The company said its expansion will increase the domestic supply of batteries for military, long-duration energy storage, transportation, and material-handling applications.
ALPHARETTA, Ga.—Stryten Energy LLC, a U.S.-based provider of energy storage products, is planning to expand its domestic manufacturing capacity to 24 gigawatts to support American energy security and resilience, the company said in a release.
The plan focuses on increasing production across its 11 U.S. manufacturing and battery component plants, where more than 2,500 people produce batteries for applications that include military and government, data centers, grid storage, automotive, and material handling.
“Our investments to significantly increase the gigawatt capacity across our footprint will help to support the growing energy demand and achieve our nation’s goal of true energy resilience,” said Mike Judd, president and chief executive officer of Stryten Energy, in a company release.
The new investment is supported by existing advanced manufacturing production tax credits, which contribute to Stryten’s ability to accelerate capacity growth while supporting the domestic industrial base.
“Stryten Energy is committed to growing its domestic energy storage capacity to serve the needs of our customers and partners in the United States,” Judd said in the release. “The path to American energy security can and must rely upon domestic companies like Stryten, who manufacture batteries that keep supply chains running and critical infrastructure supplied with the backup power required to keep their operations running smoothly.”
Stryten stated in the release that energy security means continuous access to reliable sources of power. Meeting the increasing power demands will require scaling up production of all reliable battery chemistries.
“Stryten is at the forefront of advancing energy storage in the U.S. with a unique suite of domestically manufactured battery solutions that use advanced lead, lithium, and vanadium redox flow battery technology,” the company said in the release. “With plants in Kansas, Georgia, Iowa, Virginia, and Arkansas, plans for increasing the gigawatt production capacity will bring hundreds of high-paying manufacturing jobs and deliver a positive economic impact to the surrounding communities.”
Stryten operates a domestic, vertically integrated supply chain that provides battery components to its factories and the broader U.S. battery manufacturing industry. The company’s plants in Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Missouri, and Wisconsin are said to ensure a reliable U.S. source for critical materials needed to manufacture batteries.
According to Stryten, the aggressive new investment plan will also include increasing the company’s domestic capacity for processing recycled plastic from spent batteries. The material is used to produce new battery components needed to manufacture batteries used in automobiles, forklifts, and locomotives. It also contributes to the sustainable circular economy of the U.S. battery industry, the company said.
Stryten also stated that it recently opened a lithium battery assembly plant in Georgia that supports military and industrial battery needs with its proprietary lithium module technology. The company is partnering with Dragonfly Energy, headquartered in Reno, Nevada, to bring advanced lithium batteries to its automotive aftermarket and battery distributor partners.
Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Stryten stated that it partners with “some of the world’s most recognized companies to meet the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy storage needs.”
“Stryten powers everything from submarines to subcompacts, microgrids, warehouses, distribution centers, cars, trains, and trucks,” the company said in the release. “Our energy storage technologies include advanced lead, lithium and vanadium redox flow batteries, intelligent chargers, and energy performance management software that keep people on the move and supply chains running.”