Dive brief:
- e-Storage subsidiary Shelbyville Battery Manufacturing is investing approximately $712 million to establish a 6-gigawatt battery cell, module and packaging manufacturing facility in Shelbyville, Kentucky, according to a Press release of November 18.
- The facility will span 1 million square feet and produce utility-scale battery energy storage systems, the company said in the statement.
- The investment will create 1,572 jobs. Production will begin in late 2025 and begin full-scale in early 2026, according to e-Storage’s press release.
Diving knowledge:
Initial production capacity will start at 3 GWh per year with the aim of increasing to 6 GWh by 2026, according to Colin Parkin, President of e-Storage.
The Shelbyville facility will also include a research and development lab that will cultivate collaboration with universities to expand its technologies, the company said in the statement.
The next plant will be located at the I-64 logistics center, which is strategically located within a few miles of Ford’s truck and assembly plants, Louisville International Airport and UPS Worldport, according to a prospectus from c.commercial real estate company CBRE.
Shelbyville Battery Manufacturing will deliver energy storage units to utilities and project developers across the country in an effort to strengthen grid resiliency, reduce carbon emissions and support clean energy goals USA
“These modular and self-contained solutions are crucial to advancing the adoption of renewable energy in the United States by making solar and wind power reliable and dispatchable,” e-Storage said in a statement.
Upcoming Shelbyville facilities will be part of the state growing battery manufacturing ecosystem. AESC based in Japan is build $2 billion electric vehicle and energy storage battery facility in Bowling Green, set to open in 2025. Ford Motor Co. it is also build two joint battery installations with SK On.
