Georgia, Coweta County and Freyr Battery

Battery firm abandons plan for a $2.6 billion plant in Georgia
A clean energy company is abandoning a plan to build a giant electric battery factory in Atlanta's suburbs after it shifted to buy a solar panel plant in Texas.
Freyr Battery scraps plans for $2.5 billion factory in Coweta County, Georgia official says
A state official says a Norway-based battery manufacturer has scrapped plans to build a factory in metro Atlanta. The Coweta County project would have been Freyr Battery’s first American factory. It promised hundreds of jobs and a $2.
Freyr Battery must repay at least $27 million to Georgia and Coweta County after nixed expansion
Freyr Battery must pay the state of Georgia back for a $7 million grant the company received to acquire its 368-acre site that was going to be a battery factory in Coweta County.
Plans for nearly $2.6B FREYR Battery plant in Coweta County nixed
FREYR Battery has decided not to proceed with a nearly $2.6 billion lithium-ion battery plant in Coweta County, which would have created 723 jobs. The decision to cancel the plant was communicated in a letter to county leaders,
$2.57 billion battery manufacturing plant no longer coming to Coweta County
COWETA COUNTY, Ga — A $2.5 billion battery manufacturing plant that was set to be built in Coweta County is no longer coming as the company changed plans. Norwegian company Freyr Battery announced in 2022 that the factory would make batteries to store wind and solar energy and would bring 700 jobs to Georgia.
Freyr cancels $2.6B battery factory it promised to build in Georgia
Freyr Battery officials informed the Coweta County Development Authority late last month that the company will not move forward with its planned battery factory.
Norwegian company abandons plans for $2.5 billion battery plant, 700 jobs in metro Atlanta
The $2.57 billion battery manufacturing plant was first announced in Nov. 2022 and was slated to bring approximately 723 jobs into the area. The facility was set to be called Giga
Freyr Battery cancels $2.6 billion Georgia battery factory plans
Norwegian battery firm Freyr has canceled plans for a Georgia factory that would have supplied batteries for energy storage.
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Coweta fire battalion chief will be laid to rest today. Here’s how you can pay your respects
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Coweta County elementary school principal charged with shoplifting
Store employees told investigators it wasn't the first time that the metro Atlanta principal had been caught trying to ...