Published on: 2026-10-06
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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On the eve of Moscow Industry Day, celebrated on October 7, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (via videoconference) and the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin inaugurated the first electric battery cluster in the country. Rosatom State Corporation CEO Alexey Likhachev also took part in the opening ceremony.
“Technological leadership is impossible without the successful development of energy and the creation of modern high-capacity energy storage systems. In this regard, I want to draw special attention of state corporations, large and small technology companies, startups to the need for continuous improvement of technologies in this area, and to the wide implementation of new promising developments in practice,” emphasized Vladimir Putin.
In the Technopolis Moscow SEZ, on an area of over 34 hectares, the largest energy storage systems production facility in Russia is being established. By 2030, it will cover almost 70 percent of the domestic market’s demand for modern rechargeable batteries.
“In Moscow within the framework special economic zone “Already 250 high-tech enterprises have been created, many of which we have opened together with you. Today a new cluster is opening. The battery cluster is the largest in the country and one of the most modern in the world. It consists of two gigafactories,” noted Sergey Sobyanin.
Today the first enterprise is opening — the “Rener” gigafactory for the production of traction batteries. In the coming months, the launch of a second production of lithium-ion batteries intended for individual mobility devices and energy storage systems is planned. The creation of the Moscow electric battery cluster is part of a larger effort to ensure the country’s technological sovereignty, which Government of Moscow is carrying out on behalf of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
Currently, the traction battery accounts for about 35 percent of the cost of electric transport. Localizing the production of such batteries in Moscow will reduce the manufacturing cost of the vehicles and thereby increase their economic attractiveness. In turn, this will stimulate the expansion of domestic electric vehicle production and have a positive impact on the environmental situation.
The expansion of lithium-ion battery production will also contribute to increasing the export potential of the economy and the development of new technologies in related fields, including microprocessor technology, the chemical industry, the manufacture of high-tech materials, electronics, communication systems, transportation, and space technologies.
After reaching design capacity, the two innovative plants will be able to produce up to 33 million battery cells per year. The total production area will be approximately 200,000 square meters. More than 2,100 high-tech jobs will be created at the enterprises.
Batteries produced in the cluster can be used in electric cars, electric buses, trams, river vessels, freight and municipal equipment, robots, as well as in backup power systems for industrial facilities, civil construction, data centers, hospitals, and charging infrastructure.
At the same time, the Moscow battery cluster is formed taking into account the full life cycle of batteries. For example, when a battery reaches the end of its service life in an electric bus, it can be used as an energy storage device at ground public transport stops. In addition, their further disposal is planned: lithium, cobalt, and nickel will be extracted from used batteries.
“By the end of 2027, together with the Government of Russia and the state corporation Rosatom, the first full-cycle energy storage system testing and certification center in Russia will be created based on the cluster. It will save domestic manufacturers from having to undergo the relevant procedures abroad,” wrote Sergey Sobyanin on his channel in
Source: Mayor of Moscow’s channel in the messenger “Max”
There will be 28 testing methods and about 120 types of tests available here — from checking energy characteristics to thermal ramp-up. The center’s area will be five thousand square meters. They will purchase 55 units of high-tech equipment to outfit it.
Moscow Electric Battery Cluster
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Indicator |
Value |
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Cluster capacity |
Eight gigawatt-hours per year — up to 33 million cells (will cover almost 70 percent of the Russian market’s demand) |
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Guaranteed demand (order from the city of Moscow) |
2025–2030 |
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Factory area / land |
Approximately 200 thousand square meters / 34.3 hectares |
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Jobs |
More than 2.1 thousand |
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Automation |
Over 95 percent, 700 robots |
High-tech production of traction battery cells
In September 2023, a contract was signed between the State Unitary Enterprise “Mosgortrans” and LLC “Rener” (the state corporation “Rosatom”) for the supply of traction storage batteries, which includes reciprocal investment obligations of the supplier for the creation, modernization, and mastering of their production in the capital’s territory.
Under the agreement, Government of Moscow guarantees the purchase of traction battery packs for electric buses, trams, Moskvich cars, and river electric vessels for six years. The city has also committed to the construction of production buildings, technological connections, and the creation of supporting infrastructure.
