German residential photo voltaic battery maker Sonnen GmbH has doubled its manufacturing capability and may now produce 120,000 house storage techniques per yr at its headquarters in Bavaria a lot sooner than initially deliberate.
The growth comes as a response to the substantial improve in demand for residential photo voltaic storage techniques as 214,000 new batteries had been put in in Germany in 2022, in response to figures from business affiliation BSW Photo voltaic.
“Final yr we skilled an unprecedented improve in demand, which we weren’t in a position to cowl fully regardless of our manufacturing facility, which was inaugurated in 2021. However even when demand for house storage techniques returns to regular, it would stay at a excessive degree. By bringing ahead the following growth stage of our manufacturing capability, we will reliably serve this demand, which comes from many markets”, stated Sonnen’s chief government Oliver Koch.
Along with increasing manufacturing, the corporate has additionally opened a brand new coaching centre and expanded its on-site growth capacities. Its workforce has grown from round 800 to 1,500 staff for the reason that starting of 2022, with about 450 of them working on the headquarters in Wildpoldsried, Bavaria.
What is restricted about Sonnen’s batteries is that the corporate is networking its clients’ house storage techniques into digital energy crops, that are energetic on the balancing energy marketplace for frequency containment reserve (FCR) and steadiness provide and demand within the electrical energy grid.
Sonnen, which is owned by Shell Plc, has its personal places in Germany, Italy, UK, Australia, Spain and the US.
