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CALB Sines

CALB · Sines · PT · Batteries and solar · supply security

In construction15 GWh per year€2.0 bn total investment

CALB Sines is CALB's batteries and solar project at Sines, Portugal.

Why it matters

It is being built.

  • CALB Sines went into construction on 24 February 2025. as of 2025-02-24
  • It is at Sines, Portugal. as of 2026-09-05
  • It uses gigafactory-scale cell manufacturing. as of 2026-09-05
  • It is built for 15 GWh per year. as of 2026-09-05
  • No committed public money is on file for it. as of 2026-09-05

Where CALB Sines is

CALB Sines is at ZILS Lote 1A3.3, Sines. Also in frame: 1 site using the same technology.

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filled: operating, commissioning or under constructionhollow: announced, funded, or pausedringed: this project

37.9871° N 8.7974° WZILS Lote 1A3.3, Sines

as of 2026-09-05

Status

  1. Announced
  2. Funded
  3. FID taken
  4. In construction2025-02-24
  5. Operating
  • 2025-02-24In constructionCALB's own release dates the build start to 24 February 2025: 'construction commenced on CALB's Portugal facility'. The Portuguese government's release of the same day announces the launch, the 15 GWh capacity, about two billion euros of investment and 1 800 direct jobs, and records the project as a Projeto de Interesse Nacional. THE COMPANY EXPECTS DELIVERY IN 2027 AND THE STATE SAYS FULLY OPERATIONAL IN 2028; neither is a status this row can carry until something happens.source

Technology and measures

  • Gigafactory-scale cell manufacturingcommercialElectrode coating, cell assembly and formation run at gigawatt-hour scale on one site. It is the process node rather than a chemistry: the same lines make several chemistries, and what decides whether Europe has cells is whether the lines exist and yield, not which cathode runs through them.

Funding

No public capital recorded for this project.

Sources