“Moscow is one of the main consumers of traction batteries. These are electric buses, electric vehicles, electric vessels, and soon, possibly, metro trains, trams, and so on. That is, it is quite a large market. Today, the cost of a vehicle, an electric machine, an electric car is up to 40 percent the cost of the electric battery. And this includes about half of the battery’s cost — the software product and microchips. And all of this is imported. Therefore, without a modern domestic battery, it is simply impossible to speak of any technological sovereignty,” noted Sergey Sobyanin.
On its part, Rosatom equipped the plant with modern equipment and, together with the Moscow Government, ensured its launch in October 2026.
Before starting production, full-scale fire tests were conducted jointly with the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia. Based on their results, the first special technical specifications for the fire safety of such plants in the country were developed. Now they are applicable throughout the country.
The new plant in Moscow became the first gigafactory in Russia for the production of lithium-ion cells, modules, traction batteries, and stationary energy storage systems. For the construction of the enterprise, Government of Moscow provided a land plot of 20.3 hectares. At the production facility covering 133.7 thousand square meters, 1.3 thousand jobs have been created.
During the construction of the high-tech enterprise, 120 kilometers of power supply lines and 83 kilometers of networks were laid, the terrain was adapted with height differences of more than 30 meters and karst voids, clean rooms of ISO-7 class with an area of 29 thousand square meters were created — the largest in the country and among the largest in the world — along with two independent cooling systems.
The capacity of the new high-tech plant allows for the production of 18 million battery cells (50 thousand batteries) per year for electric vehicles, including taxis, car sharing, and personal transport, as well as electric buses, trams (providing autonomous operation), river electric vessels, and individual mobility means — electric bicycles, electric scooters, electric mopeds, and others.
“One cell per second is the performance of this line. 18 million cells per year. Up to 50 thousand, let’s say, electric vehicles can be equipped with batteries in a year. This, of course, is a significant part of the market, and it is covered only by this facility. There is a very high degree of automation here, 95 percent. But still, our main value is people, professionals who will develop this technology,” said Alexey Likhachev, CEO of the state corporation Rosatom.
According to experts, thanks to the use of the latest technologies, the base capacity of the batteries produced will be higher than those used today. For electric buses, it will increase by 30 percent, the estimated range will increase by 50 kilometers and reach 180 kilometers. For the Moskvich electric car, battery capacity will grow by 26 percent, and the estimated range will increase by more than 105 kilometers and reach 515 kilometers.
At the same time, as battery capacity increases, their weight will remain unchanged or even decrease, and the charging speed will increase by more than 10–15 percent.
In the future, the plant’s products are planned to be used for the production of uninterruptible power supply units, electric charging stations, emergency power supply systems for industrial, social, and strategic facilities, as well as for storing energy from renewable sources — wind turbines and solar panels. Additionally, in the future, several metro lines plan to switch trains to batteries, partially removing the third rail from tunnels and leaving charging only at stations during passenger boarding and alighting.
In terms of equipment and automation, the enterprise is one of the most modern and environmentally friendly in the world. The new full-cycle plant has installed over 1,400 units of high-tech equipment, including more than 450 robots, ensuring the completion of all production stages—from preparing cathode and anode mixtures, electrolyte, and applying materials to the electrode tape to forming the module from cells and the battery. The level of automation reaches 95 percent, and the total length of the technological lines amounts to 2.5 kilometers.
The company’s operations fully comply with the highest standards of environmental care. Waste-free production on automated high-tech equipment will prevent harmful emissions into the atmosphere.
“The gigafactory is ready for industrial operation launch. The main technological equipment has undergone comprehensive testing. Engineering systems deliver target parameters according to environmental characteristics,” said Anastasia Mikhailova, CEO of the company ‘Renera.’
In addition, by the end of this year, a high-tech R&D center in the field of modern battery manufacturing will be launched based at the enterprise. It will attract young specialists — students and graduates from leading universities, including Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and others, to conduct applied scientific research. This will enable the training of personnel for the rapidly growing industry and the undertaking of in-house developments that will be immediately implemented in production.
Lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant
For the construction of the second enterprise — the high-tech plant for the production of lithium-ion batteries “Inesis” — Government of Moscow provided a land plot of 14 hectares and also undertook the obligation to build a production facility with an area of 63.1 thousand square meters, where more than 840 jobs will be created.
