New Jersey-based Eos Energy Enterprises, a zinc-based long duration energy storage systems provider with manufacturing facilities in Turtle Creek, recently launched commercial production on its first state-of-the-art (SotA) manufacturing line in Turtle Creek to produce Eos Z3TM batteries at scale.
“The process we followed from initial discrete manufacturing to semi-automation production provided a disciplined framework to quickly develop our first SotA line, while optimizing capital costs,” Chris Dellinger, Eos senior director of advanced manufacturing, said. “Executing on this project required launching a new product design, automating it, and incorporating industry 4.0 integration to achieve the necessary performance and yield.”
The manufacturing line will allow the company to meet the growing demand for long duration energy storage. Over the next six months, Eos will bring manufacturing capacity to 1.25 gigawatt hours of annualized manufacturing capacity. With further investment, this will increase to two gigawatt hours on line 1.
ACRO Automation Systems designed and developed the line in partnership with Eos. To bring the line into production, critical mechanical processes were evaluated and validated, software was integrated and overall line performance was evaluated.
Eos plans to build three additional lines to reach eight gigawatt hours of annualized capacity. It expects future projects will become larger in size and scale as energy demand increases.