Varta AG is investing in the growth market of renewable energies: In the summer, its new factory for energy storage will go into operation. In future, up to 100,000 energy storage systems per year will be produced on a total area of more than 5,000 square metres in Neunheim in Ellwangen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With an average output of ten kilowatt hours per energy storage system, the production output corresponds to more than one gigawatt hour per year.
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120 new jobs in Ellwangen
Production is automated and with Industry 4.0, including robots and laser welding. The Ellwangen-based company is investing more than 20 million euros for this. Further investments are planned.
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A total of around 120 jobs will be created at the new plant. "The growth of the home storage market is unbroken," says Dominik Gluba, General Manager of Varta Energy Storage. "In the first quarter of 2023, more than 110,000 new storage units could be installed in Germany. For the first half of the year, we expect almost 240,000 new installations in Germany. With the production capacities of the new Gigafactory, we can adapt well to the growing market."
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Expansion in two stages
The expansion of production will take place in two stages: From the fourth quarter of 2023, production is expected to be about 500 megawatt hours per year (about 50,000 storage systems). The output is then to be increased to one gigawatt hour by the beginning of 2025 at the latest.
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The production facility at Varta's headquarters in Ellwangen is located directly on the A7 motorway and is easily accessible from Ulm, Würzburg and Stuttgart. Further expansion is under consideration: Additional production lines are to be added in the near future, and expansion areas have already been planned on site. (HS/mfo)
