BHE selects ONE as West Virginia storage partner

BHE Renewables, LLC, a Berkshire Hathaway Energy business, has selected Our Next Energy (ONE) as its large-scale battery storage partner for a $500 million solar energy microgrid-powered industrial site in Jackson County, West Virginia in the US.

Under the terms of the deal, ONE will build a new 'Aries Grid' factory on the site. The factory will bring an additional $22 million in investment to the project and generate 105 more jobs. Scheduled to open in 2025, the factory will build Aries Grid utility-scale battery storage systems using Michigan-made lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells.

The new plant, which will operate under the Precision Castparts subsidiary Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), will employ approximately 200 people and expects to use 100 per cent renewable energy to manufacture titanium products for the aerospace and other industries.

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