sonnen, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.) on February 15th,
2017 announced a significant investment in a new North American
Innovation Center that combines the company’s U.S. energy storage
systems (sonnenBatterie) manufacturing operations and product research
and development in a single facility.
The sonnen InnovationHub is expected to
begin production of sonnenBatterie products in the second quarter of
2017, and will enable sonnen to rapidly innovate and produce
award-winning sonnenBatterie systems for the U.S. market in one central
location in Atlanta, GA.
By combining all the U.S. product development and
manufacturing capabilities under one roof, the new facility will help
sonnen capitalize on its expertise in new product innovation for
homeowners, utilities and new business channels and enable the company
to quickly ramp up production capacity, ultimately making energy storage
more affordable, reads the press release.
“sonnen U.S. has experienced exponential sales
growth over the past year, making the sonnen InnovationHub a smart
investment to capitalize upon the immense potential of the North
American energy storage market,” said Christoph Ostermann, sonnen Group
CEO.
“We expect that linking our U.S. manufacturing and
R&D teams in one facility will increase the rate of product
innovation, and enable us to better adapt to the future needs of the
high-growth U.S. residential energy storage market.”
Amidst political uncertainty in the U.S. and abroad,
sonnen’s move to a central InnovationHub represents a significant
opportunity for the company to contribute to the creation of American
manufacturing and electrical and mechanical engineering jobs.
sonnen has already begun renovations to the existing
facility, creating a custom-designed state-of-the-art facility. The
sonnen InnovationHub will bring new clean tech jobs to the Southeast and
a sonnen presence to the East Coast, complementing the company’s office
in Los Angeles, CA.
“It's gratifying and exciting for us when an
innovative technology company like sonnen expands their footprint in
Georgia,” said Costas Simoglou, Director of the Georgia Department of
Economic Development's Center of Innovation for Energy Technology.
sonnen currently develops and manufactures the
sonnenBatterie smart energy management systems in Germany, Atlanta and
California. Through its sonnenCommunity, energy independent homeowners
throughout Europe can produce, store and share their own electricity.
sonnen's latest developments, the sonnenFlat-Box, which connects
non-solar customers to the sonnenCommunity and grid services, and the
sonnenFlat tariff, which provides community members with energy at USD 0
for 10 years, are changing the way energy is used.
These products represent the next steps in virtual
power plants whereby thousands of sonnenBatteries are aggregated into
one large storage pool that provides both clean energy to customers and
balancing energy for the power grid in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and
Italy.
source: http://www.solarserver.com
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