Natron Energy | Company bringing 1,000 new jobs to Edgecombe County [Video]

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that a battery maker will bring 1,000 new jobs to Edgecombe County.

Natron Energy Inc., described as a global leader in sodium-ion battery technology, will build the first sodium-ion battery gigafactory in the United States at the Kingsboro megasite, Cooper said. The company will invest nearly $1.4 billion in Edgecombe County.

“North Carolina’s momentum in the clean energy economy reaches epic proportions with today’s news,” Cooper said. “Natron Energy’s choice to build this large and unique battery factory in our state will help the nation reduce greenhouse gas emissions while creating good jobs in Rocky Mount, Nash and Edgecombe counties, and many other places in eastern North Carolina.”

Natron Energy was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Its batteries are seen as an efficient alternative to lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries across many performance measures, such as cycle life and power density.

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