Senator Ron Wyden and Senior Officials Join ESS to Celebrate a Year of Achievement in American Clean Tech Manufacturing
- ESS plans to scale its production capacity from 800 MWh to over 2 GWh in the coming years.
- ESS drove $170.4 million in economic activity nationwide in 2022 and supported over 530 jobs.
- The event showcased ESS' fully automated manufacturing line for its long-duration energy storage systems.
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Event co-hosted by Clean Energy for America commemorates one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act and Oregon’s growing clean energy economy
ESS CEO Eric Dresselhuys, Senator Wyden and Dr. Saldaña delivered remarks on the IRA’s contributions to the state’s and nation’s clean energy economy and ESS’ leadership in scaling domestic production of innovative energy storage technology. The
“What I saw here at ESS only reinforced the importance of the clean energy provisions that I fought to get passed in the Inflation Reduction Act — strengthening domestic supply chains and supporting clean technology innovation,” said Senator Wyden. “I will continue to fight so that companies like ESS can keep building a robust domestic clean energy economy and supporting jobs for
“Over the past year, the prospects for the clean energy future have improved tremendously thanks in large part to climate and clean energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. This legislation is driving demand for American-made clean energy technologies, such as the long-duration energy storage systems that we manufacture right here in
ESS iron flow technology provides cost-effective long-duration energy storage and is ideal for applications that require up to twelve hours of flexible energy capacity. ESS systems provide resilient, sustainable energy storage well-suited for multiple use cases including utility-scale renewable energy installations, remote solar + storage microgrids, solar load-shifting and peak shaving, and other ancillary grid services. Leveraging an ethically sourced and primarily domestic supply chain, ESS technology is safe, sustainable and has a 25-year design life without capacity fade.
“Expanding the domestic manufacturing and global deployment of innovative new clean energy technologies, such as iron flow batteries, were key goals of the Inflation Reduction Act,” said Dr. Christopher Saldaña, director of the Energy Department’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office. “American clean technology manufacturers are already delivering against these goals, creating jobs and secure supply chains here in the
“This facility, this company and this technology, they’re proof of what America’s clean energy workforce can achieve, especially when we invest in them as a country. ESS’s battery technology is safe, sustainable, resilient, domestically produced and vital for America’s
Video and photography captured at the event can be downloaded here.
About ESS Tech, Inc.
At ESS (NYSE: GWH), our mission is to accelerate global decarbonization by providing safe, sustainable, long-duration energy storage that powers people, communities and businesses with clean, renewable energy anytime and anywhere it’s needed. As more renewable energy is added to the grid, long-duration energy storage is essential to providing the reliability and resiliency we need when the sun is not shining, and the wind is not blowing.
Our technology uses earth-abundant iron, salt and water to deliver environmentally safe solutions capable of providing up to 12 hours of flexible energy capacity for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications. Established in 2011, ESS Inc. enables project developers, independent power producers, utilities and other large energy users to deploy reliable, sustainable long-duration energy storage solutions. For more information visit www.essinc.com.
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