An industrial manufacturing plant capable of producing 4 gigawatt-hours of battery systems annually—enough capacity to supply electricity to nearly four million households—will be built in Northern California.
The upcoming 183,000-square-foot facility establishes the first production site in the United States dedicated entirely to manufacturing sodium-ion energy storage systems for electrical grids.
The developer, Peak Energy, selected a site within Sacramento’s Metro Air Park for the assembly lines. By focusing on a high-capacity output right from the start, the plant is designed to provide large-scale equipment to utility companies experiencing heightened electrical demands…