The capacity of the new plant will allow the production of about 15 million cells per year, intended for personal mobility devices (electric bicycles, electric scooters, electric mopeds, and others), as well as for special machinery, stationary and mobile energy storage systems, robotic systems, and other devices.
The enterprise plans to manufacture six types of battery cells simultaneously — pouch and prismatic form factors. The production is also designed with the capability to simultaneously produce LFP (lithium iron phosphate), NMC (nickel manganese cobalt), and sodium-ion cells in the future.
The level of automation will reach almost 100 percent, and the total length of the technological lines will exceed two kilometers.
The construction of the main production building has already been fully completed, and preparations are underway to start production.
SEZ “Technopolis Moscow”
The special economic zone “Technopolis Moscow” is a territory with a special legal status, where a preferential regime of entrepreneurial activity operates for investors. It was established in 2006, but its active development began after the project was transferred to the Government of Moscow in September 2016. Over 10 years, the Technopolis Moscow SEZ has become the largest in Russia both in terms of investment volume and the area of operating enterprises.
Residents of the SEZ are exempt from property, transport, and land taxes for 10 years from the moment they obtain resident status. Their profit tax rate is two percent. A free customs zone regime and land lease benefits apply.
Today, more than 250 high-tech enterprises are localized in the SEZ “Technopolis Moscow,” of which 131 have resident status, and more than 34,000 jobs have been created. In addition, there are clusters of photonics and microelectronics, pharmaceuticals, electric vehicle manufacturing, elevator construction, and vertical transportation.
The area of the 10 sites where high-tech enterprises of the SEZ are located exceeds 430 hectares. Over 2.4 million square meters of industrial and public-business premises have already been built in the SEZ. By 2030, it is planned to increase this almost 2.5 times — up to 5.7 million square meters.
Industry of Moscow
Moscow is the largest industrial and scientific-engineering center in Russia. The city is home to 4,735 industrial enterprises employing 767 thousand people — almost every tenth person employed in the capital’s economy.
The status of the main industrial and scientific center of the country defines Moscow’s unique role as a hub for the development and production of high-tech solutions demanded throughout Russia. It is here that key competencies in microelectronics, pharmaceuticals, power electronics, and radioelectronic engineering are formed, setting the development vector for the entire country.
In 2025, the revenue of all industrial enterprises in Moscow increased by 24 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 5.1 trillion rubles. Enterprises contributed about 375 billion rubles in tax payments to the city’s budget. This is 5.6 percent higher than the figure for 2024.
A key trend in the development of Moscow’s industry in recent years is the growth of high-tech sectors. While in 2020 their share of the total revenue of industrial enterprises was 30 percent, in 2026 it will be almost 40 percent. By 2030, practically half of everything produced by the capital will be directly linked to innovation and advanced technologies. The number of people employed in industry is expected to be around 850 thousand.
Today, the volume of industrial spaces in Moscow exceeds 13 million square meters, and by 2030 the city plans to expand its modern high-tech infrastructure, doubling it from the current level to 25 million square meters.
Since the end of 2025, the volume of industrial space in Moscow has already increased by 0.7 million square meters — from 13.1 to 13.8 million square meters, of which 0.3 million square meters was provided by the special economic zone “Technopolis Moscow.” Today, the main industrial site occupies 2.4 million square meters. Another 0.4 million square meters in the capital was introduced thanks to private investor projects implemented with the support of the city.
The development of industry in Moscow is closely linked to the environmental agenda. New industries implement modern green technologies, use energy-efficient solutions and circular economy principles, thereby minimizing impact on the environment and ensuring the preservation of a comfortable urban environment.
Most of the new industrial infrastructure today is also built on the principle of vertical integration, which allows the production, comfortable office spaces, scientific laboratories, and recreational areas for employees, including cafes, restaurants, and sports facilities, to be compactly located within one territory.
A large-scale project is presented on the mos.ru portal special project, devoted to the development of key sectors of Moscow. Among them are transport, industry, healthcare, education, sports, and construction. The special project helps to learn how the capital has changed over the last few years, what initiatives that make citizens’ lives even more comfortable are currently being implemented, and what awaits Moscow and its residents in the near future.
On the project page “Economics” you can learn about the main indicators of the capital’s economic growth, its drivers and prospects, as well as which indicators can be achieved this year.
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