LISBON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - China's CALB, one of the world's largest battery makers for electric vehicles, said on Friday it would invest 2 billion euros ($2.09 billion) in a gigafactory in Portugal that is expected to start production in 2028.
The factory to be built in Sines, about 100 km (62 miles) south of Lisbon, will produce batteries with a total annual capacity of 15 gigawatt hours, which is equivalent to about 187,000 batteries for EVs, mainly in the European market.
(Reporting by Sergio Goncalves; editing by Andrey Khalip)
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