(The Center Square) – North Carolina has landed another manufacturing plant in the electric vehicle battery field. The state’s Economic Investment Committee on Thursday approved $5.7 million in grants to Green New Energy Inc. to build a $140 million plant in Denver for production of electric vehicle battery components. It is the latest in a long line of green energy companies which have announced factories in the state. Green New Energy says its factory will employ 545 people, with an average salary of $57,934, which is higher than Lincoln County’s average wage $51,886, the state said in a rel…