participate,"

said Maroto.

The Junta de Extremadura will give details of the project at a press conference this morning.

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