SolarEdge Technologies is now assembling its Home Battery at a contract manufacturing site in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Utah site joins SolarEdge’s other U.S. manufacturing locations in Florida and Texas. The company is now producing its full residential offering — inverter, power optimizer and battery — on American soil.
“In Utah, we are eager to be a part of our nation’s energy solutions,” said U.S. Representative Celeste Maloy (R-Utah-2). “It’s time to build again in America, and this new manufacturing of battery storage solutions right here in Utah’s 2nd Congressional district is evidence that our state is leading the charge.”
The SolarEdge Home Battery features a dedicated SKU for simplified tracking and is designed to support compliance with domestic content requirements across a wide range of solar + storage installations. The batteries are nickel-manganese cobalt (NMC) chemistry.
“We’re proud to be part of the manufacturing resurgence in America, as our investments represent a strategic commitment to the domestic market,” said Marty Rogers, General Manager, SolarEdge. “This expansion not only supports our growth objectives, but reinforces our promise to customers: reliable, high-quality technology with shorter lead times and greater supply chain stability. The American energy tax credits have enabled the company to onshore its manufacturing and add to the critical energy infrastructure needed to meet growing U.S. energy demand. As Congress considers changes to clean energy tax credits, we encourage lawmakers to recognize how vital these incentives are for businesses to continue investing in domestic manufacturing and drive America’s future energy dominance.”
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“The SolarEdge Home Battery features a dedicated SKU for simplified tracking and is designed to support compliance with domestic content requirements across a wide range of solar + storage installations. The batteries are nickel-manganese cobalt (NMC) chemistry.”
The thing here is the lessons NOT learned. The NMC(A) debacle from 2019 to 2021 with LG RESU10H ESS units, the McMicken switching station thermal run away and fire and the Chevrolet Bolt battery pack “fire recall”. More recently the Moss landing really big battery fire in California might just have had leftover LGES NMC cells that were randomly defective from previous manufacturing lines quality control problems. Once in the supply chain it is harder than getting a tick out of a hound dog’s ear.
Dedicated SKU, where does the supply chain “precursors” come from [China] perhaps? It is time to stop nibbling on “On Shoring” supply chains and manufacturing actually becoming [MANUFACTURING] in the U.S. as opposed to New World Order “Assembled in the U.S.” with some other country’s supply chain reliance. The overarching question is in the manufacturing sector, what would a “critical supply chain” list look like on each and every one of these manufacturing lines country wide?