Valencian Government to start Battery Campus construction in Sagunto before end of 2026
The Valencian Government plans to begin building the Battery Campus vocational training centre linked to the PowerCo gigafactory in Sagunto before the end of 2026, with the facility set to open for the 2027-28 academic year.
The Valencian Government (Generalitat Valenciana) plans to start construction of the Battery Campus — a vocational training centre linked to the PowerCo gigafactory in the Parc Sagunt II industrial estate — before the end of 2026. The facility is expected to open for the 2027-28 academic year, according to the Regional Minister for the Economy, José Antonio Rovira, speaking before the Les Corts budget committee. The project will create a 19,951-square-metre public vocational training centre (CIPFP) with a budget of over 30 million euros. It will offer six advanced degree programmes in automation and robotics, electrotechnical systems, mechatronics, industrial analysis and control, industrial chemistry, and environmental chemistry. The centre will operate as a dual vocational training facility, combining classroom studies with on-site factory work. Part of the building will be leased to PowerCo for 30 years as the PowerCo Battery Academy. PowerCo (a Volkswagen Group subsidiary) runs gigafactories in Valencia, Salzgitter (Germany) and St. Thomas (Canada), with a combined capacity of up to 200 gigawatt-hours per year. According to valenciaplaza.com, the basic design has already been submitted.