Our Next Energy (ONE) has entered into an settlement with the State of West Virginia to find its Aries Grid battery storage system manufacturing facility in Millwood, on the Berkshire Hathaway Vitality Renewables microgrid enterprise website.
ONE will use a 40,000 sq. ft. industrial constructing already situated on the Ravenswood website to assemble Aries Grid, a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) utility-scale battery system that may function long-duration power storage.
BHE Renewables had beforehand chosen ONE as its accomplice for utility-scale battery storage at its microgrid enterprise website.
“The BHE Renewables microgrid challenge, estimated at 420 MWh, in Jackson County represents a historic transition to renewable energy-based manufacturing within the U.S. and establishes a regular for others to comply with,” says Mujeeb Ijaz, CEO and founding father of ONE. “Constructing upon BHE Renewables’ dedication to this website and the State of West Virginia, ONE’s first Aries Grid manufacturing unit will deliver much more jobs and funding to this space to assist clear a path to a carbon-free manufacturing future.”
ONE expects the manufacturing facility to be operational in 2025, with hiring to begin subsequent yr.