Customer Qualification Plant (CQP) - Norway

FREYR’s Customer Qualification Plant (CQP) is located in a 13,000 m2 building in Mo i Rana, Northern Norway.

The CQP functions as a full-sized demonstration production line, at the actual physical size of a industrial scale production line in commercial operations. This facility will focus on product development and refinement and will allow us to create sample cells for our customers and test different materials over time.

It will also act as a training ground for our operators, who will one day staff our commercial giga factories.

Video tour of FREYR's Customer Qualification Plant (CQP) and Processes

The CQP consists of three assets:

CQP Formation 1
The Production Line, here from the Aging and Formation process room
FREYR CQP QC Lab
The Quality Test Lab
Steen Testcenter CQP
The Testcenter for Life Cycle Testing of Battery Cells

Production Technology

FREYR Battery licenses Battery cell Technology from US based 24M Technologies, which was a spin-off from MIT. The 24M production process differs from conventional battery cell production, with a reduced number of production steps.

FREYR Battery Cell production
Cell stack assessment in the dry room

Take a fascinating journey inside FREYR's cutting-edge Customer Qualification Plant (CQP) in Norway, witness the intricate process design that will enable us to manufacture advanced battery cells for clean energy, and meet the dedicated team shaping a sustainable future.

Immerse yourself in the remarkable story of FREYR Battery's Customer Qualification Plant (CQP) in Mo i Rana, Northern Norway. This video takes you on a captivating journey, highlighting the transformation of the CQP from a vast, empty hall to a cutting-edge 13,000 m² facility, preparing to shape the future of battery technology.

CQP
FREYR has completed its first production trial of manufacturing chargeable unit cells with the Casting and Unit Cell Assembly machinery at the Customer Qualification Plant (“CQP”). This step, which marks the first time all manufacturing steps were run with automated processes, was reached in accordance with the previously communicated H1 2024 timeline. FREYR is now the first company to complete automated production trials on the second-generation SemiSolidTM manufacturing platform.