LG Energy Solution, India’s JSW discuss $1.5 bln battery venture

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) is in talks with India’s JSW Energy to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage in a joint venture that would need an investment of over $1.5 billion, two sources told Reuters.

The two companies have signed an initial agreement to form an equal partnership in which LGES will contribute the technology and equipment for making batteries and JSW will invest money, said one of the sources.

The discussions include setting up a plant in India with a total capacity of 10 gigawatt hours of which JSW is likely to use about 70% for energy storage and electric vehicles and LGES will take the remainder, both sources said.

“LGES wanted a partner in India and JSW is interested because it is coming up with its own brand of EVs starting with buses and trucks, and later on cars,” said the second person.

The agreement is non-binding and both companies expect to finalise the talks over coming months, said the two sources who have direct knowledge of the discussions but declined to be identified as the talks are still private. “We are exploring various potential business options and monitoring market situation closely,” LGES said in a statement, adding that it does not have any specific plans for India.

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