SolarEdge Opens 2GWh New Battery Cell Facility in South Korea to Meet Growing Demand for Battery Storage
25 Maio 2022 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
New facility to drive energy storage solutions
sales, supply chain resilience and product innovation
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”), a global leader in
smart energy technology, and SolarEdge’s subsidiary, Kokam Limited
Company, a provider of lithium-ion batteries and integrated energy
storage solutions, announced today the opening of “Sella 2”, a two
gigawatt-hour (GWh) battery cell manufacturing facility. Located in
the Eumseong Innovation City of Chungcheongbuk-Do, South Korea,
Sella 2 is currently producing test cells for certification, with
ramp-up expected during the second half of 2022.
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SolarEdge's 2GWh battery cell facility
can scale capacity to support the growing needs for battery storage
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Once ramped, Sella 2 will enable SolarEdge to have its own
supply of lithium-ion batteries and the infrastructure to develop
new battery cell chemistries and technologies. The facility is
planned to manufacture battery cells for SolarEdge’s residential
solar-attached batteries as well as battery cells for a variety of
industries, including mobile applications, energy stationary
storage solutions (ESS) and UPS applications. The facility can
scale its battery cell capacity in the future to support the
growing needs for storage solutions offered by the company.
Zvi Lando, Chief Executive Officer of SolarEdge,
commented: “The opening of Sella 2 is an important milestone for
SolarEdge. It allows us to own key processes in the development and
manufacturing of advanced energy storage solutions for our solar
core business and additional applications, while further securing
the resilience of our supply chain. We are committed to growing our
business in the energy storage market, as well as our investment in
battery cell technology and cell manufacturing, further
strengthening our storage product portfolio.”
About SolarEdge
SolarEdge is a global leader in smart energy technology. By
leveraging world-class engineering capabilities and with a
relentless focus on innovation, SolarEdge creates smart energy
solutions that power our lives and drive future progress. SolarEdge
developed an intelligent inverter solution that changed the way
power is harvested and managed in photovoltaic (PV) systems. The
SolarEdge DC optimized inverter seeks to maximize power generation
while lowering the cost of energy produced by the PV system.
Continuing to advance smart energy, SolarEdge addresses a broad
range of energy market segments through its PV, storage, EV
charging, batteries, UPS, electric vehicle powertrains, and grid
services solutions. Visit us at: solaredge.com
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