STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt said on Tuesday it has raised $5 billion in the form of the largest green loan raised in Europe as it seeks to expand its battery factory in northern Sweden. The company has now secured more than $13 billion in equity and debt to expand its operations across Sweden, Poland, Germany, the United States and Canada. The new debt, which includes refinancing of the $1.6 billion debt package raised in 2020, is provided by a group of 23 commercial banks, as well as the European Investment Bank and the Nordic Investment Bank. It had e…