The site is a 3 km2 designated industrial zone,[1] extending North from the 1 km2 "GVZ Freienbrink" logistics centre,[2] and set amidst the much larger pine plantations in a landscape-scale conservation.[3] It was scheduled for a BMW car factory in the year 2000, but BMW chose Saxony instead.[4] Low-quality plantations occupy the site, and authorities expect Tesla to mitigate felling by planting new trees.[5]

The expected cost for the factory is around €4 billion.[6] Some of the reasons for choosing Brandenburg were that industrial site is expandable, the state has the highest production of green power per citizen in Germany, and there are qualified workers in the area.[7]

  1. ^ "Grünheide (Mark) - Tesla-Gigafactory in Grünheide (Mark) | Freienbrink". www.gruenheide-mark.de. 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-11-20. built on a 300 hectare lot in the industrial park Freienbrink
  2. ^ "Grünheide (Mark) - GVZ Freienbrink". www.gruenheide-mark.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. 96+300 hectares
  3. ^ "Müggelspree-Löcknitzer Wald- Und Seengebiet". Protected Planet.
  4. ^ "Bebauungsplan Nr. 13 „Freienbrink - Nord" Gemeinde Grünheide" (PDF). Freie Planungsgruppe Berlin GmbH. May 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-04-04. Size and type of use: 300 hectares industrial zone
  5. ^ Croyé, Melanie (13 November 2019). "Tesla in Grünheide: "Jetzt sind wir endlich dran"". Die Zeit (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-11-14. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2019-11-13 suggested (help)
  6. ^ Staudenmaier, Rebecca (17 November 2019). "Tesla factory outside Berlin to cost €4 billion". DW.COM. Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Permalink https://p.dw.com/p/3TBvF {{cite web}}: External link in |quote= (help)
  7. ^ Kröger, Michael; Wassermann, Andreas (13 November 2019). "Neue Tesla-Fabrik in Brandenburg: Warum ausgerechnet Grünheide?". Spiegel Online. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Nationwide, no German state produces more green electricity per inhabitant than Brandenburg. Automotive expert Stefan Bratzel of the Bergisch-Gladbach University of Applied Sciences points to the large number of qualified workers available in the region